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bookish asks
This is one of those bullshit Tumblr things where they want your followers to put the topic in your ask box, but you know Livejournal kids don't play that way. So here I am treading it as a survey. The original is under a cut in case you want the "ask me" version.
Were you a goth, prep, nerd, or jock in school?An alternative kid nerd. ( Read more... ) -
2019's Reading
I met my ridiculously high reading goal of 312 books! Really didn't think I would after the baby nonsense. I didn't set that goal at the start of the year, I just noticed in April that my reading had been so prolific that I could probably hit 300 books for the year, which I'd never done. I definitely burnt myself out and I'm dialing things back ( Read more... ) -
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I read a lot, but it's god damned amazing how much time a body has when you don't work. I read 261 books last year, and I watched an ungodly amount of TV. I rewatched like, four series of Bake Off, I watched both Westworld series THREE times each, rewatched all of Call the Midwife, Bojack Horseman... I mean, the new series of Bojack that came out ( Read more... ) -
2017 Books
Asterisks denote re-reads. Bolds are favorites, strike throughs are hated books, italics are very meh books which I thought would be much better.
January:
The Deeds of the Disturber - Elizabeth Peters
The Wiregrass - Pam Webber
Homegoing - Yaa GyasiIt Didn't Start With You - Mark Wolynn ( Read more... ) -
Books Read in 2016
Bolds are favorites, italics are meh books that I don't really recommend, and strike-throughs are books I disliked. Asterisks are re-reads and thus are mostly favorites, or things I liked well enough to re-read for book clubs.
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books
First things first, a book post. This catches us up through August. You can find my rough reviews for all of these here. Bolding favorites, striking through books to avoid. As per usual, comment with any questions about any of these!
A Delusion of Satan by Frances Hill
The Arab of the Future by Riad Sattouf
Mister Monday by Garth Nix
Rebels and ( Read more... )
