This week’s edition of Ten On Tuesday recognizes that fall isn’t just back-to-school season, “it’s back-to-the-couch to-watch-TV” season too. Old favorite shows come back with new episodes, and potential new favorites are introduced (or die within three weeks). “10 Great/Awful Things About Television Today” will be divided into two parts, five of each. Let’s get the bad news out of the way first: 200+ channels, and so little worth watching. I guess when you have […]
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TBIF – Thank blog it’s Friday! 10/3/08
Tuesday Thingers: Banned Books Week – The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000 (hosted by The Boston Bibliophile) For this week’s Tuesday Thingers, I’ve copied the list of the most-challenged books of the 1990s straight from the ALA website. I’ve highlighted the ones I’ve read. Bold what you’ve read, and italicize what you have in your LT library. Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz Daddy’s Roommate by Michael Willhoite I Know Why the Caged […]
Double the memes, double the fun
I was actually tagged (that never happens!) for a “Seven Random Things About Me” meme by Kiva from Eclectic Granny. I’m tagging my husband, because he really needs to get another post up soon :-). It’s very hard for me to come up with random facts at random; I do much better with specific questions, which is why I stole the second meme in this post. Since I tend to speak with a lot of […]
TBIF: Thank blog it’s Friday – the last one in September
Tuesday Thingers (hosted by The Boston Bibliophile) Today’s Question: Favorite Authors. Who do you have named in your LT account as favorite authors? Why did you choose them? How many people share your choices? Can you share a picture of one of them? In most categories, I don’t have just one or two items that I like above all others, and it’s no different with authors. I have 14 authors “favorited” (is that really a […]
The meme thief is back!
It’s been a while since I’ve stolen a meme. I almost never get tagged, and I really don’t mind, since if it looks like fun I’ll just take it anyway. I found this quick little name meme at KathyHowe’s place, Kazoofus.com. 1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME (first pet, current car): Aphrodite Civic 2. YOUR GANGSTA NAME (fave ice cream flavor, favorite type of shoe): Chocolate Slingback 3. YOUR NATIVE AMERICAN NAME (favorite color, favorite animal): […]
Ten on Tuesday on Wednesday: What I Did This Summer
It dawned on me recently that I think summer may be overrated. When you’re a kid, of course, it’s great – two and a half months of “freedom!” (Realistically, though, most middle-class families have such structured life, do many kids really even have that anymore?) But once you’re a parent, freedom for the kids can mean extra work for you…especially if you no longer live by the academic calendar yourself and have to, you know, […]
TBIF – Thank blog it’s Friday!
Tuesday Thingers (hosted by The Boston Bibliophile) Today’s Question: Have you ever added a quote to the quotation field in common knowledge? What’s a quote you particularly like from a book, one that you know by heart? I haven’t added anything to Common Knowledge. I actually haven’t used Common Knowledge all that much, to be honest, although it was quite helpful in last week’s Thinger about book awards. I have noticed that a lot of […]
Ten on Tuesday on Wednesday: Simple Happy Things
In keeping with the topic “10 Simple Things that Make You Happy” and the fact that this is actually Ten on WEDNESDAY (due to a prior blog commitment yesterday), I’ll actually do a simple list for once, in no particular order. Holding hands with my husband (nice that this was #1 on his list too) A really good cup of coffee Wearing an outfit I love that’s comfortable AND looks good Cool nights and cloudy […]
TBIF – Thank blog it’s Friday!
Tuesday Thingers (hosted by The Boston Bibliophile) Today’s question: Awards. Do you follow any particular book awards? Do you ever choose books based on awards? What award-winning books do you have? (Off the top of your head only- no need to look this up- it would take all day!) What’s your favorite award-winning book? LibraryThing’s Common Knowledge feature tracks awards; you can find it here. I used to pay a lot more attention to book […]
Ten on Tuesday: Favorite Movie Songs
I’m all about the soundtrack. I’ve often wished my daily life had one. Maybe I can get some ideas for it from this week’s Ten on Tuesday topic, “10 Favorite Movie Songs.” For the purposes of this assignment, I’m sticking with songs that were written specifically for, or were heard for the first time in, a particular movie. A lot of recent movies have made use of existing music for their soundtracks, which is fine […]
TBIF – Thank blog it’s Friday! #5
>>> Have you entered the Second Chance at (Summer) Reading Re-Gifting Giveaway? TODAY is your last chance!<<< Tuesday Thingers (hosted by The Boston Bibliophile) Today’s question: Members who have your books. Do you ever look at this feature? Do you use it to make LT friends, or compare notes? There are three tabs- weighted, raw, and recent. “Weighted,” which means “weighted by book obscurity and library size” is probably the least self-explanatory of the three, […]
TBIF – Thank blog it’s Friday #4!
>>> Don’t forget to enter the Second Chance at (Summer) Reading Re-Gifting Giveaway – details are here, and the deadline is Friday, September 5! <<< Tuesday Thingers 8/26 (hosted by The Boston Bibliophile) Today’s topic: LibraryThing authors. Who are your LibraryThing authors? What books of theirs do you have? Do you ever comment on an author’s LT page? Have you received any comments from an author on your LT account? My small, fairly pathetic collection […]
