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November 19, 2009
- is that left-handers understand...As a left-hander myself, I appreciate some of the quotes of more famous left-handers. These are some of my favorites and I feel they are expressions of how peace may be contemplated or construed. Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. ...
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November 17, 2009
- I haven't been reading as much lately. Well, that's not exactly true, but I haven't been reading too many books. I have been doing some proofing for some manuscripts. It is a whole different type of reading as everyone here knows. What becomes difficult, when proofing, is when the story becomes so intriguing that I become engrossed in the story. Despite the proofing, I have just ...
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November 15, 2009
- Last night, The Pointer Sisters concert was just phenomenal! Lots of energy to go with the songs. From a medley of "Yes You Can Can" and "Betcha Got a Chick on the Side" from their early days to more recent songs like "Fire", "Neutron Dance" and "Totally Automatic"(to name but a few), the ladies belted out hit after hit to benefit the ...
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November 13, 2009
- Tomorrow night, I'm going to see The Pointer Sisters in concert. I'm not a big concert person, at least not like my friend Suzanne who porbably goes to twenty or thirty Bruce Springsteen concerts every year. Okay, maybe not quite that many, but a lot. Suffice it to say, she's always been into the "Boss" as long as I've known her (nearly thirty years), but I digress.However, I have ...
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November 6, 2009
- A favorite bookstore? I don't know that I have a favorite bookstore. One favorite book, yes! In fact, I blogged about that about a month or so ago, but not a particular, favorite bookstore. I have found all sorts of bookstore to be treasures, and I love browsing them all. I suppose I could say that my favorite will be the one I hope to own someday. I hope it will be like the bookstore ...
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November 5, 2009
- While I am not much of a math person, I am fascinated with numbers. In this regard, I have watched my statistics here add up throughout the months. It seemed like it took forever before I broke 1000. 2000 was a bit quicker, and with each benchmark, it seemed like it happened almost logimetrically until just recently...as I have been nearing 6000. I expect it will happen sometime tomorrow, but ...
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November 3, 2009
- Quick blog...I "wild released" a book, Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card today and have had several released books (through the RABCK) show up on the site in the past few days. The latest just showed up a few minutes ago and was number 2 on the list of "recently caught" as of ten minutes ago.More importantly, the recipient journaled the book, McGowan's Call by Rob Smith, ...
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November 2, 2009
- Well, the bookcrossing readathon is on! Despite working for the last three days, I have managed to put in about six hours of the twenty-four desired. Whether or not I manage the twenty-four hours is immaterial; it's the thrill of the chase, in a sense. In this quest I have finished Ender's Shadow. I have also read some manuscripts or portions there of. I have lots of reading choices right ...
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October 29, 2009
- As a member of bookcrossing.com I have agreed to read for twenty-four hours over the next week. Once a month, they have a readathon and tonight at midnight starts the twenty-four hours. While I read quite a bit (so far, this year I have read over fifty books), reading for twenty-four hours seems a bit daunting right now because I am just about to head into the heaviest part of my work ...
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October 26, 2009
- I have been a bookcrosser for about ten months or so, but have only recently gotten into the forums there. I started a RABCK for my birthday month and am giving away up to ten books. You'd think other bookcrossers would jump on it. Nah, I have not had too many takers! Can readers be over-booked? I didn't think it was possible to have too many books. I always have something on my TBR ...
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October 25, 2009
- The other day I went to another book signing (read: author signing) with my husband, author of McGowan's Call and McGowan's Retreat, and Larry Smith, the author of The Long River Home. Per usual, there were multiple authors at this book signing. Just a personal opinion here, but the more authors that a bookstore hosts for a book signing, the fewer number of books that are sold. Shoppers ...
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October 23, 2009
- Last night I finished up reading Tess Gerritsen's The Bone Garden and am about to start her newest novel, The Keepsake. Up until just recently (in the past couple weeks), I had never read anything by her. A co-worker and I were discussing books and authors and she suggested her and Michael Palmer. This was in light of the fact that we had been discussing Robin Cook. All of these authors ...
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October 19, 2009
- Friday the Westlake (Ohio) Porter library held an event in which Tess Gerritsen appeared and spoke about her writing. In particular, she spoke about the "stories behind the stories". It was a very engaging talk with a very articulate author. She had the audience enthralled with her stories about where she gets her story ideas. She also signed books afterwards, as might be ...
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October 18, 2009
- As I have mentioned in previous blogs, I bookcross! For those not familiar with the concept, bookcrossing.com is a place where readers register books and release them into the "wild" or via controlled releases. If found, they can be catalogued, too.Recently, I have started a RABCK, which is a controlled release situation where those bookcrossers that may be interested can sign up ...
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October 16, 2009
- Okay, I have to admit that I am disturbed by the advertisement for the new movie, Where the Wild Things Are, a film adaptation of Maurice Sendak's book (okay, it's not really a novel, but a children's story...one of the best in my sister Sally's and my opinion, but I digress) of the same name. Why disturbed?Correct me if I am wrong, but they changed the words, "Let the wild rumpus ...
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