tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61878612012-02-02T08:08:57.421-08:00A little bit of everythingSusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05437753720970599933noreply@blogger.comBlogger1141100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187861.post-71659547054250211452011-07-24T17:24:00.001-07:002011-07-24T17:24:19.636-07:00

I have moved to my own personal domain: http://susan-klement.com/ Please, check it out, make comments, give me suggestions for improvement, and in general come and hang out with me!

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I know that it looks like I am back to ignoring this blog and not writing at all, but it isn't true. Vacation has thrown me for a loop, to start with, which is putting everything a bit behind, but I am also thinking about moving this blog to wordpress. This is mainly motivated by my desire to be able to put multiple posts on various pages, rather than setting up each page as a static post. So, I

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I have posted a bit about what we are doing with the garden produce on the Garden 2011 page, but I wanted to start gathering more information here, because I do look back at these posts for ideas. I want to make sure I don’t forget some of the yummy things we have done to make sure that we actually use our produce! I haven’t been chronicling them as much this year, though, so I have a whole bunch

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If you follow me on Twitter, you may know we left for a camping trip this past Friday. I love camping because it is so removed from my normal life, in that it never matters what time it is. You eat when you are hungry, you hike, you ride bikes, you go to the beach, you read books, all just whenever the mood takes you. The kids love it, and I love spending some concentrated time with them. The

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I sat in the office, looking at a list of expenses, disturbingly long compared to the very small number on the income line. In fact, the numbers did not reconcile at all. Despite a ridiculously small food budget, cheap rent, no clothing or entertainment budget, and certainly no health insurance premiums, the total expenses were higher than the income. The financial counsellor reviewing the

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I am ridiculously excited about this! It is so nice to see an obviously qualified woman chosen as the consensus candidate of a hugely influential job, especially in what is viewed as a traditionally masculine field. Also, it is a welcome relief after the previous head was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a hotel maid. According to the article, the International Monetary Fund is working

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This week I am focused on greens in the garden. I am sure the kids are going to be thoroughly sick of greens soon, but they are so healthy, and we have a ton of them growing now. I don’t want to waste them. Tonight:  chili pasta (which is like that boxed helper meal, only made with actual ingredients), broccoli This was the boy’s suggestion. I haven’t made this in a long time--not since before I

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It has been a little over two months since I stopped being a vegetarian, so I think it is time to evaluate the results. Spoiler alert: they are all pretty positive. Here are a few things I have noticed: I don’t have that unfillable hunger I used to have; I get hungry, but then I eat and I feel better, unlike before, when I would feel burstingly full of stomach, but still not satisfied I have

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I am pleased to report that the second night of camping was a success! It rained again, but we didn’t have to flee the campground, and our new tent kept us all dry. It didn’t start raining until we went to bed for the night. In fact, it started almost immediately after we made the last trip the bathroom, checked to make sure nothing was left outside, and stepped into the tent and zipped up the

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Since this is the first week I have tried to set a real goal for writing, rather than a nebulous “write more,” it is time to see how I did. The original goals (slightly rearranged in order): 1 Pulp Angels post every week 3 posts on my personal blog per week 1000 words of fiction per week What I did this past week: 1 Pulp Angels post So far I have done two blog posts, but if you count this one,

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Wednesday afternoon: Decide to go on a short weekend camping trip. There's not much time to plan, but it's only a couple of days, so it should be fine. There is a chance of rain, but the forecast could change. My friend and I decide to make a final decision based on the weather forecast Friday morning. She and her daughter are already at the campsite, because she is a teacher and has the summer

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Menu for this week: Sunday: Gazpacho, salmon burgers, sweet potato fries I made the gazpacho and the girl did the rest; nice and quick. Monday: Rosemary Chicken with White Beans, broccoli, Quick Flatbread I made this last week, and the girl loved it so much that she wanted to cook it for her grandmother tonight. I added onion and carrot last week, and I am going to try to get the girl to do that

