After 1.5 days of evaluation writing hell (actually slightly less hellish this time around, even though I had to do 2 projects' worth, as we were encouraged to "keep comments short"), I now get THREE WEEKDAYS OFF!! And the weekend! What will I do with my time, who knows, probably sleep ( Read more... )

Ahhhhhh! We're at a TBR week for Top Ten Tuesday, and I once again do not actually have any idea what I want to read coming up past the next couple of books. In fact, I was in such a tizzy that at the beginning of March I dumped a bunch of unread books back at the library that I REALLY HAD been excited about in January, and combed my Goodreads TBR ( Read more... )

I really meant to wait like six or at least three months to do another one of these, to see how many I could read off the chart in the interim, but then...I got over-excited and couldn't stop writing, and now I feel I simply MUST share another set o' fifty. If you missed part 1, jump to it here.

So, back to my TBR -- we'll pick up where I left off ( Read more... )

I'm looking at some older book posts on my blog, and one document o' delight is this post where I ran down my entire Goodreads TBR to explain why each book was on there (and eliminate any that didn't need to be) and why I hadn't read it yet. In the 5-ish years since, I've adopted a slightly looser approach that particular shelf, so it has nearly ( Read more... )

The official topic at That Artsy Reader Girl this week is "Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the First Half of 2023," but even though I technically have a couple, my general stance is to swat those away like my life depends on it ( Read more... )

As much as I love summertime and the pleasant ability to read outside, fall is another favorite time for reading -- some days are warm enough to read outside, especially in the afternoon; other days demand the coziest of hot drinks and sweaters and blankets without having the full weight of bitter-cold winter upon you ( Read more... )

Aaaand we're back! I really meant to do the last two weeks of TTT, but I could never quite stay on the computer long enough to do them justice so I gave up half finished. Meanwhile I've had a wonderful June of being outside and also reading All The Books and watching All The Movies, and now for at least the next 3 weeks, I'm back to work. On a much ( Read more... )

I'm back to work, on The Super Hard Project that I did this time last spring, but this time it's got some changes that make it easier in some ways and harder in others (basically, we're scoring a different question every 1-2 weeks -- and I need at least a cursory knowledge of all 18, 3-6 of which will be the one my group is majority responsible for ( Read more... )

Main/party post @ That Artsy Reader GirlUsually when a TBR week comes up on TTT, I struggle because it always seems to happen right after I've finished a set of library checkouts and am looking around trying to figure out what I AM going to read next. Not this time! This time I have literally dozens of things I'm excited about, so after much ( Read more... )

Original prompt/party post at That Artsy Reader Girl here.

I did not stick to my summer list like at ALL -- I only finished numbers 4, 5, and 8, though they were all worth it, especially the latter two, and I still really want to read them all sometime. Partly because I got distracted by Sudden Unexpected Tamora Pierce Rereads, partly because I ( Read more... )