Finally taking a moment or three to run through some reading statistics from 2015 before I start posting 2016 book reviews ( Read more... )

I always like to do at least some kind of wrap-up post. I never seem to do the really in-depth "Year In Review" type posts for everything I've seen, read and listened to in the past year, but that's okay.

I read, listened to, or attempted to read 72 different books in 2010. Of those:

* 1 was an e-book, 9 were on cd, 42 were softcover, and 20 were ( Read more... )

So here we go, the beginning of my roundup for 2007.  Don't worry, the details will be behind cuts.

I had thought, back in January, to take part in the
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Well, now that we've been in the New Year for an hour here on the east coast, I figure it's time to put a HAPPY NEW YEAR post up ( Read more... )

Well, since the year is almost over, it's time for the annual "first sentence from the first post of each month" thingie.  Here goes:

JANUARY: I am going to post the full list of what I read in 2006 over in   ( Read more... )

Just went back and looked at the list, and here's what I find, slightly edited, with my success in italics:

-- Once I've used the gift certificates I got for Christmas, my goal is to not buy any more books in 2006. Uhm ... yeah.  We can count this one as a total failure.  I bought plenty of books in 2006, although I will say I made it until February ( Read more... )

Okay, I know I purchased or was given far more music than I reviewed on this blog in 2006.  Hell, Brad alone sent me 30 cds, two of which make the following list.  Dave probably sent me almost as many.  
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I am going to post the full list of what I read in 2006 over in  
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TELEVISION:

Well, as I discovered a few nights ago, my biggest reaction to television news was also my biggest chance for others to say "I told you so."

Heroes:  I'm totally engrossed.  Each episode has had me on the edge of my seat.  The pacing is phenomenal, the mysteries are fair and solved in a reasonable amount of time, and the characters ( Read more... )

Okay, trying this again, this is the post I lost the other night.  I'm about 6 months behind on my reading, though, so this list is based on the first half of the year and a random issue here and there.

The Comics

Fables:  Once again my top book.  As 
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