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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444340;">It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? a place to meet up and share what you have been, and are about to be </span><span style="background-color: white;">reading over the week. It’s a great post to organize yourself. It’s an opportunity to visit and comment and er… add to your groaning TBR pile! So welcome in everyone. This meme started on J Kaye’s blog and then was hosted by Sheila from </span><a href="http://bookjourney.net/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Book Journey.</a><span style="background-color: white;"> Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn here at </span><a href="https://thebookdate.wordpress.com/">The Book Date</a><span style="background-color: white;">.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">2. We did it! The yard sale is over. We made *nowhere near enough for the effort in 102 degree weather* about $100. But it was fun, we met a bunch of people and, most importantly, about 10 boxes and several pieces of furniture left the house permanently to the Veteran Association's benefit. Unfortunately, a few larger items were kept with the goal of selling/giving them away on Craigslist (read: no tea or books on the porch). I haven't given up yet...hubby has a saw and those few items can easily disappear!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>3. Vacation otherwise was busy (lots of appointments), but restful and much needed. I read some, bought art supplies, drew, and spent a few days with hubby.<br />
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Funny story...he and I headed up to Maine for a "Yard Sale/Street Theater community event". When we arrived, the yard sale was pretty much the size of my 1950's ranch-house bathroom. The Street Theater was a sing-along with regular cast members, all of whom were at least 60+ [imagine your grandma singing Castle in a Cloud from Les Miserables]:<br />
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We laughed it off and spent the day putzing around the town, had a yummy lunch (two dogs and french fries for $3.39), and had a great day anyway!<br />
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5. Another funny story: I was supposed to take both kitties for their annual check up. When Tuesday arrived, I grabbed the larger one thinking she would be the biggest struggle. I then went in search of the little bug...who was happily entombed in the chaos that is my basement. But, she had been warned by the sound of her sister being locked in the carrier. She avoided every trick and treat I offered.<br />
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Failure. I'm a failure [or so I told the vet]. I showed up [sweating and swearing] with one kitty only and had to make another appointment and go back a few days later with the little one. But everyone is healthy, so it was worth it!<br />
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6. The New York Times' advise for being a better reader in seven days:<br />
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In my opinion, it's all about the book. Find a book you love and the rest falls into place.<br />
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7. No news on the carpal tunnel front. But my other arm sustained a likely torn tendon (due to the hospital visit in May). I've been in considerable pain since then (even lifting a glass of water) and the doctor assures me it's likely to last up to a year. "Tennis elbow", as it's referred to (quite ironically as the pain in neither in my elbow, nor have I ever played tennis!), takes a long time to heal. Boo!<br />
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8. Things at work are starting to wind down from the summer. Faculty are returning. Fall prep is well under way. We are just about ready for the new students to arrive for orientation. And with that, Thanksgiving break is just around the corner. Haha!<br />
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Have a great week everyone!<br />
<br />Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14044306988815158836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804685568929604196.post-27675124220978403782019-07-22T07:00:00.000-04:002019-07-22T07:00:03.496-04:00It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? - 07/22/19<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444340;">It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? a place to meet up and share what you have been, and are about to be </span><span style="background-color: white;">reading over the week. It’s a great post to organize yourself. It’s an opportunity to visit and comment and er… add to your groaning TBR pile! So welcome in everyone. This meme started on J Kaye’s blog and then was hosted by Sheila from </span><a href="http://bookjourney.net/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Book Journey.</a><span style="background-color: white;"> Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn here at </span><a href="https://thebookdate.wordpress.com/">The Book Date</a><span style="background-color: white;">.</span></span><br />
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Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14044306988815158836noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804685568929604196.post-65663797655704008162019-07-17T12:09:00.000-04:002019-07-17T12:09:25.929-04:00Bookish and Not-So-Bookish Thoughts <span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Bookish and Not-So-Bookish Thoughts </b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">is a weekly blogging event hosted by </span><a href="http://bookishlyboisterous.blogspot.ca/">Bookishly Boisterous</a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">. It allows book bloggers (and not so bookish bloggers) to write about pretty much anything, bookish or otherwise.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">1. </span>The HBO series is over, but the <i>Game of Thrones</i> author says he still has two books to go, which include no plans to change the ending. Fans are outraged. Readers are incensed. I am...<br />
