tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890940Wed, 30 Jul 2025 14:41:37 +0000bookson the jobcats12daysO'XmasSilly Listshome huntMabel100 Thingsblogging failureold schoolplaying cardsrandom quotationsup on my high horseFizzgigcrochetA Work in Progressnoreply@blogger.com (bibliophile81)Blogger480125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890940.post-4493522841598877812Sun, 05 Aug 2012 02:35:00 +00002012-08-04T21:36:40.318-05:00There's A New Blog In The Blogosphere<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">9:35 PM / 21:35</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Not this one, obviously. No, I'm talking about <a href="; target="_blank">Pawn & Meeple</a>. I married Mr. Bitter (who, by the way, has decided he doesn't like being called Mr. Bitter) back in April and we've started a blog together to write about the games in our collection. We've only got a couple of posts up so far, but if we're going to meet our goal of playing all of our games in a year, there will be more soon. Go take a look!</span>2012/08/theres-new-blog-in-blogosphere.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bibliophile81)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890940.post-3601672382610844431Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:45:00 +00002012-03-31T19:46:06.982-05:00Conversations I've Had Today7:45 PM / 19:45<br /><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">Me: (with a smile) Do you have some junk mail for me?</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">Mail Person: (with stern look) We don't call it junk mail. We call it bulk business mail.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">-------------------------------------------</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">Next Door Neighbor: Oh... I've been meaning to tell you, I'd be glad to loan you my lawn mower, if you don't have one!</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div><span ><span style="font-size: 100%;">Me: Oh... uh, (peering at grass so tall it could be a plain in Africa, except for the </span>dandelions) <span style="font-size: 100%;">I have one, I just need to get out here and use it.</span></span></div><div><span ><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span ><span style="font-size: 100%;">Next Door Neighbor: Oh, okay, no </span>offense<span style="font-size: 100%;"> or anything; just thought I'd offer.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div>2012/03/conversations-ive-had-today.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bibliophile81)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890940.post-647296524985374787Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:45:00 +00002012-02-07T15:47:27.057-06:00booksUnfinished<div>3:45 PM / 15:45</div><div><br /></div>Books I started reading, but haven't finished that have gathered on my nightstand: <div><br /></div><div><i>The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus</i> by L. Frank Baum (fiction)</div><div><i>Mere Christianity</i> by C. S. Lewis (nonfiction)</div><div><i>The Red Book: A Deliciously Unorthodox Approach to Igniting Your Divine Spark</i> by Sera Beak (nonfiction)</div><div><i>The Jungle Book</i> by Rudyard Kipling (fiction)</div><div><i>Lasso Your Heart </i>by Betty Cavanna (fiction)</div><div><i>Livin' La Vida Dorka</i> by John Kovalic (comic)</div><div><i>The City of Dreaming Books</i> by Walter Moers (fiction)</div><div><i>The Graveyard Book</i> by Neil Gaiman (fiction)</div>2012/02/unfinished.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bibliophile81)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890940.post-4154825672014427828Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:25:00 +00002012-01-31T17:25:00.528-06:00Mom At The Bus Stop<div>5:25 PM / 17:25</div><div><br /></div>I had these thoughts while driving home today, after I spotted a mother with a baby in a car seat / carrier standing at a bus stop.<div><br /></div><div><ul><li>That sucks that she has to take the bus with a baby.</li><li>If she's going to talk on the phone and peer down the street looking for the bus, maybe she should move the baby back from the curb.</li><li>(a few blocks later) I wonder if I should have offered them a ride.</li><li>(a few more blocks, after it's started to pour rain) Oh, man, I'm still not sure if I should have offered her a ride, but I really hope the bus picked them up already.</li></ul></div>2012/01/mom-at-bus-stop.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bibliophile81)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890940.post-7404172526948105288Sun, 15 Jan 2012 05:30:00 +00002012-01-14T23:34:14.756-06:00blogging failureBrief<div>11:30 PM / 23:30</div><div><br /></div>I was sick all through the holidays and I think the week I began the reckoning posts, I was pushing a little too hard to be healthy and capable of staying up late and stuff like that. So, I had to take a break and sleep a whole lot. Things are much better now, though, except for a rather lingering cough, so I was able to finish the reckoning of the Silly Lists. You can look for one more equally dull post that will include a few books that for one reason or another, I didn't attach to any of the lists.