Books: I only made it through 9 books this quarter. Sigh.

1. Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing. I had seen the movie, but hadn’t read the book before. The story has to do with a girl who is basically left on her own to grow up in a shack deep in a North Carolina marsh and spends her time exploring the marsh animals and plants. She meets a boy ( Read more... )

I already wrote about RhinoStock. So what else has been going on in May ( Read more... )

We’ve gotten through the first three months of the year, so it’s time for a quarterly update.

Books: I got through 15 books in January through March.

1. Nell Painter, Old in Art School. I don’t remember who recommended this to me, but I talked one of my book clubs into it. The idea of a woman retiring from a prestigious academic career (as a ( Read more... )

I’ve been fairly busy over the past few weeks. The biggest thing was the Women’s Storytelling Festival, which deserves its own entry. In the meantime, you can still buy a virtual ticket through April 1st and listen to 16 hours of recorded stories. Go to the WSF ticketing pageIn terms of other stuff I’ve been doing, here is what I can decipher ( Read more... )

I think this will get me caught up on everything up until this month ( Read more... )

To continue the catch-up, here are the books, movies, and goals progress from October through December.

Books:

17 Books this quarter.

1. Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give. I read this for the Crones and Tomes book club. This is nominally a Young Adult novel, but that didn’t make it easy reading. The story involves a 16-year-old girl who witnesses a ( Read more... )

Let’s see what the past three months brought.

Books:

Eleven books this quarter.

1. Donald E. Westlake and Brian Garfield, Gangway!. This is a caper novel about a New York gangster who is sent to San Francisco after upsetting his boss. He meets various colorful characters and devises a plan to rob the mint. It’s mildly diverting, but not nearly ( Read more... )

It;s time for the quarterly assessment.

Books: Only 10 books this quarter, alas.

1. Dick Francis, To the Hilt. Dick Francis is always reliable when you want a strong plot with lots of action. This book starts with an artist who lives in a remote part of Scotland getting beaten up with no idea why. He then gets mixed up with a fraud at his ( Read more... )

This has been a quieter week. I played board games three nights, which is something I enjoy but don’t do if I’m going out a lot. And I went to Needles and Crafts on Thursday, as usual. I’ve also been spending a lot of time on things related to travel planning.

BlackBerry: I managed to go to a movie on Wednesday morning. Choosing which movie to ( Read more... )

I will get around to writing about the Women’s Storytelling Festival and the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament and a bunch of other stuff. But, first, a quick review of the first quarter of 2023.

Books:

I read 14 books this quarter.

1. Fiona Davis, The Lions of Fifth Avenue: I read this for my book club and enjoyed it. It has two linked ( Read more... )