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November 17, 2015 book reviews, reading

(Audio)Book Talk: CAREER OF EVIL by Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling), read by Robert Glenister

Career of Evil (A Cormoran Strike Novel) Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling) Audiobook read by Robert Glenister Mulholland Books (October 2015), hardcover (ISBN 0316349933 / 9780316349932) Fiction (mystery/crime), 512 pages Source: Purchased audiobook (Hachette Audio, October 2015, 9781478962670, Audible ASIN B014JXQMEG) This review contains affiliate links to Indiebound.org. A few weeks ago, not long after I’d found myself idly wondering when J.K. Rowling’s crime-writing alter ego, Robert Galbraith, would have a new book […]

November 16, 2015 'riting

Nontraditional Nonfiction: Forms and Formats

Nontraditional Nonfiction: This week we will be focusing on the nontraditional side of reading nonfiction. Nonfiction comes in many forms. There are the traditional hardcover or paperback print books, of course, but then you also have e-books, audiobooks, illustrated and graphic nonfiction, oversized folios, miniatures, internet publishing, and enhanced books complete with artifacts. So many choices! Do you find yourself drawn to or away from nontraditional nonfiction? Do you enjoy some nontraditional formats, but not […]

November 15, 2015 'riting

Show & Tell Sunday: Mid-November Edition

I finally made a graphic for this Sunday post thing I’ve been doing. My one-week-at-a-time approach to NaBloPoMo November worked for a second week, and it looks like I may be on track to make it a third. Some of you may be wondering what’s happened to the books, though. Well, as so often happens when the emphasis shifts to blogging, this thing has reared its head again: However, I do have two book discussions slated […]

November 14, 2015 randomness

Saturday Sign: And Then What?

I think this may have been designed by an improv company. As seen at Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle, June 2015 Subscribe to Blog via Email Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Email Address Subscribe Join 2,318 other subscribers

November 13, 2015 randomness

Five for Friday: Links of the Week, November 13

The way things have gone this week, I wasn’t sure I’d get through much online reading at all, let alone have anything to share. But I really did not want to blow my NaBloPoMo streak on Friday the 13th–it just seemed too cosmically, karmically obvious–so I was extra-motivated to put together this week’s little list of links for you. “Just like people, no media is perfect. Everything is problematic, including this post. As a white, […]

November 12, 2015 randomness

How Will YOU Score on The Book Nerd Quiz?

I found this quiz via the Barnes & Noble Review ages ago, but never got around to posting it. Feel free to steal, take, and share…but be sure to come back and tell me how big a book nerd you are! INSTRUCTIONS: Just go down the list below and add one point for every statement that applies to you. You currently own more than 20 books. +1 You currently own more than 50 books. +1 You […]

November 11, 2015 randomness

A Dog’s Life: Words from Winchester, Vol. 2

We adopted Winchester a year ago this month! As a variation on Wordless Wednesday each week this November, I’ll be posting a photo of him captioned with my suspicions of what he’s thinking. I do not think he thinks this project is such a good idea. Subscribe to Blog via Email Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Email Address Subscribe Join 2,318 other subscribers

November 10, 2015 randomness

5 Signs of Fall in Southern California

I know some of you may have already seen snow by now, but where I live, it’s been struggling to get below 80 degrees in the daytime. And yes, I am complaining about that. A little. It’s technically halfway through autumn! “Halfway through autumn” is about when it usually shows up around here, though. 5 SIGNS IT’S FALL IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA When the time changes, so do the temperatures (FINALLY). You go from needing the […]

November 9, 2015 reading

Something in Common: Fiction/Nonfiction Book Pairing

Book Pairing: Match a fiction book with a nonfiction book that you would recommend. This week’s Nonfiction November topic offers an interesting challenge, and I’m really curious to see what other participants will be recommending! I struggled with it, truthfully, until I decided to bend the rules a little. I have two different pairings to suggest today, and neither is a proper “pairing”–each includes a topical nonfiction work and two related novels, so it’s probably more […]

November 8, 2015 randomness

Show & Tell Sunday: One Year with Winchester!

On November 8, 2014, we brought home an addition to the family. Today we’re celebrating our first year with Winchester! Since he’s only four years old, we look forward to many more with him…even though he’s turned out not to be the dog we thought he was. The day we brought him home, and the first of many hours chilling on the couch with his best friend. Our little captain is on the bridge! There’s […]

November 7, 2015 randomness

Saturday’s Sign: Sign of a Short Attention Span

Taken at Comikaze Expo, Los Angeles Convention Center, October 2015 Subscribe to Blog via Email Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Email Address Subscribe Join 2,318 other subscribers

November 5, 2015 randomness

Roads Not Taken: A Chronological List of Rejected Career Options

WHAT I WANTED TO BE GROWING UP, CHRONOLOGICALLY “Teacher” and “nurse” were how most girls my age answered the question “What do you want to be when you grow up?” back when we were growing up. I never said either. “Accountant” was where I ended up. It was never on the list at all. “Wife” and “mother” were nearly always assumed to be on the list, but for me–already a burgeoning 1970s second-wave feminist in […]

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