<div><br /></div><div>In the unlikely event I still have a reader or two that I don't actually talk to, it may interest you to know I'm getting married in April. I will be an instant aunt when I get married, as Mr. Bitter's brother and sister-in-law had a baby boy last week. Of course, there are already a couple of little boys among my friends who are a lot like nephews to me.</div><div><br /></div><div>I'm rather certain there was supposed to be more to this post... but I've lost track of whatever it was. </div>2012/01/brief.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bibliophile81)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890940.post-2769801158773903027Sun, 15 Jan 2012 05:19:00 +00002012-01-14T23:29:41.458-06:00booksSilly ListsSilly Lists Reckoning, Part Three<div><span>11:19 PM / 23:19</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>In case it's not clear, the underlined headings in these reckoning posts are links back to the original relevant Silly Lists posts.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><a href="2011/01/silly-lists-series-christian.html"><span>Christian</span></a></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Original List:</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><i>Friendship Cake</i> by Lynne Hinton</span></div><div><span><i>Hope Springs</i> by Lynne Hinton</span></div><div><span><i>Forever Friends</i> by Lynne Hinton</span></div><div><span><i>Christmas Cake</i> by Lynne Hinton</span></div><div><span><i>Wedding Cake</i> by Lynne Hinton</span></div><div><span><i>A Month of Summer</i> by Lisa Wingate</span></div><div><span><i>The Summer Kitchen</i> by Lisa Wingate</span></div><div><span><i>Beyond Summer</i> by Lisa Wingate</span></div><div><span><i>Tiger Lillie </i>by Lisa Samson</span></div><div><span><i>In Search of Eden</i> by Linda Nichols</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>I didn't read any of these or any other Christian fiction in 2011. I have no idea why not. I just didn't. So, not so good here.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><a href="2011/01/silly-lists-series-nonfiction.html">Nonfiction</a></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Original List:</span></div><div><i><span><br /></span></i></div><div><span><i>Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks: </i><i style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">An Epic Quest for Reality Among Role Players, Online Gamers and Other Dwellers of Imaginary Realms</i><span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> by Ethan Gilsdorf</span></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span>Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street by Michael Davis</span></span></div><div><span><span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>This Book is Overdue:</i> </span><i style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All</i><span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> by Marilyn Johnson</span></span></div><div><span><span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>Running the Books:</i> </span><i style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian</i><span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> by Avi Steinberg</span></span></div><div><span><span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>This I Believe: On Love</i> edited by </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(17, 17, 17); text-align: -webkit-auto; ">Dan Gediman</span></span></div><div><span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(17, 17, 17); text-align: -webkit-auto; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(17, 17, 17); text-align: -webkit-auto; ">What I actually read:</span></span></div><div><span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(17, 17, 17); text-align: -webkit-auto; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span>a few essays from <i>This I Believe: On Love</i> edited by Dan Gediman</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span><i>Beginner's Grace: Bringing Prayer to Life</i> by Kate Braestrup</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span><i>The ABC's for UU Newcomers: A Brief Introduction to Unitarian Universalism</i> by William Cleary</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span><i>Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks</i> by Ken Jennings</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span>I still want to read the books on the original list, but I really, really loved the books I read by Kate Braestrup and Ken Jennings. </span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span><a href="2011/01/silly-lists-series-mystery.html">Mystery</a></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">Original List:</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><i>Whose Body?