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Totally not caring one bit. Sorry, I never got into the whole thing, TV or written. Snore.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">2. Yard Sales are great!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Whether buying or selling, yard sales are my idea of a good time. After several trips to the basement to gather and forage, hubby and I have gotten together a pretty good stash of sale items. The porch is full, the dining room is filling up. Craigslist post is up. A quick stop at CVS for colored poster board and we will be ready to go.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Saturday is the plan. Of course, it's supposed to be a measly 99-101 degrees this Saturday, but hopefully the humidity will be light and we will get the crowds early.</span><br />
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Hanging on the porch during vacation, reading a book and drinking ice tea - here I come!!<br />
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3. Yes, you heard that right. I am headed into two full weeks of vacation! I've got a bunch of doctors appointments planned, but hopefully it's stressless and restful. I would like to break out some of those art supplies I've been buying and read through some of the hundreds of books I sifted through when gathering yard sale items.<br />
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4. Yes, I literally went through *almost* every book in the house, hundreds (oy, the dust!). I've got perhaps a couple of shelves left...and I may just do those too! I made some tough decisions about those children's books, which I will never read and no longer need. I kept the classics, but am selling/donating the rest. The adult books I was less aggressive with, but I did pick out quick a few that I just have no interest in anymore, already read, were ill-suited gifts, or in some cases I don't even remember how they came into the house.<br />
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5. The yard is officially cut back, though there is still clean up that needs to be done (I ran out of yard bags). It really needs a good mow (hubby's job), but I am doubtful this will happen before the weekend. Sorry yard-salers, you're going to have to push through the weeds.<br />
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6. I also gathered all the beer bottles that hubby has collected over our ten years in this house, all stashed on the porch, and made a trip to the liquor store. They now have those same bottle/can return machines the grocery store does. Who knew?! And, I returned every last blessed one. Good riddance.<br />
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And then, I bought myself ice cream with the loot!<br />
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7. Counterfeiting of books on Amazon is a thing?! Since when? I mean, yeh, I guess that makes sense. But I've never heard of it actually happening. Have you?<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444340;">It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? a place to meet up and share what you have been, and are about to be </span><span style="background-color: white;">reading over the week. It’s a great post to organize yourself. It’s an opportunity to visit and comment and er… add to your groaning TBR pile! So welcome in everyone. This meme started on J Kaye’s blog and then was hosted by Sheila from </span><a href="http://bookjourney.net/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Book Journey.</a><span style="background-color: white;"> Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn here at </span><a href="https://thebookdate.wordpress.com/">The Book Date</a><span style="background-color: white;">.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: white;">Sometimes, when you are facing a <i>reading slump</i>, the best thing to do is to go back to childhood (when reading was new and exciting *and easy*) to find something to read. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: white;">After several weeks of not being able to get through anything, I took a little visit to my children's-bookshelf (a holdover from my short foray into teaching) and SUCCESS! I have been able to get through a few over the past couple of weeks. And, I feel like I might even be getting ready for something a bit more...meaty.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: white;">I also decided to start reading through the Nancy Drew series (only a few of which I actually own). So far, so good!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Ever notice how hard it is to make friends after college? </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">I have. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm not much of a people person. I can be friendly and outgoing, but homegirl needs her alone time. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">BOOKRIOT seems to have a recurrent theme of publishing pieces about "making bookish friends." Their recent brilliant ideas include...</span></div>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hangout in bookstores (work or visit) and strike up conversations [Um, no thanks, #introvert]</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Talk to others in line at book signings [which requires going to book signings, right?]</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bookclubs [I hate being told what to read and when]</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The library [Aren't they quiet zones?]</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Book sales [the last time I went to a book sale two guys got into an actual fist fight over a pile of "reserved" $1 DVDs!]</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Wear conversation starting "merch" [Like Twilight t-shirts and Harry Potter pins? At my age, that seems a bit pervy as I am more likely to attract new-bookish friends' children.]</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dating apps [Um, thinking my husband might not love this idea]</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So, what does an adult gal (or guy) do to find bookish friends, you ask? Good question!</span></span></div>