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I have wanted to be a writer as long as I can remember. I have vague memories of scribbling curlicue lines across a page, in ordered rows, when I was too young to think of an actual story with actual words. If you held it at arm’s length and squinted, it looked like prose. As I got older, I wrote real stories and went through a few years of angsty teen poetry writing, which mostly just made my

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I have been working on a blog post about cooking and menu planning with past menus as illustrations, but it is taking me forever. I keep not wanting to hunt down the links, and then I don’t want to put up newer menus, because I should catch up first. Today, I just decided to start where I am, so here is a quick menu for this week: Last night: Grilled goat cheese, arugula, and kalamata olive mayo

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Why does it not surprise me to find that the takeaway message from an article on how overweight women earn less than their average weight counterparts is that women should try harder to lose weight? Of course, there is also a need to throw in some condescending advice that implies that overweight women just don’t know how to lose weight, and of course, that they are lazy. God, will nothing stop

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The other day, a friend found that her cholesterol had gone through the roof in just a year’s time. She doesn’t want to go on medication, but she needs to get it down soon, or her doctor wants her to do the meds. I told her I would send on some information that we researched online, and I thought I would go ahead and post it here. I am not a doctor, and I am not a dietician, but this is mostly a

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...has been updated!

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I convinced someone somewhere else to publish something I wrote! They even said I could come back and write more stuff, so I may be spending a bunch of time over there talking about science fiction, which you know I love to do. Please check it out and let me know what you think.

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Look, it is yet another article expressing great surprise that the ladies like anything other than insipid romantic comedies! First, this quote cracks me up: Traditionally, networks — especially broadcast networks — have attempted to grab young women viewers with romantic comedies, keeping the mindset that fantasy is for boys and romance is for girls.Reworded: The mindset is that fantasy is

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I am officially done with vegetarianism. As you may know, I decided not too long ago that the whole vegan thing is not for me. That led me to read about Tasha over at what used to be Voracious Vegan and is now Voracious Eats, and that led me out to a whole world of ex-vegans on the internet. I have been on the internet regularly for over 14 years now, so I shouldn't be surprised that there is

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After purging my refrigerator this weekend, I came across this article on Planet Green. I do hate wasting food, and I was really feeling the need to plan ahead better after tossing so many leftovers and condiments, so I was ripe for the ideas on this page. I have a very bad habit of buying all kinds of produce with no plan in mind, then throwing a bunch of it out at the end of the week. I have

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Reading this article on msnbc.com, I couldn’t help thinking that someone skipped math or logic or something in college. Read this opening:      "One in five of all American moms have kids who have different birth fathers, a new study shows. And when researchers look only at moms with two or more kids, that figure is even higher: 28 percent have kids with at least two different men." Really?

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Blog redesign (technically, I started this Thursday, but it was something I have been meaning to do for a while now, and I did more work on it this weekend, so I want it on my accomplishment list) Wrote a blog post on cultural attitudes toward fathering Massive refrigerator purge—I could not believe how old some of those condiments were! Or, how much room I had to put my groceries away Wiped down

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When I read Jessica Valenti’s opinion piece on cultural attitudes toward fathering, what struck me first about the interaction between Valenti’s husband and the flight attendant who found that he was changing his baby’s diaper despite the fact that his wife was on the plane as well is how incredibly creepy it is for a stranger to turn a relatively innocent interaction about parenting into an

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After a winter of planning and searching the web for more and more things I could grow and make, and making a long list of plans and recipes, we are finally nearly at the time when I will have a garden in my yard again. Well, the garden is still there from last year, and there are even a couple of things growing (some spinach that apparently re-set itself, turnips that froze all winter and then

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Things I would like to do with my free time Read a lot Write a lot more (than I do now) Spend time with my children Spend time with my friends and extended family Keep up with all my social media (Twitter, Facebook, email) Learn to crochet and really start to make things Learn to draw and paint  Learn to preserve my garden produce  Things I actually do with my free time Read a lot, less than at