</i> by Dorothy Sayers</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><i>A Red Herring Without Mustard</i> by Alan Bradley</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><i>Smokin' Seventeen</i> by Janet Evanovich</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><i>Heads You Lose</i> by Lisa Lutz and David Hayward</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">What I actually read:</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><i>Heads You Lose</i> by Lisa Lutz and David Hayward</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">I only read one of them, and no other mysteries. I didn't even particularly like the one I read. I love Lisa Lutz' Spellman series and I do hope David Hayward tries writing on his own sometime, but <i>Heads You Lose</i> didn't work for me.<br /><br />It's pretty strange I ended up not reading the Alan Bradley and Janet Evanovich books, given I've read the books in their series that precede the ones on the list. I'm behind by two books in both series now. </div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><a href="2011/02/silly-lists-series-to-re-read.html">Re-Read</a></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">Original List:</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><i>Ring World</i> by Larry Niven</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><i>Faking It</i> by Jennifer Crusie</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><i>Pay it Forward</i> by Catherine Ryan Hyde</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><i>Evening Class</i> by Maeve Binchy</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis<br /><a href=" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="; border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697726384042623906" /></a></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">I didn't re-read anything this year, unless it was by listening to an audiobook, but I know I didn't do that much.</div>2012/01/silly-lists-reckoning-part-three.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bibliophile81)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890940.post-3332840350883082204Tue, 03 Jan 2012 06:15:00 +00002012-01-04T10:12:47.341-06:00booksSilly ListsSilly Lists Reckoning, Part Two<div>12:15 AM / 00:15</div><div><br /></div>So, tonight I had the genius (not really) idea to highlight titles from the list I actually read. Then I remembered Blogger stopped letting me make any edits to the font, like changing the font or the font's color, a couple of years ago. I tried it anyway, but no luck.<div><br /></div><div>So, onward, without color.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="2011/01/silly-lists-series-speculative-fiction.html">Speculative Fiction</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Original List:</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Shades of Milk and Honey</i> by Robinette Kowel</div><div><i>Ruby and the Stone Age Diet</i> by Martin Millar</div><div><i>The Wizard of Oz</i> by L. Frank Baum</div><div><i>Heart's Blood</i> by Juliet Marillier</div><div><i>Reaper Man</i> by Terry Pratchett</div><div><i>American Gods</i> by Neil Gaiman</div><div><i>Elantris</i> by Brandon Sanderson</div><div><i>The Name of the Wind</i> by Patrick Rothfuss</div><div><i>Dandelion Wine</i> by Ray Bradbury</div><div><i>Good Omens</i> by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman</div><div><i>Wee Free Men</i> by Terry Pratchett</div><div><i>Catalyst</i> by Anne McCaffery & Elizabeth Ann Scarborough</div><div><br /></div><div>What I Actually Read:</div><div><br /></div><div><i>A Game of Thrones</i> by George R. R. Martin</div><div><i>Among Others</i> by Jo Walton</div><div><i>A Discovery of Witches</i> by Deborah Harkness</div><div><br /></div><div>That's right. I read nothing at all from the list. I did buy a paperback of <i>Elantris</i> and have Brandon Sanderson sign it, though. I'm that much closer. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="2011/01/silly-lists-series-general-fiction.html">General Fiction</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Original List:</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Room</i> by Emma Donoghue</div><div><i>The Matchmaker of Perigord </i>by Julia Stuart</div><div><i>Labor Day</i> by Joyce Maynard</div><div><i>Girl in Translation</i> by Jean Kwok</div><div><i>The Peach Keeper</i> by Sarah Addison Allen</div><div><i>Between the Bridge and the River</i> by Craig Ferguson</div><div><i>Made in the U.S.A.