reading

The Dusty Bookshelf Challenge

February 2, 2012

I have too many books to make a list. I don’t want to spend that kind of time on making a list, it just leaves me feeling guilty for not reading the books yet. However, this year I have actually started reading some of the books. My unread books are mainly non-fiction. I read the [...]

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I Got a Kobo Touch eReader for Christmas

December 26, 2011

My brother bought me a Kobo Touch eReader for Christmas. Also, a travel case so it can safely travel around with me getting bumped about in my purse or backpack as I bus around town. Now, I’m on the learning curve to figure out how to use an eReader, especially how to load and share [...]

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The End for Book Reading?

September 15, 2011

I found this link on Scoop.It: Publishing. Is this the end for books? | Books | The Guardian. Certainly, electronic books have overcome their technological obstacles. Page turns are fast enough, battery life is long enough, and screens are legible in sunlight. Digital sales now account for 14% of Penguin’s business. But there are reasons to [...]

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What Do Guys Read?

June 17, 2011

If you look at the fiction for boys and young men, there isn’t a lot to choose from. I noticed this years ago as my nephew (Zack) was growing up. Now Zack is almost 16. He reads books from the regular fiction. But, once in awhile he backtracks to something he read as a boy. [...]

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Pledge to Read the Printed Word

April 2, 2011

Found on Domestic Cherry while looking at bloggers I used to visit regularly when I was part of Entrecard. Read the Printed Word – We support the printed word in all its forms: newspapers, magazines, and of course books. We think reading on computers or phones or whatever is fine, but it cannot replace the [...]

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Sounds Like Proper English at Tea

March 10, 2011

When you read your posts back to yourself (in your head, not out loud) how do you imagine you sound? I don’t know why but I read my writing with an English accent, like a proper English lady sitting down to tea and crumpets. I don’t especially like an English accent. Maybe I just see [...]

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To Bookmark or Not to Bookmark

February 18, 2011

When you’re reading a book do you mark it with a real bookmark or do you stick random things in them? I like having a bookmark but they tend to wander off. I had one I especially liked but it fell apart in my purse. First the tassel unraveled and then the cardboard part had [...]

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Confessions of a Book Addict

January 20, 2011

@YourNeedtoRead on Twitter posted: Sometimes I call in sick just so I can read.#Confessionsofabookaddict What would your Confessions of a Book Addict be? I can confess that (as a kid) I would get up in the middle of the night and read. Not just in bed, but in the bathroom so no one would see [...]

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An Ear Believer

November 17, 2010

Quote from Meredith Sue Willis, on her Resources for Writers page: Grace Paley once said in an interview, “I’m an ear believer–I think the ear is smarter than the eye. The experience of reading your work aloud in a class carries you back to that original impulse, ‘I want to tell you something.’ ‘What did [...]

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My Interview at WhoHub

August 21, 2010

Interview with: Laura Brown [thatgrrl] WRITING What did you first read? How did you begin to write? Who were the first to read what you wrote? I don’t remember what I first read. The books that haunt me from childhood are ‘We Have Always Lived in the Castle’ by Shirley Jackson and one about a ghost [...]

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Quotes from Robin McKinley

August 14, 2010

I’ve read Robin McKinley‘s book Sunshine, it was the one I liked best. I know I’ve read others but Sunshine sticks in my mind a lot more. “Just keep writing. Keep reading. If you are meant to be a writer, a storyteller, it’ll work itself out. You just keep feeding it your energy, and giving [...]

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Black Backgrounds Have Glare

June 23, 2010

One more reason not to use a black background on a website or blog… Glare! I have a new monitor, one that stretches wider than it is tall. It is also shiny for some reason. The one that came with this computer was not shiny but this one is. Anyway, I find websites and blogs [...]

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A Post is Not a Blog!

May 9, 2010

I don’t like what seems to be a new trend, to call a blog post a blog in itself. Maybe it seems like a cute short form to some people. It is not. It is just incorrect, misleading and silly. If you refer to your last blog I assume you are talking about some other [...]

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Tackless Versus Tactless

March 19, 2010

I’m reading a book where they typed in ‘tackless’ when they meant the word ‘tactless’. It’s not the first time I’ve seen this mix up. The surprising part is that publishers and writers have book editors, proofreaders (professional and non-professional). Why didn’t someone catch this? From checking my dictionary I can’t even find tackless as [...]

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Bookmark Collectors Virtual Convention

January 13, 2010

Do you have a bookmark collection? Do you use bookmarks at all or do you just turn down a corner of the page you are reading and close the book on it (the dog-earred method)? I like having a bookmark. I do buy one now and then. But, being shoved into my purse, moved from [...]

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You Can’t Focus on your Flaws

January 2, 2010

In Writing Thoughts, Laura Spencer writes about Unhealthy Comparason. The feelings of self doubt we get when we compare ourselves to other writers who seem to be accomplishing more, doing better, etc. “The trick when reading other writer’s works is to spend enough time so that you learn something usable, but not so much time [...]

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A Comment a Day

December 3, 2009

Everyone can leave one comment in one blog each day. Pretty simple. If you were away you can catch up by doing an extra comment the next day. No stress. Just one sincere and interesting comment per day. No problem. Pick any blog you like. A blog you have been reading awhile or one you [...]

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