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<li style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Commuting</b> - If you commute, look around. There are almost always others reading either books, Kindles, on their phone. Sit next to one of them. Wait for a good moment and then pop the question! "What are you reading?" Guaranteed to get any reader, extroverted or not, to answer. If they clam up after the title, say, "Is it any good?" This almost always works! [Added benefit, if you repeatedly "run into" that person, you can eventually ensure yourself a reading partner on the train who understands, "It's been nice chatting, but it's time to shut up now and read!"]</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><b>Co-workers, friends of friends</b> - Bring up books in conversation with your non-book friends. Look into starting a bookclub at work, or put up a sign at the gym. [You would be seriously surprised how many people are closet readers just waiting for a chance to talk about their latest read.]</li>
<li style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Youtube and Instagram</b> - Watch some bookish YouTube channels and keep an eye on the comments. Strike up a conversation with someone interesting, but seemingly non-crazy. Eventually progress to email or texting. [People are fairly open on these social media sites, it's easy to learn quickly if they are friend-material or not.]</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Skype and Facetime </b>- Convince those YouTube buddies to start a bookclub and use one of these programs to link in, include long-distance friends, cousins, or more. [Friendly times, but at home. The best of the best!]</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Community read-a-thon</b> - Rather than waiting for a group to come to you, initiate a read-a-thon at - or even better - for your local library or school. Let the readers in your hometown come to you. [Added bonus: because they are local and maybe have children at the same school, you have more things in common.]</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Art-geeks stick together</b> - Look for potential friends who have other similar interests as you. Do you knit or attend an art or pottery class? Do you have a local community chorus or theater? Arty folks are often bookish folks. Ask someone new if they've read any good books lately! [Worst case scenario, they look at you with disdain and say something like, "I'm too busy knitting a sweater for my pet gerbil, Bubba, to read..." One less person you have to waste time pursuing, move on.]</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Church</b> - Again, same interests, same faith. Suggest reading an appropriate book together. Start up a Bible-Read-a-Thon. [Whatever works.]</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: inherit;">Book-luck Dinner Party</b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> - Plan a pot-luck dinner</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> where everyone brings a book, rather than a dish. Non-readers won't bother accepting...or maybe they will and you can convince them they are truly bookish! [Maybe everyone also brings a dish related to their book, so you don't have to do all the cooking?]</span></li>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Yard-Sales</b> - Go to yard sales with books, or have one yourself. Ask buyers/sellers what they read recently. [List Books on the Craigslist listing and watch them flock to you.]</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Free-Little-Library</b> - Set up a little library in front of your house (check on your local laws first). Keep your eye on those folks who return time and again. Conveniently take the trash out when they approach and say hello. Strike up a conversation and invite them to your Book-Luck Dinner Party. [Then go plan your last-minute Book-Luck Dinner Party.]</span></li>
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Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14044306988815158836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804685568929604196.post-47467564807530293232019-06-26T11:23:00.000-04:002019-06-26T11:23:59.402-04:00Bookish and Not-So-Bookish Thoughts<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Bookish and Not-So-Bookish Thoughts </b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">is a weekly blogging event hosted by </span><a href="http://bookishlyboisterous.blogspot.ca/">Bookishly Boisterous</a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">. It allows book bloggers (and not so bookish bloggers) to write about pretty much anything, bookish or otherwise.</span></span><br />
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Despite that, I have decided to <b><i>challenge</i></b> myself to read my way through the Nancy Drew series. I am about four books in. I don't own them all, but I don't really need to read them in order do I?<br />
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I finally got around to starting the backyard clean up. I was aggressive, but it looks much better. There is still more to do. So much cutting back and tons of clean up. I was hoping to finish this weekend, but there is a rainy weekend brewing. Saturday morning may be the only chance I get.<br />
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Our yard sale keeps getting pushed back and back... By the time we get to it, the summer will be over and the opportunity to reclaim the side-porch will be over. But I am determined to get it done and eat dinner on the porch at least once this summer!<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">'Nough said, am I right?!?!</span><br />
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So, the update seems to be...boring, old carpal tunnel. No surprises. I have been using a wrist support and trying to minimize the effects as much as possible to avoid cortisone shots or surgery (which both sound horrible). The long term results aren't promising, but I'm doing what I can.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">1. Been busy the last few weeks and haven't had a chance to check in...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I spent Mother's Day with a stomach bug, texting my mothers (birth and step) from the ER. All was fine and I was sent home after a strong dose of potassium replenishment. </span>No children myself, but my the kitties gave me a card and flowers!<br />
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2. I finished Reese Witherspoon's <i>Whiskey in a Teacup</i> in early May, but haven't had much energy or interest in anything since. I started about four different books in the past few weeks and nothing has stuck. Suggestions?<br />
