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Happy birthday
to sraun, & hat tip to stoutfellow for reminding me. -
2016 reading, November
Only 17 books read, not telling you about all of them - distractions: WFMT pledge drive for 12 days, out-of town friends visiting - we went to Hyde Park to see Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House. Afraid I won't reach my goal of 300 this year - more than 25 to go.
A Death in Vienna - Daniel Silva 11/28/16 Gabriel Allon #4 He is an agent for Israel's ( Read more... ) -
election
I'm so depressed about last night I can scarcely breathe. -
2016 reading, October
Not as many as last month - some of the books are longer, & I indulged in some rereads.
From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess - Meg Cabot 10/19/16 Philippe's 2nd indiscretion is 12, Mia is about to be married. Olivia has been living with her aunt, step-uncle, his son & daughter, none of whom treat her well & are living on the money ( Read more... ) -
2016 reading, September
I wish to point out that I put two lines of space between each book, but the software is eliminating them. Drat.
30 books! Ahead of schedule!
Plainly Murder - Isabella Alan 9/28/16 Amish Murder #0.5 (prequel) Evelyn, an elderly Amish woman has died, leaving a quilt to Angie's aunt Eleanor, whom Angie is visiting - Eleanor is dying of breast cancer ( Read more... ) -
a simply lovely weekend
Yesterday I spent the afternoon & evening with the couple who bought my grandparents' cottage - my aunts sold it to the neighbors after my father died, the neighbors kept it mostly as a rental for 30 years. K&M have fixed everything that needed it after the rental wear and upgraded a bit. I had gone down to Grand Haven to get 3 lampshades and a ( Read more... ) -
re August reading
I do not get what is happening with the formatting! It was fine before I pressed enter. Soory, guys, I can't fix it. -
2016 reading, August
30 books, nearly caught up to schedule.
Writing All Wrongs - Ellery Adams 8/1/16 Books by the Bay #7 Olivia & her husband Sawyer the police chief go to Palmetto Island for their few-days honeymoon, to be joined by the rest of the local writers' group at a pirate festival, which has a Guest of Honor Silas, the star & writer of a tv show about ( Read more... ) -
Bah, humbug.
I regret to report that I can't read during the commercials, even using the mute button, and watch the Olympics. Tried last night, didn't absorb what was on the page, and accomplished maybe 20 pages in 3 hours As Wolfe says, pfui. -
2016 reading, July
Lots of distractions this month - family wedding, so I only read 23 books.
To Brew or Not To Brew - Joyce Tremel 7/31/16 Brewing Trouble #1 Max(ine) O'Hara has learned brewing in Germany after getting her BS & Masters in Chemistry. She is the youngest of 6 with 5 older brothers, father a homicide detective. She has come back to Pittsburgh to open ( Read more... )