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I was very excited to see the Nebula award nominees this year—for the best novel, 5 out of 6 authors are women! Three of the books (Who Fears Death, Shades of Milk and Honey, and The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms) are books that I was already excited about reading. I am reading Who Fears Death now actually, and it is amazing. I am also happy to see Ted Chiang, Paolo Bacigalupi, and Rachel Swirsky

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In no particular order, what I have been reading since Christmas (when I got another gift card from my awesome brother): 1. The Magicians and Mrs. Quent, by Galen Beckett A very cool combination of fantasy and classic literature. The idea is to take a heroine from Austen or the Bronte sisters, and put them in a society where magic is real, and the restrictions faced by women are based on this

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I went on a book buying spree last weekend, with a focus on Feminist Science Fiction. I went to my favorite used bookstore (right around the corner from my favorite brunch place, hooray!), pulled up the basic recommended list on feministsf.org, and started looking through the shelves. I was thrilled to find many books that were either on the list or by authors on the list. I know this is not a

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I have mixed feelings about this book. On the one hand, I am currently investigating the possibility that my son might have ADHD, and I am newly diagnosed with the condition myself, so I have a lot of identification with this situation. Many things that Ellison describes in this book seemed right on target. I recognized many situations, which was validating. Also, she has some very good

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About a year ago, I suddenly lost interest in my spreadsheet of books. I got behind on updating it, and I never got back to it. I am still reading, though!Mostly, I am re-reading lately. I have re-read most of my Sheri S. Tepper books, which I always enjoy. I got a set of the Galactic Mileau series by Julian May, and that was a lot of fun to revisit. Now I need to get the Intervention and

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I really like the new USA show, Covert Affairs. The cast is appealing, the action quotient is high, but not so high that it actually overshadows character development and actual thought about what is going on. I love that they have a strong female lead who is both feminine and aggressively competent at her (dangerous, exciting, difficult) job. I love that they don’t spend a lot of time

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...that we as a culture had a much more liberal definition of what constitutes acceptable make-up. Like, the kind of makeup you see on models in art photographs or runways, or men wearing more make-up. I'd like to see it be more about the statement and the personality than just conventional prettiness.

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The title of this article drives me crazy. Boys of summer: Manly movies muscle into the multiplex? The intro goes on to say that that the only must-see chick flick is Julie and Julia, and maybe the new Harry Potter movie. I have so many objections to this article, it is difficult to know where to start (common with my experiences with this particular reviewer).But, diving in, I hate the term

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I have failed miserably at my goal of updating this blog with my book reading this year. I am posting about it on LibraryThing, and I run out of energy to do it here.I have other things I want to talk about, though.Last November I talked about starting another blog to talk about some feminist musings, but that never happened. I might as well go ahead and do that here. Now that I have U-verse, I

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From the Lifestyle section of the Reuters page:Furniture designers braving crisis at Milan fairUK's top students look to teaching as economy wiltsCocteau memorabilia up for auction in ParisMan admits keeping nurse in car boot for 10 daysDamien Hirst says crisis will stimulate artistsLiving abroad? Study shows you're likely to be creativeSo, what I want to know is, who at Reuters thinks that a

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I have many excuses about not updating this blog (holidays, parties, my daughter broke the monitor on my laptop, etc.), but let’s just pass over that, shall we? Here are the last 9 books I read last year:73. Outliers by Malcom GladwellI really enjoyed this book that points out how talent and skill have to meet up with luck and demographics for someone like Bill Gates or the Beatles to acheive the

Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05437753720970599933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187861.post-89304789032172137362008-12-18T08:43:00.000-08:002008-12-18T08:47:14.591-08:00

Hays published three nonfiction books: "G-2: Intelligence for Patton" (1971), "Country Editor" (1974) "State Science in Illinois" (1980) and "A Race at Bay" (1994) and edited another nonfiction book, "Early Stories From the Land."I am not sure that an inability to count is actually a grammar issue, but it is certainly an appalling editing issue. This in an article where a character in the book

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One of the rotating headlines on our local paper's website:Watching the LooopI know, it is tempting to just keep pushing that 'o' key once you get started, but really, why doesn't anyone READ these things before posting them? It's a major headline being featured on the website, for pete's sake. How long would it take to just look it over before posting?

