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March 26, 2020
{Books} by Helene Hanff
So, this is how I remember becoming acquainted with the works of Helene Hanff: In 1991, the movie The Silence of the Lambs came out. I immediately became a fan of Anthony Hopkins. He went on my watch-everything list (along with Jeremy Irons, Peter O’ Toole, and Anthony Perkins). Now, this was the early 90s. …
March 24, 2020
{Book} The Long Winter
The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder On the empty winter prairie, gray clouds to the northwest meant only one thing: a blizzard was seconds away. The first blizzard came in October. It snowed almost without stopping until April. The temperature dropped to forty below. Snow reached the roof-tops. And no trains could get through …
March 23, 2020
Sunday Salon (on Monday), 3/23
Reading I participated-ish in the #24in48 Readathon over the past weekend. I didn’t really keep track of my time. I could go back and count up the numbers I do have, but, eh. I did finish The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Q’s Legacy by Helene Hanff, and listed to the audio book of Harlan Ellison’s The …
March 19, 2020
#StayHome24in48 Readathon
I was a bit bummed in January when I found out there wasn’t going to be a 24 in 48 Readathon. I had been looking forward to a cozy activity to sink into after a December which was tiring and stressful rather than a holiday season. Fast-forward to mid-March and 2020 has just been more …
March 15, 2020
Sunday Salon, 3/15
Books Last week, or the week before, I found that The Life and Afterlife of Harry Houdini by Joe Posnanski was available at my online library. I put it on hold and figured I could get through my Classics Club and Unread Shelf books during the 6 week wait time. It, of course, became available …
March 12, 2020
{Book} Taaqtumi
This book was provided to me by Myrick Marketing & Media, LLC via NetGalley for review consideration. Taaqtumi: An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories, compiled by Neil Christopher “Taaqtumi” is an Inuktitut word that means “in the dark”—and these spine-tingling horror stories by Northern writers show just how dangerous darkness can be. A family clinging …
March 8, 2020
Sunday Salon, 3/8
Books Finished and posted some thoughts on Bad Blood. Started The Book of the Damned by Charles Fort as my next Classics Club pick. This one is tough sledding, let me tell you. I also added Jim Steinmeyer’s biography of Fort to my library in hopes of it helping me make sense of whatever Fort …
March 7, 2020
{Book} Bad Blood
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the female Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout whose startup “unicorn” promised to revolutionize the medical industry with a machine that would make blood tests significantly faster and easier. Backed …
March 3, 2020
Deal Me In, Week 9 ~ “Paladin of the Lost Hour”
Hosted by Jay @ Bibliophilopolis What’s Deal Me In? “Paladin of the Lost Hour” by Harlan Ellison Card picked: A♣ Found in: Angry Candy, but also online at Ellison Webderland And then the pillager’s fist came loose, and he was clutching for an instant a gorgeous pocket watch. What used to be called a turnip …
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March 2, 2020
Unread Shelf Project : March!
Jinjer (aka The Intrepid Arkansawyer) mentioned the Unread Shelf Project in her February wrap-up. I think I missed earlier posts about it because I’ve been trying hard to not join every reading challenge that crosses my path. I’m not very good at sticking to lists or even “read 10 books of X genre” challenges. Usually, …