</i> by Billie Letts</div><div><i>The Incident Report</i> by Martha Baillie</div><div><br /></div><div>What I Actually Read:</div><div><br /></div><div><i>The Next Queen of Heaven</i> by Gregory Maguire</div><div><i>Room</i> by Emma Donoghue</div><div><i>The Incident Report</i> by Martha Baillie</div><div><i>Skipping a Beat</i> by Sarah Pekkanen</div><div><i>The Peach Keeper</i> by Sarah Addison Allen</div><div><i>Sweet Jiminy</i> by Kristin Gore</div><div><i>A Novel Bookstore</i> by Laurence Cosse</div><div><i>The Tender Mercy of Roses</i> by Anna Michaels</div><div><i>The Fixer Upper</i> by Mary Kay Andrews</div><div><i>The Bird Sisters </i>by Rebecca Rasmussen</div><div><i>Hunting Unicorns</i> by Bella Pollen</div><div><i>The Mermaid Garden</i> by Santa Montefiore</div><div><i>Savannah Blues</i> by Mary Kay Andrews</div><div><i>Savannah Breeze</i> by Mary Kay Andrews</div><div><i>The Postmistress</i> by Sarah Blake</div><div><i>Girl in Translation</i> by Jean Kwok</div><div><i>Then Came You</i> by Jennifer Weiner</div><div><i>Sarah's Key</i> by Tatiana de Rosnay</div><div><i>The Borrower</i> by Rebecca Makkai</div><div><i>Love Walked In</i> by Marissa de los Santos</div><div><i>The Family Man</i> by Elinor Lipman</div><div><i>Blue Christmas</i> by Mary Kay Andrews</div><div><br /></div><div>I did half way decent on this list! There are two I started but couldn't get into enough to finish them. The are <i>The Matchmaker of Perigord</i> by Julia Stuart and <i>Between the Bridge and the River</i> by Craig Ferguson. I loved Craig Ferguson's autobiography, <i>American on Purpose</i> and at first I loved his novel too, but ultimately, it just wasn't for me. <i>Loved Walked In</i> was not on the original list, but it might as well have been. It would have been if I'd thought of it when I was making the list. Several of these disappointed me, but probably none more than <i>The Postmistress</i>. I've actually read <i>The Peach Keeper</i> twice. I listened to it on audio as 2011 came to a close. </div><div><br /></div><div>(<a href="2012/01/silly-lists-reckoning-part-one.html">Part One</a>)</div>2012/01/silly-lists-reckoning-part-two.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bibliophile81)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890940.post-7484357324580764935Tue, 03 Jan 2012 05:26:00 +00002012-01-03T23:04:25.954-06:00booksSilly ListsSilly Lists Reckoning, Part One<div>11: 26 PM / 23:26</div><div><br /></div>A year ago, I started a <a href="2011/01/silly-lists.html">sort of project</a> that I knew was doomed from the start. It was driven by some manic need I had to make lists of books I wanted to read last year. I'm not doing it again this year... no manic need to make lists right now... but I will try to look back and see how what I did read compared to what I listed at the start of the year.<div><br /></div><div><a href="2011/01/silly-lists-series-romance.html">Romance</a></div><div><br /></div><div><span>Original List:</span></div><div><span><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span><i>The Heir </i>by Grace Burrowes</span></div><div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span><i>Born in Fire </i>by Nora Roberts</span></div></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span><i>Born in Ice </i>by Nora Roberts</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span><i>Born in Shame </i>by Nora Roberts</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>The Fairy Godmother</i> by Mercedes Lackey</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>One Good Knight</i> by Mercedes Lackey</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>Fortune's Fool</i> by Mercedes Lackey</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>The Snow Queen</i> by Mercedes Lackey</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>The Sleeping Beauty</i> by Mercedes Lackey</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>Sugar Daddy</i> by Lisa Kleypas</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>Blue-Eyed Devil</i> by Lisa Kleypas</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>Smooth Talking Stranger</i> by Lisa Kleypas</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>My Nerdy Valentine</i> by Vicki Lewis Thompson</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>Gone with the Nerd</i> by Vicki Lewis Thompson</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>The Flame and the Flower</i> by Kathleen Woodiwiss</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>The Unsung Hero</i> by Suzanne Brockman</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>When I Fall in Love</i> by Lynn Kurland</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>Goodnight Tweetheart</i> by Theresa Medeiros</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br /></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">What I did read:</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br /></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i><span >The Heir</span></i> by Grace Burrowes</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i><span >The Fairy Godmother</span></i> by Mercedes Lackey</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i><span >Sugar Daddy</span></i> by Lisa Kleypas</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i><span >Blue-Eyed Devil</span></i> by Lisa Kleypas</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i><span >Smooth Talking Stranger</span></i> by Lisa Kleypas</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i><span >Born in Fire</span></i> by Nora Roberts</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i><span >Born in Ice</span></i> by Nora Roberts</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i><span >Born in Shame</span></i> by Nora Roberts</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>The Soldier</i> by Grace Burrowes</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>A