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Reprinted from my blog on the Glenview Patch: I love to read. My average is at least one book per week, and has been for many years. But when I started making blankets with our local chapter of Project Linus, it really cut into… Continue Reading “One More Thing to Love about My Library”
It seems like cheating to count this for any reading challenges, as it was so short. I picked it up at the clearance sales last year, so I knew it was a slim volume. I didn’t realize that it was mostly pictures. However, it… Continue Reading “In the Dark Streets Shineth, by David McCullough”
I trust Miss Busy to find the good Holiday Reading Challenges and these are the two she picked: Christmas in July in December doesn’t officially start until December 1, but since I am still finishing up Travels with My Aunt, I think I will… Continue Reading “Holiday Reading Challenges”
My favorite thing about my library’s website is the notification e-mails when something is due. The e-mail has a link that I can click to renew it right away. This has rescued me several times when I was in the middle of an audio… Continue Reading “Online Ordering at the Library”
http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=widgetsamazon-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0375810153&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifrI had lunch with my nephew, Alex, on Saturday. I brought him three books from the Library Used Book Store. One was a Scooby Doo children’s treasury. One was about Mr. Lincoln and the Gettysburg Address. The third was George Washington and the General’s… Continue Reading “George Washington and the General’s Dog”
Weekend Assignment #360: Toy Show Do you have any old toys or dolls from your childhood, either the originals or replacements purchased as an adult? If so, tell us about them. Extra Credit: Is there a particular toy from your childhood that you especially… Continue Reading “Toy Show”
I own the fact that I am a book vulture. Library book sales, clearance section at Half Price Books..I even stop at estate sales sometimes, just in case there are books. So I went to my local Borders today. Two of my three stores… Continue Reading “About Borders”
So I was just saying that as much as I support my local library, I don’t use it effectively. (Read as: I really have to buy my books.) However, I checked out some stuff today that reminded me there are several reasons why I… Continue Reading “Using the Library”
It occurred to me that since I started getting serious about contributing to Project Linus, I haven’t been reading enough. (Yeah, yeah. Define “enough”.) I watched a season of Mad Men. I am a good way through that French History course on Academic Earth.… Continue Reading “Audio Books”
As much as I support my local library, I often have trouble using it for its primary purpose – the borrowing of books. Example: My book club is reading Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex. This is not a title that was… Continue Reading “Confession”
The Next Dark Age 