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72 (which is really 71, but I forgot it). The Curse of Kings by Victoria HoltAnother one of the comfort reads. This one was pretty sad, with several deaths, but still a wonderful book.Too much cooking and cleaning these days, I am forgetting entire books....

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71. Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions by Gloria SteinemThis collection of essays and articles by Gloria Steinem was just what I needed to read at this time. It reminded me of many things I already knew, but in a much needed way. I had two big takeaway points from this book:1. Steinem is a nice, normal person who believes in equality for both women and men.2. It is frightening to see how

Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05437753720970599933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187861.post-46249751424670594462008-11-19T09:16:00.000-08:002008-11-19T09:18:56.127-08:00

In an article on Lori Drew's MySpace hacking trial:The circumstances caused significant public outrage. But state and federal prosecutors here said they found no law that had broken.Why would they be looking for a broken law? Don't they mean they found no law that had been broken?

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Okay, when I came across the first really bad sentence on my local paper's site today*, I decided to ignore it. I mean, maybe I am being too picky. Sure, these people write for a living and the editors are specifically paid to look over these articles, but I don't intend to be mean about it. I know they have had a lot of layoffs over at the Post-Dispatch, and they clearly got rid of a lot of

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67. The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twelfth Edition, Edited by Gardner DozoisAlways a great collection, this one was particularly good. There was one story I didn't quite get, but many I really loved.68. Eden Close by Anita ShreveShort, a bit predictable, but gripping. I mean, I guessed what really happened the fateful night when the titular character was blinded in a tragic scene, but not every

Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05437753720970599933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187861.post-55552690100927680672008-11-12T07:27:00.000-08:002008-11-12T08:35:51.184-08:00

Two posts in a row on this! This sort of thing just drives me crazy!From my local online paper:The bishops discussed their failure to convincingly impress upon the country's 67 million Catholics the church's teaching that abortion (and, by extension, embryonic stem cell research) is "intrinsically evil" and must be the pre-eminent issue — above even than the economy — Catholics carried with them

Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05437753720970599933noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187861.post-2549070714822771552008-11-11T07:38:00.000-08:002008-11-11T07:41:35.461-08:00

On the front page of my local paper's website:Joe's Movie Lounge: The guessing game beings on holiday box office winners. Ah, the perils of spell-check....Or maybe it's just bad typing skills. Whatever. Doesn't anyone READ these things before posting them on the site?

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I am not sure if the books aren't good, or if I am just not in the mood for them, but I have gotten about half-way through many books lately. I suspect it is my mood, because I usually stop well before the halfway point if I really don't like a book, but it is hard to tell. Here are a few books I may get back to someday:Boomsday, by Christopher BuckleyI was really enjoying this book, until the

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Two posts in one day! I have another one brewing in my head, too. And no, Hilary, my house isn't really settling down yet, I am just bursting with the need for some normalcy. I have missed blogging. I posted on my affluenza blog earlier this month, and I am going to get back to my food blog soon, too.59. The Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael ChabonI am so distracted by the house. I want

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These things drive me crazy! Take a look at this cartoon: http://www.uclick.com/client/slp/tmsho/2008/10/26/For those of you who come by after this link no longer works, the punchline at the end is: I’m so boring that if I were ever in eminent danger, somebody else’s life would flash before my eyes.What the heck is eminent danger?From dictionary.com:em-i-nent–adjective1.high in station, rank, or

