Plinky asked, "When was the last time you visited a library?" About a month ago, when I renewed my Gwinnett County library card so I could check out digital items from that library. Dekalb County's library doesn't have e-books yet,…
Review: So Mote It Be by Isobel Bird
Note: This is an ancient review, originally published 10 March 2001, that I’m just now converting to WordPress. Last night I took advantage of the quiet due to having two kids gone on a camping trip to read So Mote…
Ooo! Bad Author! No Author Biscuit!
I just finished reading the all three books that are currently available in the Morris & Chastain Supernatural Investigations series by Justin Gustainis. I have no complaints about Black Magic Woman or Evil Ways, which hang together pretty closely. Sympathy…
Scary Movies?
Another NaBloPoMo prompt: Do you like scary movies that make you jump? I’m not old enough to watch scary movies! I find them far too frightening, indeed, nightmare-inducing. Sam required that I watch The Crow with him when we’d just…
Book Review: Good Girls Don’t Get Fat
Good Girls Don’t Get Fat by Robyn Silverman My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book is absolutely amazing, and I strongly recommend it to everyone. Yes, I said everyone. If you are a human being who is reading this…
Book Review: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain is the single most striking book I’ve read this year. I really want to talk about it with someone else who has read it, but…
Recent Reading
I’ve fallen out of the practice of writing book reviews, for some reason. There are two little widgets there to the side of the blog that always show the covers of the books I’m currently reading and some of those…
Biographies or Memoirs?
Plinky asked, “What’s the most interesting biography or memoir you’ve read?” Anaïs Nin’s books come to mind right away, honestly. They’re so intense and sensual that they’ve stuck in my mind, although I only read them once and my copies…
Woo hoo!
Plinky asked, “What was the last thing you got really excited about?” My ukulele! I wish I had a photo of her to post, but I don’t. She’s a travel tenor, which means that she’s a bit bigger than the…
Books Per Year
Plinky asked, “About how many books do you read each year?” Last year is the first time I ever tried to track them, and I think it was 150+ according to GoodReads. I don’t know how to see the number…