November Reading Log
November was a busy month. I left on the 4th for Blizzcon, held in Anaheim, California, and didn’t get back until the 13th. Thanksgiving was always a busy time, along with having family come down the...
View ArticleDecember Reading Log
So I thought that December would be a better month than November for reading. I was wrong. Three books was all I managed, and the third one was only because I knuckled down on the 30th and read the...
View Article2014 Reading Goals – Summary
Well, 2014 has blown past, and I have to say, it was not as bad a year as 2013. I can’t say it was a fantastic year, but it really could have been worse. I thought I’d recap my 2014 reading goals....
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2014 Q & A about Books
This is a swap on Swap Bot, so I thought I’d go ahead and make it a post as well. Why not? It’s questions centered around what I read in 2014. I already posted about my reading goals of 2014, so some...
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Bookish Countdown Survey
This is for a swap on Swap Bot, and wants a countdown, from 10, to 1. Well, here we go: 10 Books Already Released That Are On My Wishlist: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter – Seth Grahame-Smith Dune –...
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Mom! I smell mouse!
I spent most of today in bed with a migraine, but I finally felt decent this evening. I wanted to pre fire a bowl, so I headed into the shop, and Mozzie decided to come hang out with me. Nonny recently...
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My to Be Read Pile
Ahh, the to be read pile. If I actually had a physical copy of every book I have on my to be read pile, I would have to clear out one of the spare bedrooms. Seriously, it’s that big of a pile. I was...
View ArticleSeptember Reading Log
You’d think I would have accomplished more than 4 books this month, but I didn’t. I had 2 audiobooks, a children’s book, and a travelogue. Wicked Lovely — Melissa Marr I’d read this series of books a...
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Stuff Seen Around The US
I’ve amassed a collection of photos of stuff from traveling all over the United States, and I though I may as well share some photos now and again. It’ll break up the monotony of books, right? Pet and...
View ArticleJanuary Reading Log
The Last Unicorn – Peter S Beagle The movie of this book is one of my favorites, and the book is one of my favorites as well. I read it in high school, and try to revisit it from time to time. It tells...
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Oops
I can’t say if the accident rate for big trucks is the same as for cars, but I do know when you’re piloting something that’s 75 feet long, hitting things, or going where you’re not supposed to happens....
View ArticleFebruary Reading Log
One advantage to driving 7 hours a day, with only 1 real interruption, is that I get a lot of audiobooks listened to. I managed to plow through 8 books this month, 3 of them read, 5 audiobooked. I...
View ArticleMarch Reading Log
I had expected to get through more than 6 books this month. Unforuntately, I’ve come down with this shitty cold that’s going around the office I work out of. It’s kept me off work so I won’t infect...
View ArticleApril Reading Log
Only 4 books this month, I just wasn’t in a reading mood. Like my previous months, not too much of interest this month. Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison – Piper Kerman I want to see...
View ArticleMay Reading Log
Holy crap, I only read 2 books in May. I would have thought I’d read more. To be fair, I did have a drawback that kept me from audiobooking much. I dislocated 2 ribs. Didn’t know that ribs could be...
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Planting Cats
It’s hot here. Portland gets warm summers, usually 85 or higher. I know compared to places like Phoenix, California, and Australia, our summers are nothing. But to us, they’re plenty hot and we melt....
View ArticleRemembering Christopher Lee
Usually, when someone famous dies, or an event happens that the world knows about, I don’t say much. There are so many people out there who are far more articulate than I am, so I leave it to them....
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Cleo
About 6 weeks ago, my cousin ended up with a tiny kitten. She calls her Cleo. Cleo’s the only one of her litter to survive, and as a result, she had to be bottle fed, and taken care of pretty much...
View ArticleJune Reading Log
I didn’t read a lot in June. I was in a car accident June 19, which killed the last 1/3 of June for me. I just haven’t felt up to reading lately. In fact, the only two books I managed this month were...
View ArticleJuly Reading Log
July was another month of not reading much. I was still sore from the car accident, and so reading was not a priority. Water For Elephants was for a swap, so I had to have it read before July 29th....
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