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Here it is—the reason I have been away so long. It’s lovely, but a lot of work. One month in, and I am still drowning in boxes. But the mountain IS shrinking, slowly but surely. Here is what I have been reading (since before the move, when I was already behind here, but hey! I was packing! And purging!) (with current comments):41. Spin Control by Chris MoriartyI really enjoyed this book. I

Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05437753720970599933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187861.post-89361524033140840682008-06-04T07:49:00.000-07:002008-06-04T08:09:06.720-07:00

I know, I am SO behind. The end of the school year is busy and hectic, and on top of that, I got a PMP certification in mid-May, which took a lot of my time. I did get a fair amount of reading done, but I didn't have any time to post. I had a lot of book-related thoughts, too, so I need to find some time and energy to get here more often...29. Three in Death by J.D. RobbI could have done

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I picked this meme up from Writing Grandma’s Book. Below are the top 106 books tagged “unread” in Librarything. I am so not in the loop with other book bloggers, because LibraryThing takes most of my online time, so I am not tagging anyone. I do read other book blogs, but I rarely comment, so I am sure anyone I pick would not know who I am, or be here to read it! Anyone who wants to join in,

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I got a table to put next to my reading chair, so I don't have to use the top of my radiator as a beverage holder. Of course, it is getting to be spring, finally, so the radiator wouldn't be so warming, but I still think the table is better. I like the artwork, too. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

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What is the point of having a big geeky spreadsheet of what I read, if I don't go do analysis every once in a while? LibraryThing is a big help here, too. I am aware that this type of thing puts me well into geek territory, but I find it very interesting, so I don't mind ;-).First, about my purchases:Total books purchased in 2008 (so far): 49January: 19February: 9March: 11April: 10As you can

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26. Wit's End by Karen Joy FowlerI have already talked about this in the posts below, about the reading I went to, but I will say again: very good.27. Spin State by Chris MoriartyGreat book. I love this kind of hard science book that also looks at relationships and the human implications of our increasingly advanced technology. By that I mean that this book explores artificial intelligence and

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I did go to see Karen Joy Fowler discuss her new book last night, and I am so glad I did. She was very witty and interesting, which is really no surprise, since I love her work. Also, I mentioned that the line between reality and fiction is blurry in Wit's End--it is even blurrier than I realized, because the cult that she mentions in the book, along with a lot of the details of the cult

Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05437753720970599933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187861.post-48810159488355485272008-04-07T07:55:00.000-07:002008-04-07T08:57:47.262-07:00

Okay, I did make lots of progress in War and Peace, but then I got really mad at Prince Andrei and had to take a break. Sanctimonious, sexist, idiot jerk. But, I figure being too involved with the book is better for my prospects of actually finishing it, than not being involved enough.In the meantime:21. Rainbows End by Vernor VingeI LOVED this book! I love the idea of wearable computers. When I

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I wrote these two paragraphs at separate times, obviously. I think I may be just about ready to move on from the diet books this year, although I am sure I will be dipping into all of them throughout the year to keep my motivation levels up at a high level.19. You: On a Diet by Michael Roizen and Mehmet C. OzAre you seeing a trend here? This is my third book on food and diet this year. I think I

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...to go with my new living room furniture. I have to share it because not only did I come across completely by luck, when I was shopping for something else entirely, but I got a fantastic deal, too. I was at Bed Bath and Beyond getting some things for the house, and I had already paid when I spotted this picture near the door. It was marked at $49.99, and I decided to think about it for a bit. I

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18. Thornyhold by Mary StewartI came across this book a long time ago, I don’t even remember when. It wasn’t great literature, and I would have to make a pretty long list of my favorites before this would occur to me, but it was a really nice book. I’d call it a comfortable read. It didn’t change my life, but I remembered it, and I read enough books that remembering large parts of the book 15 or

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War and Peace really is good so far, but my arms needed a rest from holding it up, so I broke out the power tools (well, just the drill and the hammer and screwdriver) and started hanging stuff in my bedroom. I got the picture at World Market on Saturday, and the curtains from Target quite some time ago. I have been putting off hanging them for no good reason, but I am glad to have them up now.