Kiss at Midnight</i> by Eloisa James</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>When Beauty Tamed the Beast</i> by Eloisa James</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>The Virtuoso</i> by Grace Burrowes</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>Lady Sophie's Christmas Wish</i> by Grace Burrowes</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br /></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">I hadn't realized Grace Burrowes would publish three more books over the course of the year. Of course, when I wrote the original list, I also didn't know how much I would enjoy<i> The Heir</i>. <i>The Fairy Godmother</i> and the rest of the series should probably have been on the speculative list, instead of the romance list. I chose not to continue with that series. </div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br /></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="2011/01/silly-lists-series-childrens-young.html">Children's & Young Adult</a></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br /></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Original List:</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br /></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>Speak</i> by Laurie Halse Anderson</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>Dear Mr. Henshaw</i> by Beverly Cleary</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>The Graveyard Book</i> by Neil Gaiman</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>The Outsiders</i> by S. E. Hinton</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>The Blue Sword</i> by Robin McKinley</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>The Door in the Hedge</i> by Robin McKinley</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>The Hero and the Crown</i> by Robin McKinley</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>A Great and Terrible Beauty</i> by Libba Bray</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>Rebel Angels</i> by Libba Bray</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>The Sweet Far Thing</i> by Libba Bray</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>Holes</i> by Louis Sachar</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>Sources of Light</i> by Margaret McMullan</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>The Invention of Hugo Cabret</i> by Brian Selznick</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>13 Little Blue Envelopes</i> by Maureen Johnson</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>Peace, Love and Baby Ducks</i> by Lauren Myracle</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>Lasso Your Heart</i> by Betty Cavanna</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br /></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">What I actually read:</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br /></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>Sources of Light</i> by Margaret McMullen</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>How I Found the Strong</i> by Margaret McMullen</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>13 Little Blue Envelopes</i> by Maureen Johnson</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>The Last Little Blue Envelope</i> by Maureen Johnson</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>The Outsiders</i> by S. E. Hinton</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children</i> by Ransom Riggs</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>Paper Towns</i> by John Green</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>The Boy Next Door</i> by Betty Cavanna</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>The Name of the Star</i> by Maureen Johnson</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>Peace, Love and Baby Ducks</i> by Lauren Myracle</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>The Strange Case of Origami Yoda</i> by Tom Angleberger</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances</i> one each by Maureen Johnson, John Green & Lauren Myracle</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>OyMG</i> by Amy Fellner Dominy</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i>The Burmudez Triangle</i> by Maureen Johnson </div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br /></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Observant readers will note that I read a Betty Cavanna novel, but not the one on the original list. I'm not sure how that happened. I read a lot of Maureen Johnson's books in 2011. There are still three, four if you count one to be published later this year, that I have not read. I think it's likely I'll read them all this year.</div>2012/01/silly-lists-reckoning-part-one.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bibliophile81)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890940.post-5153077417917822234Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:00:00 +00002011-12-31T18:49:22.777-06:00booksBooks I Read in 2011<div>2:00 P.M. / 14:00</div><div><br /></div>This list has been put together from journal entries and may not 100% complete or in exact chronological order.