My annual list of books I read in the past year. In 2016 I read 97 books. I started something new this year, and some of the books were read out loud to my mom. My favorite books read this year "The Martian" and my re-reads of the Street Cat Bob books: "A Street Cat Named Bob," "The World According to Bob," and "A Gift from Bob." The story of ( Read more... )

My annual list of books I've read in the past year! Just about the only thing I post anymore. Anyway, I read a total of 95 books in 2015. Normally I read a few more, but this past September was a bad month. I only read 4 books. Specifically I read 40 sci-fi/fantasy, 5 historical fiction, 12 historical fantasy, 19 nonfiction, 6 mysteries, 5 ( Read more... )

I don't know if anyone still reads my journal. I know I don't post in it much. I feel I need to post about this though. My father passed away September 13th. Even though he had health issues, this was extremely unexpected. We'd been talking about possibly returning to Disney World in November of 2016. He died the night my aunt and uncle ( Read more... )

I'm posting what's become my annual post about the books I read in the past year. In 2014 I read 106 books. I read 11 in January, 6 in February, 9 in March, 6 in April, 8 in May, 8 in June, 13 in July, 3 in August, 9 in September, 8 in October, 9 in November, and 16 in December. I will list them below by genre. A (2) next to the book means it ( Read more... )

I just finished the book in the subject, and I have to say, it was not interesting. The characters all started off as teenagers with lives they weren't really happy with. They went through adult life into middle age, still living lives they weren't really happy with. I don't need every book to have a happy ending, but I wanted at least some of ( Read more... )

I've been reading a number of books by and about Joy and George Adamson recently. For those who may not know, they raised Elsa, the lioness from "Born Free". George then went on to raise more lions, and Joy raised Pippa, a cheetah, and Penny, a leopard. All these stories are just so beautiful. I love hearing about the trust the animals give the ( Read more... )

I think this account of books I read over the past year is going to become a yearly tradition. I read 133 books in 2013! Part of the reason for that number is that there are number of shorter books on the list. By "short" I mean books I could breeze through in only 2-3 (or in some cases 1!) days. Another part of it is that I've always been a ( Read more... )

It's sad when an aunt and uncle favor one set of nieces and nephews over another set. And the thing is, I'm 99% sure it's not a conscious thing. If I were to call them on it, I'm pretty sure they'd be surprised I think they're showing favoritism. But as the saying goes, actions speak louder than words. And even if it was just one actions or ( Read more... )

I'm doing Nanowrimo again this year. My word count after day 1 is 2052. Before I started my story yesterday I had a small outline written. When I began writing I obviously started with the first scene I had laid out. Initially it was a small scene; I thought it would be maybe 500 or 1000 words. 2052 words later my first scene was finished. ( Read more... )

I'm feeling very blah right now. Not sad, not depressed, just blah. I wish I knew why. If I can pinpoint the cause of a feeling I can do something (or at least attempt to do something) about it. But this is just a general, free floating, blah feeling. Sigh. At first I thought maybe I was coming down from enjoying Chicago, but that's not it. ( Read more... )