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It's all that time spent reading....10. Eifelheim by Michael FlynnI loved this at the beginning and the end, but the middle dragged a bit. It didn't end the way I thought it would, which is always a good thing. I liked the way the book used people in the past and the near future/present to demonstrate that even at our most advanced, people have prejudices and biases that they are not aware of--

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This was the first piece of furniture that I bought brand new because it was exactly what I wanted. Of course I had to get something stylish and comfy to sit in while reading. Next to it is my shelf of science fiction, which only has space available momentarily, until I get my books out of the closet, and read a few more from the TBR shelves.Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

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Didn't I tell you they are beautiful? Special guest appearance by the edge of my new living room couch.This was taken not too long after I got the shelves; there are more books on there now, although I am trying to leave some decorative space on these shelves. Every time I get a new set of shelves, I realize I need at least one more set.

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Now that I have played around with my new blackberry a bit (and I am sure there will be more of that coming--I foresee a blog focus that is slightly relaxed here), I figured I should do something about the fact that I have read 7 books since I posted a book update here. Here it is:3. The Murder Room by P.D. JamesAnother great book from James. Very suspenseful at the end--I kept having to go back

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I got a Blackberry! It is so much fun figuring out what I can do with it, although it is cutting into my reading time. I surfed the web and read email and texted my friend Bambi on the train this morning, which is usually prime reading time. I imagine this will die down after I get more used to this, though. In the meantime, I am having a blast! Here is picture of the view from my desk at work.

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I haven't gotten very far yet this year, but I got off to a slow start last year, so I don't think the goal is in jeopardy yet. In fact, even though I have only finished 2 books so far this year, I think I will end January with more than the 4 I had last January, so I should be a bit ahead. I have about three books going now, and I have been reading a lot faster in the past week or so than I

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And, they are gorgeous. I'd put a link here, but Costco doesn't seem to have them on their website, which is a shame. So, I will have to make do with describing them, at least until I unpack enough boxes to come across the software and cords to download pictures from my digital camera.The shelves are double wide, about 48 inches, and made out of dark wood. There are six shelves on each side of

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I hit 93 total books in 2007, 10 more than 2008. I am a little bit surprised at how much reading I got in, because it was a busy year. I moved to a new apartment, which was very time-consuming. I made a big push to de-clutter my apartment and start doing the regular cleaning maintenance more regularly. Although, it seems like I spend more time cleaning these days, because I do some every day

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92. The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi93. The Last Colony by John ScalziI got The Last Colony from the Science Fiction Book Club (before their TERRIBLE customer service forced me to leave, which is a shame, because I liked the books), only to realize it was the third book in a series, forcing me to buy Old Man's War and TGB before I could read it. I am sure I could have read it alone and liked it,

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I have really fallen behind here!87. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldI am not sure how I missed this book before now. This was incredibly well-written, and the topics that it covers, class divides and class mobility, are some in which I am particularly interested. I liked the detached narrator who frames the story. Gatsby, of course, was a very flawed person, but his flaws were much more

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At the beginning of November, I made a vow that I would not buy any more books until I made a dent in my TBR list. I have made this particular vow many times before, so I did not hold out a lot of hope that I would succeed, but I did have good intentions.The first thing I did to try to keep my vow was to cheat. I bought two Bibles. These books would not be added to my TBR list, so they didn't

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86. The Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less by Barry SchwartzThis was a very interesting look at how, while no choice is definitely bad, too much choice can almost as detrimental to our psychological well-being. Schwartz examines the differences between maximizers, who attempt to get the absolute best of everything, and satisficers, who are willing to settle for good enough. Good enough could

