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Jim’s 2022 Year in Books
Take a look at Jim’s Year in Books. The long, the short—it’s all here.
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Jim MacLachlan
Goodreads Author
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Influences
Member Since
December 2007
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/jimmaclachlan
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Inkle Loom Design & Construction
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Horses and Farms For Fiction Writers
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Carpenter Bee Trap Plans
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Handyman Tools: A Primer For Remodeling & Woodwork
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Raising Baby: Fawns Become Family
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Oven Rack Tool Plans
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Looking For A Suitable Mount
The turn from the single lane road into the narrow driveway was too sharp to make with the horse trailer, but there was supposed to be a big parking lot ahead where I could turn around & come back at a better angle. The church was there, but the big lot was blocked by construction debris. I managed to snake through the roundabout with only a slight scratch. Heading back, I turned into the drive
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How did it only cost you a penny? Looks like fairly standard pricing to me. Is there some sort of sign up deal?
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That looks interesting. I recently watched an episode of "The Craftsman" which was good.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15423280/ While our backgrounds ar ...more " |
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Apparently the FAA mess was just an engineer swapping in the wrong file.
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that was interesting, Peter. Thanks. Reshoring industry is fantastic, but what really caught my attention was digitizing parts as Cat is doing. So muc
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Jim wrote: "A "current" canard (for about the past 30 years) uncritically tossed around, is that we live in a world of extreme technonological change.
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"This is a strange SF novel from 1958 that mixes time travel, parallel universes and a locked room mystery. I read it as a part of the monthly reading for January 2023 at Hugo & Nebula Awards: Best Novels group.
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| What a sucky year for reading & most everything else. I only read 35 books & I've averaged more like 200 for the past 15 years that I've been a member of GR. Well, they were mostly really good books including a reread of The Selfish Gene. A Planet of ...more | |
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Colonyside: A Novel (The Planetside Series) (Planetside Series, 3)
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| It's a pretty good continuation of the first book, but definitely suffers from middle book syndrome. Must be read in order, of course. I enjoyed it, but it didn't wow me. On to the third & final book of the trilogy. ...more | |
"This is a recently published (2022) novella by one of my favorite current SFF authors – Adrian Tchaikovsky. I read it as a part of the monthly reading for December 2022 at SFF Hot from Printers: New Releases group.
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“Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art.”
― Artist Descending a Staircase
― Artist Descending a Staircase
“So many books, so little time.”
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“When will we learn we are Human first, and that all other names are merely changes of clothing?”
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“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”
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“I prefer rationalism to atheism. The question of God and other objects-of-faith are outside reason and play no part in rationalism, thus you don't have to waste your time in either attacking or defending.”
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Hey Jim! To answer your question about the GIMP book - I don't remember. I read the book in chunks over time. The start/finish date isn't accurate. Also, I would have skimmed any bits about using it with a tablet or with a drawing pen device like a Wacom since I don't use them.We do have books/genres in common! I look forward to reading your reviews! :)
Hi, Jim. Thank you for your friend-vite, and for joining our buddy read! Your input will be very much appreciated.
Luffy wrote: "Hey Jim, thanks for the like!"Glad to, Luffy. Good reviews have me reading a lot of good books. I can now find more good books than time, even with audio books.
Damn GR, I didn't add 500 books, but changed the shelves on over 1000. I used to use 'fiction' as 'general fiction' so didn't check that box if the book was on another fictional genre shelf. It only got checked if it might be nonfiction, like it was historical.I told GR not to shout it out, but it listens as well as my teens did. It was probably that batch edit that hung up & kept giving me an error. I finally went through & just changed them individually. Turned out to be faster.
I went through & made sure they were all on fiction, nonfiction, or 'sort-of-nonfiction' shelves. Then I exported them to an Excel spreadsheet & ran a macro that broke out the shelves for each book & counted them up. I was curious to see my trend in reading & this allows me to graph it quickly.
"Jim MacLachlan added 500 books"Dang! You've been busy. Even when I was going through adding the bulk of my collection, I never got that much in a day!
Tish wrote: "Thanks for liking my reviews, Jim. It's nice to know somebody actually reads them! Some people write marvelous reviews and I'm not one of them, but I try!"I don't go through friends reviews often enough, Tish. I'd like to more often, but too many groups & other stuff to do. It's friends' reviews that make GR so great for me, though. I rarely read a bad book any more.
Thanks for liking my reviews, Jim. It's nice to know somebody actually reads them! Some people write marvelous reviews and I'm not one of them, but I try!
Jim wrote: "Gem H wrote: "Jim, I can't stress how great Deadworld is! I have books 0.5 and 2 on my kindle AND I've pre-ordered book 3!!!"I've put it on my list to get. Thanks."
If you don't like it I'll eat my hat. :D
Gem H wrote: "Jim, I can't stress how great Deadworld is! I have books 0.5 and 2 on my kindle AND I've pre-ordered book 3!!!"I've put it on my list to get. Thanks.
Jim, I can't stress how great Deadworld is! I have books 0.5 and 2 on my kindle AND I've pre-ordered book 3!!!
Thanks for accepting my friend request, Jim.
Thanks for noticing. It's just been a slow reading time. Lots of real life going on & I was reading the first of Martin's Fire & Ice series, A Game of Thrones. Finished it last night. It was almost like a re-read due to watching the HBO series, but now that I've started the second, I don't want to put it down.;-)
It's dry as a bone here now, Nina. I'm sorry you won't get a chance to drop by & say hello. Please plan better next time!;-)
What's the weather like in your neck of the woods, Jim? We'll be in Frankfurt, hopefully tomorrow night at a motel. It will be a long drive and my husband will probably drop into bed once we readh there. And we leave early next morning as we need to get to my brother in law's home in the Shenandoah Valley, VA before dark otherwise I would try to find you and say"hello" to you/Marg/and the animals. I love horses, goats and Jack Russells, but not quite as much as Irish Setters. nina
Thanks for the friendvite, Jim.
Thanks for the add! I love your quotes, George Carlin :(..
I'm blushing! Must be the hat, but thank you! At my age, I'll take any compliments I can get. ;-)
Hi Jim I was just looking at your profile pic and Harrison Ford popped into my head am I the only one who has thought this? Hope you are not offended but I think with the hat he wore in Indiana Jones would really do it :) Anyways I'm off to read you'r review of Million little pieces, I had a hard time reviewing that one cause of the lies Frey told Grrrr...I did enjoy the story it was deep and well written but....the end ya know what I mean!!
Hi Jim,just dropping by for a visit. I'm really busy with SFA at the moment. Getting a little writing done, but not much. Have a great week.Blessings CJ
Hi Jim, stopped by to see what's new on your page. Have a great week.Blessings CJ
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Just read the nail gun/radio story. You are now on my list of heroes.
Hi from down under Jim. Stopped by to see what’s new with you.Please take a look at SFA.
http://www.shadowforestauthors.com
Blessings CJ
It's my honor, Joy. You've done an amazing job of setting up your new group. Wow! A ton of work.
Jim: Thanks for becoming my Goodread's friend. I'm honored. -J.
Thanks for your friendship and help Jim, it is much appreciated. Keep in touch.Blessings CJ [image error]
Interesting. I posted my answer on your "Philosophy in Every Day Life" topic. This is one of my core beliefs.
Thank you, Jim. I added "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress". Good morning.Regarding Robert A. Heinlein's "A human being should be able to.... Specialization is for insects."
Polymaths, like Leonardo Da Vinci, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Jose Rizal, are a rarity. Two of the advantages of living in a good society are division of labor and trade.
An individual with a mind capable of producing a cure for cancer should be concentrating on such a task.