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3. Hubby and I have spent multiple weekends recently "taking back the house". Last year was so busy for me between work and Purely Vocals prep for Ireland, I literally had maybe one weekend off between June and October. Over the holidays we moved a bunch of junk from the "man-cave" to the rarely-used dining room and, yes, it took him until June to clean it up. But he wanted to have friends over for dinner, so it had to be done. It took about two days, but we did it along with a major dust/vacuum/decluttering effort (I clean weekly, but with two cats and a husband it's never done).<br />
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Then, over Memorial Day weekend I motivated and started cutting back and cleaning up the yard (no cutting or leaf removal occurred last year at all, it was a disaster). I got through the front and most of the side yard, but I ran out of time and energy (and yard bags). The backyard still desperately needs attention. The neighbor is literally putting up a fence...<br />
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(I think/hope that has more to do with his very young child, haha).<br />
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I will get to it as soon as I possibly can, but I've got a few busy weekends to face first.<br />
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4. This weekend, I am headed to Connecticut for another girl's/Purely Vocals rehearsal weekend. We've got a gig on Sunday and a few others coming soon, so we want to be sure we are ready. Plus, we've got plans for a big yard sale very soon to complete the declutter process and open up the side-porch. Best laid plans...<br />
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5. I've got a neurological study scheduled in a couple of weeks to determine if my carpal tunnel is wrist related, or perhaps connected to neck issues, pinched nerve type of thing. My money is on boring, old carpal tunnel which will require shots or surgery, rather than some nice PT and massages.<br />
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6. <span style="font-family: inherit;">So have you heard <span style="letter-spacing: 0.5px;">Amazon removed books for sale </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.5px;"><i>promoting</i></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.5px;"><i> bleach as a cure for Autism</i>?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.5px;">Seriously? SERIOUSLY?! I. Just. Can't.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">7. After more than a year o</span>f using an iPad with a dead battery (read plugged in at all times) I finally bit the proverbial bullet and bought a new tablet. I've had two iPads and both batteries lasted only about two years. So I decided to branch out and bought a Surface Pro 6 (complete with keyboard and fancy pen). I am a diehard Android user, so why I was hanging on to a iPad is beyond me. But the process of the switchover is a long one. The apps are called different things in Windows and the set up is more work than an iPad. But once its done, it should function much the same (minus a few apps)...and has capabilities that an iPad makes much more difficult.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.5px;">8. </span></span>I finally found those darned colored pencil books after about three weeks of searching. They were put away safely in a bookcase... Now why didn't I think of that?!?!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444340;">It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? a place to meet up and share what you have been, and are about to be </span><span style="background-color: white;">reading over the week. It’s a great post to organize yourself. It’s an opportunity to visit and comment and er… add to your groaning TBR pile! So welcome in everyone. This meme started on J Kaye’s blog and then was hosted by Sheila from </span><a href="http://bookjourney.net/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Book Journey.</a><span style="background-color: white;"> Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn here at </span><a href="https://thebookdate.wordpress.com/">The Book Date</a><span style="background-color: white;">.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: white;">Since finishing my last read, Reese Witherspoon's <i>Whiskey in a Teacup</i>, <b>I have been in a reading slump</b>. I have started about four books and haven't gotten engaged enough to continue. This says a lot more about my focus on other things though, than on the books themselves. Traveling this weekend and hoping to find something to spark my interest.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444340;">It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? a place to meet up and share what you have been, and are about to be </span><span style="background-color: white;">reading over the week. It’s a great post to organize yourself. It’s an opportunity to visit and comment and er… add to your groaning TBR pile! So welcome in everyone. This meme started on J Kaye’s blog and then was hosted by Sheila from </span><a href="http://bookjourney.net/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Book Journey.</a><span style="background-color: white;"> Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn here at </span><a href="https://thebookdate.wordpress.com/">The Book Date</a><span style="background-color: white;">.</span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6boyo1etWr3qXY3c02jC_EPYlTYx76Wu7Ad6Zo0AMPpuKmnAwaK7IVxpkLUU60lgRmI1omRNJt85msttq7TjAYniq0xR2ZrIPCBTNzRGZimyW24aRiwlWKvDEIVaujsNvvq0eisS9Ie0/s1600/whiskey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="406" data-original-width="330" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6boyo1etWr3qXY3c02jC_EPYlTYx76Wu7Ad6Zo0AMPpuKmnAwaK7IVxpkLUU60lgRmI1omRNJt85msttq7TjAYniq0xR2ZrIPCBTNzRGZimyW24aRiwlWKvDEIVaujsNvvq0eisS9Ie0/s200/whiskey.jpg" width="162" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">1. I was reading along in Jodi Picoult's <i>Change of Heart</i> and, after realizing I had already read it, a library hold that I have been waiting on for quite a while finally opened to me. So I put Jodi aside and joined Reese for a quick read! Entertaining so far.</span><br />
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2. We were thrilled to get a full price offer on our condo. And the buyer accepted it despite a few small issues the inspector found. Nothing major, so we must have done a good job prepping it. Now we just await the P&S and final closing.<br />
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2. R.I.P. Rachel Held Evans.<br />
