Category Archives: Bookish

A chronicle of books

Today, for the first time in months, I pulled my book journal off the shelf of the bookcase in my kitchen. The reason was that I had just finished another book today and wanted to record it before I forgot … Continue reading

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I finished it!

Good news – I actually finished reading a book today! While this normally wouldn’t have been celebratory news in the past, merely part of a monthly update, I’ve been reading a lot less physical books lately. I totally blame the … Continue reading

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Everything you didn’t know you wanted to know about ebooks

Last night, I mentioned that I should do a post about ebooks. Not only because I have opinions – about ebooks and everything in general – but also because my experience with them might be useful to you [1. Both … Continue reading

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Randomosity!

1. On Friday, I came home from work early in the day with what would become a two-day migraine, which are as rare as hen’s teeth for me. Usually, the last a few hours, and then they go away. This … Continue reading

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What I’ve read – January

In elementary school, I had this awesome teacher who would write the date on the board, but use the root words instead of the actual name – Wednesday became Woden’s Day, Thursday was Thor’s Day, etc. This is all to … Continue reading

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There used to be a lot more about reading around here

Looking at the last few months, I notice I haven’t been updating what I’ve been reading. I dug out the notebook I use to keep track of these things, and I made the discovery I haven’t updated that since the … Continue reading

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My decorating scheme needs work

I finally managed to unearth my book notebook, and was pleased to discover it wasn’t as far behind as I’d feared. It was under a stack of books in my office, and now it’s sitting on one of the many … Continue reading

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All I ever think about are books books books

So true. Today when I got to work, a book I’d had on reserve for three weeks (or so) was waiting for me at my desk. I all but threw aside the book I started reading this morning to fill … Continue reading

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Excuses are for the weak

I sat down to write about my April reads, and then realized it’s going to take longer than I thought, given that it’s almost 11pm, and I need to hit the hay half an hour ago. See, this week is … Continue reading

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March Madness (con’t)

Today at lunch, I was walking to the coffee shop trying to come up with a way to start off the second round of book reviews from March. I thought about telling you humorous library user tales (like the one … Continue reading

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