<div><br /></div><div><i>The Next Queen of Heaven</i> by Gregory Maguire</div><div><i>The Heir by Grace</i> Burrowes</div><div><i>Room </i>by Emma Donoghue</div><div><i>The Incident Report</i> by Martha Baillie</div><div><i>The Fairy Godmother</i> by Mercedes Lackey</div><div><i>A Game of Thrones</i> by George R. R. Martin</div><div><i>Sugar Daddy</i> by Lisa Kleypas</div><div><i>Blue-Eyed Devil</i> by Lisa Kleypas</div><div><i>Smooth Talking Stranger</i> by Lisa Kleypas</div><div><i>Among Others</i> by Jo Walton </div><div><i>Scenes from an Impending Marriage</i> by Adrian Tomine</div><div><i>Skipping a Beat</i> by Sarah Pekkanen</div><div><i>A Discovery of Witches</i> by Deborah Harkness</div><div><i>The Peach Keeper</i> by Sarah Addison Allen</div><div><i>Sources of Light</i> by Margaret McMullen</div><div><i>Heads You Lose</i> by Lisa Lutz and David Hayward</div><div><i>How I Found the Strong</i> by Margaret McMullen</div><div><i>13 Little Blue Envelopes</i> by Maureen Johnson</div><div><i>The Last Little Blue Envelope</i> by Maureen Johnson</div><div><i>Born in Fire</i> by Nora Roberts</div><div><i>Born in Ice</i> by Nora Roberts</div><div><i>Born in Shame</i> by Nora Roberts</div><div><i>Sweet Jiminy</i> by Kristin Gore</div><div><i>A Novel Bookstore</i> by Laurence Cosse</div><div><br /></div><div>listened to <i>I'm Down</i> written & read by Mishna Wolff</div><div><br /></div><div><i>The Tender Mercy of Roses</i> by Anna Michaels</div><div><i>The Soldier</i> by Grace Burrowes</div><div><i>The Fixer Upper</i> by Mary Kay Andrews</div><div><i>The Outsiders</i> by S.E. Hinton</div><div><i>The Bird Sisters</i> by Rebecca Rasmussen</div><div><i>Hunting Unicorns</i> by Bella Pollen</div><div><i>The Mermaid Garden</i> by Santa Montefiore</div><div><i>Savannah Blues</i> by Mary Kay Andrews</div><div><i>Savannah Breeze</i> by Mary Kay Andrews </div><div><i>The Postmistress</i> by Sarah Blake</div><div><i>Girl in Translation</i> Jean Kwok</div><div><i>Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children</i> by Ransom Riggs</div><div><i>Then Came You</i> by Jennifer Weiner </div><div><i>Sarah's Key</i> by Tatiana de Rosnay</div><div><br /></div><div>bits and pieces of <i>Planet Wedding: A Nuptialpedia</i> by Sandra and Harry Choron</div><div><br /></div><div>listened to <i>The Mighty Queens of Freeville</i> written & read by Amy Dickenson</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Paper Towns</i> by John Green</div><div><i>The Borrower</i> by Rebecca Makkai</div><div><br /></div><div>listened to <i>Marriage and Other Acts of Charity</i> written & read by Kate Braestrup</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Beginner's Grace: Bringing Prayer to Life</i> by Kate Braestrup</div><div><i>The Boy Next Door</i> by Betty Cavanna</div><div><i>The ABC's for UU Newcomers: A Brief Introduction to Unitarian Universalism</i> by William Cleary</div><div><i>A Kiss at Midnight</i> by Eloisa James</div><div><i>When Beauty Tamed the Beast</i> by Eloisa James</div><div><i>Arabella</i> by Georgette Heyer</div><div><i>The Name of the Star</i> by Maureen Johnson</div><div><i>Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks</i> by Ken Jennings</div><div><i>Missed Connections: Love Lost & Found</i> by Sophie Blackall</div><div><i>Biblioburro: A True Story from Columbia</i> by Jeannette Winter</div><div><br /></div><div>listened to <i>The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid</i> written & read by Bill Bryson</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Love Walked In</i> by Marissa de los Santos</div><div><i>The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt</i> by Caroline Preston</div><div><i>The Virtuoso</i> by Grace Burrowes</div><div><i>Peace, Love and Baby Ducks</i> by Lauren Myracle</div><div><i>The Next Always</i> by Nora Roberts</div><div><i>The Family Man</i> by Elinor Lipman</div><div><i>Blue Christmas</i> by Mary Kay Andrews</div><div><i>Lady Sophie's Christmas Wish</i> by Grace Burrowes</div><div><i>The Strange Case of Origami Yoda</i> by Tom Angleberger</div><div><i>Let it Snow: Three Holiday Romances</i> one each by Maureen Johnson, John Green and Lauren Myracle</div><div><i>OyMG</i> by Amy Fellner Dominy</div><div><i>The Burmudez Triangle</i> by Maureen Johnson</div><div><br /></div><div>listened to <i>Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)</i> written and read by Mindy Kaling</div><div><br /></div><div>In Progress:</div><div><i>Darth Paper Strikes Back: An Origami Yoda Book</i> by Tom Angleberger </div><div><i>Girl at Sea</i> by Maureen Johnson </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>2011/12/books-i-read-in-2011.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bibliophile81)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890940.post-6842519868613301846Tue, 27 Sep 2011 01:05:00 +00002011-09-26T20:10:23.345-05:00It's Not About Pretty<div>8:05 p.m. / 20:05 </div><div><br /></div>Today I gathered most of my reusable bags and washed them. Then I hung them up to dry and thought about what an odd bunch they are. Then again, reusable bags aren't supposed to be about pretty or matching.