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3. Saturday is Commencement at work. The seniors are excited to graduate. The faculty are thrilled summer is finally here. And the staff...we just continue working hard preparing for next fall. Next time you're buying a present for your child's teacher, buy an extra one for the office secretary or the janitor or the assistant principal. Seriously, there are no months off for the behind-the-scenes folks. And we. work. hard.<br />
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4. Carpel tunnel update. I'm headed to the hand surgeon tomorrow. Thinking they will try cortisone first, we'll see. I've been wearing a wrist brace for weeks and it has helped, but not solved the problem totally. So, at least there's that.<br />
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5. Tony Schwartz, the ghostwriter for Donald Trump's <i>The Art of the Deal</i>, states he wants the book taken out of print, or at minimum recategorized as fiction, after a report in <i>The New York Times</i> that Trump lost over a billion dollars between 1985 and 1994.<br />
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6. I don't generally know what I am going to read next. I tend to be a "find it on Overdrive (or on my shelves), it catches my interest, and I delve in" sort of person (whether its on my over 12,000+ TBR or not). But I now have not one, but two books about color pencil drawing that I want to read really, really badly. So I was thinking, maybe I would attack one of those next!<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjby4Sz_SOKGgTOChVjfZNNUl7y8aBtlUr5ffRlzDWrvcb8NV5zDL7AQxRPLLrhTzLjd3Idsc-fdYd58tacZHFbjyCKwEe8tM6PxmhxLWTJF4GMy1xrSE5ECfFYbma5yt-6xYjezS_Vhmo/s1600/400-heart-9780743496759.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="622" data-original-width="400" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjby4Sz_SOKGgTOChVjfZNNUl7y8aBtlUr5ffRlzDWrvcb8NV5zDL7AQxRPLLrhTzLjd3Idsc-fdYd58tacZHFbjyCKwEe8tM6PxmhxLWTJF4GMy1xrSE5ECfFYbma5yt-6xYjezS_Vhmo/s200/400-heart-9780743496759.jpg" width="128" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">1. The condo is officially as ready as its going to be! We passed the keys on to a real estate agent this past weekend and expect multiple open houses this coming weekend. Hopefully by next week it will be in escrow and moving on to its next happy owner. Sad...it is where my husband proposed. But glad...one last item on our plate to worry about and a little more cushion in the retirement account.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">2. You know when you start reading a book and are really enjoying it...and then you go, "Huh...this sounds vaguely familiar. Did I already read this?!" And, in fact, you did. But you are enjoying the read so much its like, "Eh, whatever!" and you keep reading? Yeah, that!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">3. Remember that comment about my phone being a friend?! Well, sometimes friends are...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I decided that I wanted to upgrade my SD micro storage card. Well, over a week later, I gave up! The files would upload to the card and then just mysteriously disappear. Seriously. Here one day, gone the next! Hours of wasted time. </span>Calls to customer service were unsuccessful. <span style="font-family: inherit;">There are some comments about it on the web, but no resolutions (none that worked for me). I returned to my smaller card and am sifting through the music on there, cleaning up and ridding of what is not listened to, doubled, etc. Disappointing, to say the least.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">4. Carpal tunnel update...my doc is sending me to a hand surgeon. Boo! They will likely have to start with cortisone injections, rather than just jump right to hand surgery, for insurance purposes (try the cheaper option first). But I think I am bordering on permanent damage, so...gotta do what ya gotta do. I begin my journey May 10th.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Also, </span></span><a href="http://www.indiebookstoreday.com/">http://www.indiebookstoreday.com/</a><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> is hosting a Twitter party Thursday, April 25, at 10 a.m Pacific; join them in using the hashtag #BookstoreDay.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">6. Easter was a relatively low key event on my</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> end. Brunch with family. No young children, so no big effort but always good food and laughs. Hope your day was just as enjoyable, whether you celebrate Easter or not.</span></span><br />
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<br />Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14044306988815158836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804685568929604196.post-80614393295873450992019-04-17T07:00:00.000-04:002019-04-17T07:00:11.261-04:00Trauma Cleaner<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Title: <span style="color: #111111;"><span style="background-color: white;">The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster</span></span></b><br />
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Sarah Krasnostein offers a look into the life of Sandra Pankhurst, a transgender woman who was adopted at an early age, named Peter, and then systematically abused and mistreated until he was old enough to run away.<br />
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Pankhurst struggled to find her place in the world, marrying and having children, spending time as a drag queen, and trying to fulfill her role as a responsible father and husband. Eventually, Pankhurst needed to accept herself and underwent gender reassignment surgery, spending years as a sex worker to support herself during her mental and physical transition.<br />
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Pankhurst married again later in life and established herself as a well-known and respected businesswoman in her home town. However, after the family business failed and Pankhurst's husband died, she found herself focusing on her strengths. She opened a cleaning business, which segued to fill a noticeable gap in her area, trauma clean-up.<br />