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84. Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha PesslThis was an odd book. Blue, the main character, is a very gifted girl with an interesting past that involves much travelling around with her Dad. The mystery of her life, and her Dad, is at once more thrilling and more mundane than she expects. At first, she seemed overly melodramatic to me, but after a while, I realized that it was just the

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83. The Worst Thing I've Done by Ursula HegiI have mixed feelings about this book. On the one hand, I COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN, and stayed up too late last night to finish it. On the other hand, it was kind of an obvious story. It was very obvious how Annie felt about Mitch and Jake, and kind of weird how delusional she was about it. The characters were fully realized and interesting, but I just

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Well, only one. I wondered as I read this book: how much of this was ghost written? On the one hand, why would a politician be a good writer? That's what speechwriters are for, right? On the other hand, this wasn't great writing. It was fine, it was easy to read, but it was pretty straightforward. Surely a reasonably intelligent person (which I believe describes Bill Clinton) could put a

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80. Old Man's War by John ScalziVery interesting. I am guessing this was early in Scalzi's career, since the writing was a bit juvenile at times, but the story was well-thought out and I enjoyed the characters. I am looking forward to reading the next books in the series.81. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest HemingwayI don't know where I got the idea that I wouldn't like Hemingway. I do see why we

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78. And Then We Came to the End by Joshua FerrisBrilliant. The workers at this failing advertising agency become increasingly paranoid as layoffs get closer and closer to them personally. The ridiculous things that they do seem reasonable when they are in the thick of them, but when you pull back a bit, you wonder how intelligent people can find themselves in those situations. But, I can tell you

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My trip to Border's today was odd for two reasons. First, I had a mission, and I did not deviate from it. I mean, sure, I looked longingly at several extraneous books, but I did not purchase any of them. The second odd thing? My mission was to purchase a Bible (actually, I ended up with two, but that still counts in my estimation, since they were different versions, but both were bibles).I have

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75. I Am American (And So Can You) by Stephen ColbertAbsolutely hilarious. I am so impressed with people who can write to ostensibly portray one message while clearly portraying another. This book also included the transcript of Colbert's speech at the White House Correspondents' dinner last year, which was absolutely brilliant.76. A Taste for Death by P.D. JamesExcellent book. The end was

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74. Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters: From Dating, Shopping, and Praying to Going to War and Becoming a Billionaire, by Alan S. Miller and Satoshi KanazawaI had never really heard of evolutionary psychology before I picked up this book this weekend, but I think I will be reading more about this soon. This was really fascinating. They did a couple of things I really liked, one about how

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I started to read Spook Country, Gibson's latest, and about 60 pages in, I realized that I just didn't care about any of the characters. So, I wondered, am I just not in a Gibson mood, or do I really not like this book? I had Count Zero sitting on my shelf, so I decided to give it a try. 28 pages in, with only brief character sketches of at least 3 major characters under my belt, I did care about

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62. The Skull Beneath the Skin by P.D. JamesI really like James' Cordelia Gray books. Gray is a private investigator, as opposed to James' other series protaganist, CID Commandar Adam Dagleish. It is nice to see a less black and white character (and it was only when typing this that I realized the significance of her name), and more nuance to the criminals as well. Not that the Dagleish books are

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A long time back, I mentioned the spreadsheet that I keep of books that I have read. I decided today that I needed to take a look at it and make some comparisons with last year. I have been keeping the list for almost 2 years now, with 2006 being the first complete year that I tracked. It is fascinating to me to be able to do this kind of within the year and year over year analysis, but I am

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55. The Average American: the extraordinary search for the nation's most ordinary citizen by Kevin O'KeefeThe author set out to learn more about being average, after a life spent trying to avoid averageness in nearly every way. This was an interesting book, if you like statistics, but despite the fact that O'Keefe really did seem to learn a lot and become less snobby and superior, he somehow

