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Language studies and survival skills 2: the kids are not alright
Barry, Quan- We Ride Upon Sticks Novik, Naomi- The Golden Enclaves In this edition of Language Studies and Survival Skills: The Kids Are...
Nov 11, 20222 min read
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Victorian Bears and Monsters
OK, these two books don't really have much to do with each other, except: Victorian, British setting really looooong sinister, selfish...
Oct 30, 20224 min read
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Halloween reads for 2022
It's time for my annual tradition of scaring myself half to death by late October! Books: King, Stephen- 'Salem's Lot Searles, John- Help...
Oct 21, 20223 min read
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The Reading Life: Trying and Failing to Keep Up
Reading is my favorite thing. It's fun, it's solace, it's instruction, it's inspiration. But I'm about to write the third post in a...
Oct 8, 20223 min read
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The Reading Life: the Trouble With Holds
As librarian and a life-long enthusiastic library user, I love putting holds on books at the library. You don’t have to try to catch the...
Sep 25, 20224 min read
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The Joy of Re-Reading: The Silmarillion
Tolkien, JRRR: The Silmarillion The first time I read it I'm not going to summarize this book. It's a hard book to summarize; odds and...
Aug 21, 20224 min read
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The Reading Life: When and why to ditch a book
When I was a kid- not just a little kid, but all through school, and probably all through college- I completed every book that I started....
Aug 13, 20225 min read
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The Joy of Re-reading: Circe
If you love to read: -about a woman telling a bully who is much bigger than she is, "You don't know what I can do," -or, if you love...
Jul 24, 20223 min read
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How I use my planners, digital edition
Last week, I wrote about my paper planners: one for work, one for this, and one notebook to track information like how I've slept and...
Jul 10, 20224 min read
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How I use my planners, paper edition
At my proper job At the end of June, I sat down with my planners at the library (one paper and one digital) and just checked-in. Half of...
Jul 3, 20226 min read
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