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Krasnostein alternates between chapters about Pankhurst's life and stories of the homes they enter to assist in cleaning, either due to hoarding, death, or other catastrophes. She speaks lovingly of Sandra Pankhurst, displaying a deep friendship and a respect for the life that Pankhurst has survived. And acknowledging the kindness and caring that Pankhurst shares could only have come from experiencing a life such as hers.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">This was a good read. I was a bit disappointed in the limited discussion of the clients and their situations. The majority of the book, and truly the story, is Pankhurst's history which is extremely interesting. She is a strong, amazing woman. I found a YouTube video of an interview with her and you are left really respecting and liking her. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">But, I really was hoping for more info about the trauma side of the business. I just can't return to those trauma YouTube videos!</span><br />
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Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14044306988815158836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804685568929604196.post-88651503130384727582019-04-11T07:00:00.000-04:002019-04-11T07:00:03.861-04:00Bookish and Not-So-Bookish Thoughts<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Bookish and Not-So-Bookish Thoughts </b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">is a weekly blogging event hosted by </span><a href="http://bookishlyboisterous.blogspot.ca/">Bookishly Boisterous</a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">. It allows book bloggers (and not so bookish bloggers) to write about pretty much anything, bookish or otherwise.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">1. Scraping and sanding and painting, oh my! Hubby and I are several months into fixing up his old condo with the hopes of selling it this spring. </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">It's been...a process. It will be really nice to say goodbye to hubby's bachelor's pad and to the responsibility of landlording.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">2. Have you heard about Catherine Price's new title, <i>How to Break Up With Your Phone</i>? Why, in God's name, would I want to break up with my best friend ever? I love this thing! It provides me with email, telephones calls and texts, books to read, all of my music (via Pandora and an SD card), games to play, a photo album, daily news, an alarm to wake me up in the morning, etc., etc. If the thing cooked I wouldn't need my husband! (JK of course!) But give it up, never! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Now if someone would just write a book about giving up your iPad...that thing is a time-suck! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">But seriously, the book looks interesting. I have to add it to my TBR list.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">3. I've got some serious carpel tunnel issues friends. I developed it in college packing books for the University press, but it's been getting progressively worse at my current job. Whoever decided that a countertop sitting on a filing cabinet is "desk height" was an idiot! I have a doctor's appointment this weekend. Hopefully she has some suggestions other than surgery or cortisone injections.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">4. Our taxes are finally ready and... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We went from getting a generous check back annually to owing almost $10k! To be fair, there were extenuating circumstances this year. But even without that, the difference was hugely substantial!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The next elections cannot come soon enough!</span><br />
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5. So, as a higher education professional (and a middle-lower class kid who worked hard for what I got) this college cheating scandal is on everyone's minds and hearts. So many hardworking students who potentially lost out on life-changing opportunities while rich families bought their way in. Nothing surprising or new, I realize. But no less heartbreaking just the same. I am proud of my organization's stance on this issue and the efforts they make to ensure that admissions is fair and impartial.<br />
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6. Good people in the world...for sure!<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14044306988815158836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804685568929604196.post-48396092097768114372019-04-10T07:00:00.000-04:002019-04-10T07:00:01.235-04:00Scratch Beginnings - Shepard<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8DsHiGl6EteizkV3POPFq8RdqzMldGf6Q1dxghupLCOmUamYKojHmhX3XYI6GvSAQzeIjAQcri1gO4rqVBaK_8_gyju_q2xjkhKKMzm34XJrakyYPusxqAFt1-qgDJpG9DacECYTusy8/s1600/scratch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="436" data-original-width="289" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8DsHiGl6EteizkV3POPFq8RdqzMldGf6Q1dxghupLCOmUamYKojHmhX3XYI6GvSAQzeIjAQcri1gO4rqVBaK_8_gyju_q2xjkhKKMzm34XJrakyYPusxqAFt1-qgDJpG9DacECYTusy8/s320/scratch.jpg" width="212" /></a><b>Title: <span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: inherit;">Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">After Adam Shephard graduated from Merrimack College, he decided to challenge himself to a social experiment. </span><span style="font-size: small;">Leaving home with $25, the clothes on his back, a sleeping bag (complete with air pillow) and not much more, Shephard </span>set off for warm and sunny <span style="font-size: small;">Charleston, South Carolina to prove that anyone can overcome poverty and homelessness. He set five goals for himself and gave himself a one-year timeline to complete them:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">1. Obtain a steady job.</span><br style="font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">2. Live in a furnished apartment.</span><br style="font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">3. Purchase a vehicle. </span><br style="font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">4. Establish $2,500 in savings. </span><br style="font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">5. Be in a position to continue to improve himself.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">Further, he opted not to utilize his past history (college degree, work experience or references) to obtain jobs. He left his past behind. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">After a rocky start, Shephard found himself at Crisis Ministries, a homeless shelter, soup kitchen, and support network. He used the tools and opportunities offered to focus on achieving his goals. Over the next weeks, Shephard took on temp work until he was able to secure a </span>permanent<span style="font-family: inherit;"> position with a moving company. He saved his paltry paychecks until he could afford a car, an apartment and until he me this savings goal.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So, white-male-college-graduate-hipster slums it fo</span>r a while. Hmm...inventive, not so much. </span><br />
