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2 days ago1 min read
from my StoryGraph reading wrap-up for 2024
some good reading here
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Dec 30, 20241 min read
Best of 2024- my favorite reads
Egan- The Candy House
Novic- True Biz
Bradley- The Ministry of Time
Grossman- The Bright Sword
Kliewer- We Used to Live Here
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Dec 8, 20242 min read
A year of library holds
I have thirty-six books on hold, and all the holds suspended, so that on the first of each month, I'll have library holds waiting for me.
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Nov 22, 20244 min read
Comfort books and movies
I'm old enough to remember The Precedented Times. It was awesome. I only checked the news a few times a week because that was enough to...
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Oct 31, 20241 min read
The Wrong Kind of Scary
Right at the end of September, I found out that I needed a second mammogram scan. I wasn't worried about it at all. I thought they'd...
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Oct 21, 20242 min read
Spooky Season '24
I'm usually much more into spooky season than I am this year, and I think that it's so hot!
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Sep 14, 20243 min read
See it or read it: His Dark Materials
In deciding whether to see it or read it, in a series like His Dark Materials, I don't think that any movie is going to be able to equal...
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Aug 18, 20242 min read
The Bright Sword
I was so stoked for this. I almost fell off a chair when I saw that the guy who wrote The Magicians was coming out with a King Arthur story.
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Jul 31, 20242 min read
I can't read when I have a headache, and I can't stop having headaches
I had to call in sick, and I watched 3 movies. All this free time, and I'm watching TV like a dummy. I just can't read when my head aches.
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Jun 27, 20243 min read
Time travel and sort-of time travel
Reading The Ministry of Time and trying to listen to The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle.
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