<div><br /><a href="; onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="; border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656839814828297282" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>That said, I've been considering investing in some of <a href="; or <a href="; for the sake of probably being able to keep two or three in my purse at any time and they would be pretty and matching. There are two stand-out drawbacks to this:</div><div><br /></div><div>1. $$$</div><div><br /></div><div>2. Clearly, I already own a lot of reusable bags.</div>2011/09/its-not-about-pretty.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bibliophile81)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890940.post-6562372766911044954Tue, 08 Feb 2011 03:45:00 +00002011-02-07T21:45:33.620-06:00booksSilly ListsSilly Lists Series: To Re-Read9:45 p.m. / 21:45<br /><br /><i><a href=" World</a></i> by Larry Niven<div><br /></div><div><i><a href=" It</a></i> by Jennifer Crusie</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href=" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 116px; height: 200px;" src="; border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571158607864067826" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><i><a href=" It Forward</a></i> by Catherine Ryan Hyde</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href=" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 124px; height: 200px;" src="; border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571158616457056242" /></a><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><i><a href=" Class</a></i> by Maeve Binchy</div><div><br /></div><div><a href=" class="Apple-style-span" >The Chronicles of Narnia</span></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'MS Sans Serif', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Verdana, Geneva, Lucida, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Previously: <a href="2011/01/silly-lists.html">Introduction</a>, <a href="2011/01/silly-lists-series-romance.html">Romance</a>, <a href="2011/01/silly-lists-series-childrens-young.html">Children's & Young Adult</a>, <a href="2011/01/silly-lists-series-speculative-fiction.html">Speculative Fiction</a>, <a href="2011/01/silly-lists-series-general-fiction.html">General Fiction</a>, <a href="2011/01/silly-lists-series-christian.html">Christian Fiction</a>, <a href="2011/01/silly-lists-series-nonfiction.html">Nonfiction</a>, <a href="2011/01/silly-lists-series-mystery.html">Mystery</a> </span></div>2011/02/silly-lists-series-to-re-read.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bibliophile81)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890940.post-5908018733656770440Mon, 24 Jan 2011 15:30:00 +00002011-02-07T21:43:53.406-06:00booksSilly ListsSilly Lists Series: Mystery9:30 a.m. / 09:30<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href=" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="; border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565773839846492642" /></a><br />Mystery may be a stretch for one of these books and for another, I'm honestly guessing its genre. All but one will be published sometime later this year. <div><br /></div><div><i><a href=" Body?</a></i> by Dorothy L. Sayers</div><div><br /></div><div><i><a href=" Herring Without Mustard</a></i> by Alan Bradley</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Somokin' Seventeen</i> by Janet Evanovich</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Heads You Lose</i> by Lisa Lutz and David Hayward</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'MS Sans Serif', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Verdana, Geneva, Lucida, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Previously: <a href="2011/01/silly-lists.html">Introduction</a>, <a href="2011/01/silly-lists-series-romance.html">Romance</a>, <a href="2011/01/silly-lists-series-childrens-young.html">Children's & Young Adult</a>, <a href="2011/01/silly-lists-series-speculative-fiction.html">Speculative Fiction</a>, <a href="2011/01/silly-lists-series-general-fiction.html">General Fiction</a>, <a href="2011/01/silly-lists-series-christian.html">Christian Fiction</a>, <a href="2011/01/silly-lists-series-nonfiction.html">Nonfiction</a> </span></div>2011/01/silly-lists-series-mystery.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bibliophile81)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890940.post-6159195000465807437Tue, 18 Jan 2011 13:00:00 +00002011-01-18T07:00:02.013-06:00booksSilly ListsSilly Lists Series: Nonfiction7:00 a.m. / 07:00<div><br /></div><div><i><a href=" Book is Overdue</a>: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All</i> by Marilyn Johnson<div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href=" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 138px; height: 200px;" src="; border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563355592357597298" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><i><a href=" the Books</a>: The Adventures of