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More interestingly, though, <span style="font-family: inherit;">has he really proven anything? Has he created a pathway for his fellow homeless to follow toward success and prosperity? In my opinion, no. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Shephard doesn't face the struggles that many homeless do: mental illness, physical and mental </span>deficiencies<span style="font-family: inherit;"> (perhaps from limited nutrition growing up), the knowledge that there is no cushion to fall back on (ie - returning to family if times get tough - this makes you more willing to go out on a limb) or the knowledge that this life will eventually come to and end (this must make sleeping on the floor of a shelter much more acceptable), truly being alone in the world, racism, little or no role models from whom to develop things such as determination and being able to stand up for oneself, and perhaps the most important issue </span>limited/poor education.<br />
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Can a college-educated white man from a strong family with experience using computers and a strong sense of self (as one would have to have to attempt such an experiment) succeed? Of course. And so could some of the other men he met at the shelter. But some of them could not. Yet, he feels that their situations are similar, if not equal. He offers a one-size-fits-all, "Work hard. Sacrifice cell phones and eating out and all will work out." answer. In reality, however, there are a great many disparities that he fails to address that renders this experiment questionable.<br />
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Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14044306988815158836noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804685568929604196.post-17264593109515648642019-04-05T07:00:00.000-04:002019-04-05T07:00:11.055-04:00Yea or Nay: Rereading Books<div style="background-color: white; color: #4b4b4b; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 21px;">
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You can possibly recapture not just the feelings from the story, but you might get the feels from where you were when you read the book (like listening to an old song from prom night, type of thing).</span></li>
<li>You might better understand something that you didn't fully catch the first time around. </li>
<li>You might read something new into the text, given you are a different more mature person with different, newer experiences. You might learn something about yourself in the new reading.</li>
<li>It's free, if you already own the book. And reading books you already have slows the roll on your growing book piles.</li>
<li>If your family sees you reading that book that's been sitting around for years, they may stop asking why you keep "so many books if you aren't going to read them?!?!"</li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Four letters, T I M E. Who's got time for a repeat, when there are sooooo many on your TBR pile?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">And frankly, you already know the ending...boring.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You might be disappointed the second time around. You may not love it as much as you did the first time. Again, you are a different person now.</span></li>
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I'm on the fence on this one. I don't tend to reread. But I can see why some folks do. I have kept some books with the thought that I might. But then I look over at the TBR list and do the math...~13,000 books by 1-2 books a week by 52 weeks a year...eek! I'll never get through them all! There just isn't enough time!!</div>
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A secret apartment above a library, and in NYC no less?! Anyone else just find this to be the epitome of NIRVANA?!?</div>
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<br />Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14044306988815158836noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804685568929604196.post-85688552659568120182019-03-20T07:00:00.000-04:002019-04-05T13:37:48.031-04:00Idaho - Ruskovich<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPY_mMzCkAqvuB2ER78v-lwfkymHLpsUGAY2tzqzePNT4k5KJeCjy_51Ix6dYAd-kETm8hSdgEsf40lLTLfV28xe0r5nNQBx14K5iPh-N3AyklKGtykv8F5hQfY2_paSN2rHTSfnTFZ_Y/s1600/idaho.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="345" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPY_mMzCkAqvuB2ER78v-lwfkymHLpsUGAY2tzqzePNT4k5KJeCjy_51Ix6dYAd-kETm8hSdgEsf40lLTLfV28xe0r5nNQBx14K5iPh-N3AyklKGtykv8F5hQfY2_paSN2rHTSfnTFZ_Y/s200/idaho.jpg" width="138" /></a><b>Title:</b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b> Idaho</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Author</b>:</span><span style="font-size: small;"> Emily Ruskovich</span></div>
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<b>Genre</b>: Fiction, Women's Fiction<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Rating</b>: </span>3/5- <i style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Good. Read it, have a good time and move on. Or not.</i></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Ann is determined to figure out what happened. For years, she has lived with her husband Wade in his mountain home, teaching students to play piano and shaping their lives together. But Wade is slowly losing his memory to Alzheimers; and Ann is desperate to learn as much of his history as she can before she loses him.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Wade's previous wife Jenny is in jail for a horrific act of violence, killing her own daughter. And their second child has been missing since that day. Ann, who recalls her piano lessons with Wade prior to the murder, wonders if her perceived emotional connection to Wade led to this violent and evil act and cannot seem to let go the possibility that she was the cause of the event.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">In many different voices, we learn about Ann's, Wade' and Jenny's lives and learn how Ann tries to take responsibility for the event, recreating Wade's life after the loss, and helping Jenny as well, whether out of guilt or responsibility.</span></div>
