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Happy New Year! Happy New Blog!
I've been blogging here since December, 2008. Mostly happily, but ever since LJ crashed majorly a year or so ago, and made "improvements," I have been unhappy with all the glitches, hearing from bloggers that they can't comment, being unable to have my identity verified and therefore unable to comment on other blogs, losing posts, down, down, down.
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2012 Reading
(January 1, 2012) My list of 2012 books. Since I read 364 in 2011. I mumbled vague resolution to read 400 books on January 1. I might have posted it to Goodreads as well.
(December 31, 2012) Well, I read 415 books this year, but didn't get to write about many, including some real favorites. Writing is a slow and painful process for me and I really ( Read more... ) -
Audio 2012
No one hosted an Audiobook Challenge this year, as far as I know, but I decided to continue to challenge myself. I thought I listened to a lot of audiobooks but my best year seems to have been 2010 when I read 107 books with my ears. Last year, I read 89 and this year, clocked 83 (definite downward trend here). I know that some of the books I read ( Read more... ) -
Taking Stock - December - 2012
Total Posts: 37started, not published
Total Books Read this Month: 36
Total Books Read this Year: 415
Challenges:
Audio Books: 5/83 ytd
Debut Author: 4/30 ytd
Mount TBR Challenge: 3/48 ytd
The Good: I surpassed my Goodreads goal of 400 books. Unfortunately the two totals (LJ and GR) don't jibe because GR doesn't allow counting of rereads. I frequently ( Read more... ) -
Non-Fiction Monday: Etched in Clay: the life of Dave, Enslaved Potter and Poet by Andrea Cheng
I am thrilled to be hosting the last Non-Fiction Monday of 2012! Happy New Year everyone! What are your reading resolutions for 2013?
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What's New?
Well, I did get some lovely books as gifts this holiday season. The sweetest one had to be from #4 son, the mountain-climbing camper turned counselor who guided me on my first attempt to hike a fourteener.
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Waiting on Wednesday
WoW is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine in which we share the titles of books we are eagerly anticipating.
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