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54. Slan Hunter by A. E. Van Vogt and Kevin AndersonSo incredibly disappointing.Vogt started this book, but couldn't finish due to Alzheimer's. Anderson finished it, and it is difficult to imagine how he could have done a worse job. Not only is the book not even remotely consistent with the first book, it isn't internally consistent. Anderson took the real people that populated Vogt's book,

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According to a recent poll, approximately one in four American adults did not read a single book last year. Wow. I would die. I have read 53 books this year (will be 54 by the end of today), and I am feeling a little bereft at the books that I have missed out on because my pace is slower this year than last year (I was on number 61 this time last year). I have to believe that these people are

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53. Slan by A. E. Van VogtI can definitely see why this book is considered a classic. Although some of the perspectives and ideas that Vogt has about the future are a bit dated, the story itself is clearly the basis of every other book I have read about human evolution. When I read Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear, I thought it was so original, but now I see that it is not. It's still a good book, but

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50. The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le GuinExcellent, excellent book. This was a re-read, so I knew I would love it, but I had forgotten how wonderful it is, and how truly subversive it is. I still want to live on Anarres, though. This book really made me think, and was totally fascinating all the way through.Before I read this, I read about 236 pages of The Brothers Karamazov. I liked it, but I

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46. Death of an Expert Witness by P.D. JamesI really like P.D. James (as you can tell by my list so far this year), and this one did not disappoint. I really enjoy the way James gets into the minds of the characters without giving away too much, or taking away from the central mystery. She really has a gift for making her characters real, in a very short period of time.47. Harry Potter and the

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45. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year in Food Life, by Barbara Kingsolver, Steven Hopp and Camille KingsolverAs I have mentioned on my food blog, I am really interested in the environmental impacts of my diet. There are other reasons that I am cutting out meat, but a smaller environmental footprint is a big plus in my book. But the more I look into the environmental issues around food, it is

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I am wondering if people who are reading this are big readers or not, so I posted a poll over to the right. You can tell my bias to read lots by the choices! Please take a few seconds to answer the poll question. Thanks!

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One of the reasons I decided I wanted to blog here rather than continue at ParentsConnect is so I could add a cool LibraryThing widget to my blog, which I can't do on a corporate website blog. So, here it is now, on the right, with random books from my library. Isn't it cool?I also changed the template and finally added something about me to my description. I don't know if anyone is reading

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This is going to be super long. I have been writing about the books I have been reading over on LibraryThing for a while now, and I decided I wanted to put that all here, too. I have read 44 books so far this year, so this is super long, but I plan on posting more manageable chunks from now on. I wrote these as posts on a message board, so it doesn't really flow as a single blog post, but I had

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Lately, I have been blogging at a new place. One of my friend's asked me to check out the new site she is working on, and I have been blogging there. I am not ready to give this site up entirely, but I don't really have the energy to post at two places, either. So, if you want to check out what I have been up to (and I have actually been posting semi-regularly!), head on over to http://

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Are there more public programs to get people reading, or am I just more aware of them? Here in Missouri they have a program called Read MOre, where they pick a book and try to get as many people in the state to read it as possible. Poking around on the official website, I see that this is the fifth year that they have done this. I have a vague memory of the general idea last year, but I could

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I was reading the New York Times online the other day, and Maureen Dowd made a reference to the amount of reading that our president claims to have done so far this year in her column. I searched out the article that she referred to in the American Prospect to find out more. According to this article, the President claims to have read 60 books this year, some of them serious non-fiction books of

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After my vacation in June, I sat down and wrote a great post for this blog. It was about what I read on vacation, what I took but didn’t read, some books that I read before I left, and the nature of vacations. It was brilliant. It had links. I spent quite a bit of time on it. Just as I was nearing the end of this masterpiece, the power went out for about 30 seconds. It wasn’t storming, but

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After a summer off, I am almost ready to get back to updating this blog, but in the meantime, here are some fairly recent pictures of my beautiful kiddoes. (What, me, biased? No, why do you ask?)

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