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If the reader is looking for some hard-core answers, you will not get them from this book. Some stories, experiences, cannot be explained and the events in this book are no different. However, the stories are so well written, the prose so fitting, that you are left not minding the loss. Rather, you feel like you got all you bargained for and more.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Finalist for the New York Public Library's Young Lions Fiction Award</span><br />
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Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14044306988815158836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804685568929604196.post-17322553872330770762019-03-18T07:00:00.000-04:002019-03-18T07:00:07.639-04:00It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? - 03/18/19<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've randomly found a few "trauma cleaner" videos on YouTube. They are NOT. PRETTY. But they do spark some weird...interest in the watcher. So I figured this is a good way to satisfy that interest, without the gore.</div>
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<br />Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14044306988815158836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804685568929604196.post-61382052207696438162019-03-15T07:00:00.000-04:002019-03-15T07:00:04.465-04:00Yea or Nay: Audio Books<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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There are many folks who love audio books and equally as many who just don't, for a multitude of reasons. Here are some thoughts...<br />
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<li>Audio books are cheap, convenient, and portable. You can get them for a few dollars or grab them from your library. You can listen to them in your car, on your phone, working out, just about anywhere.</li>
<li>Audio books can be shared over various electronics (computer, phone, iPod or iPad, etc.) and therefore require no carrying around of books or ereaders.</li>
<li>They don't take up a lot of space, very convenient if you have a small apartment/home.</li>
<li>They are eco-friendly.</li>
<li>They are easier on your eyes.</li>
<li>Narrators and authors can share audio books with emotion and pronunciation that you might misread (Hermione!). They can introduce new vocabulary or difficult names.</li>
<li>They allow for a shared listening of a story, for example on a road-trip, which opens up opportunities to discuss with a partner.</li>
<li>Audio books can allow readers to access content that is beyond their reading level. Children for example or making longer classics accessible for someone who otherwise couldn't get through them.</li>
<li>Audio books teach critical listening skills.</li>
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<li>Some people hate having books read to them.</li>
<li>Initial costs. Along with a book file you will need to provide technology to play it (phone, computer, etc.) with speakers or headphones.</li>
<li>No real way to mark or tag passages or save comments/thoughts on what you have read.</li>
<li>You must actually be relatively tech-savy to get audio books onto your player, with any required apps, and then figure out how to access and play them. And, files can be lost.</li>
<li>Audio books make you anti-social as you block out others while listening.</li>
<li>If you are easily distracted, its easy to lose your place.</li>
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Audio books are convenient, but they NOT reading (in my humble opinion). Just like watching a movie of a book isn't reading.<br />
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And frankly, I just cannot concentrate on the intricacies of the story, cannot visualize the characters or environments when someone is reading to me. And I am way to easily distract...<br />
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<br />Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14044306988815158836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804685568929604196.post-8099826024754805782019-03-13T07:00:00.000-04:002019-03-13T07:00:08.753-04:00Suburban Junkie - Jude Hassan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /><b>Recommended if you like: </b>Memoirs, Family and Relationships, Drug Culture</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Jude Hassan was always a "good kid": good grades, involved in sports, close to his family. He had a lot to look forward too. After moving to a new town however, Jude decides he wants to be something new, something fun. He wants to be popular. He wants to make friends and date girls and have a good time. Jude makes a new friend, a buddy who can hook him up with friends, girls...and drugs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Losing his parents trust doesn't reach him. Ending up in trouble with the law doesn't reach him. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">It's only by the sheet grace of God that Jude is able to get control, with the guidance and love of his dying father, as well as a burning guilt of what he has done and lost. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">A very interesting read. Hassan spares nothing in his honest and detailed explanation of how quickly drug use can get a hold of you and lead to poor choices, bad decisions, and loss of control. Some of the book (particularly how his mother spoke to him) felt a bit contrived, silly. Of course, I can't possibly know...but I chose to believe that he was rewriting her words for ease. But overall this book was well written. Worth a read.</span><br />
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Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14044306988815158836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804685568929604196.post-16585077895727380312019-03-11T07:00:00.000-04:002019-03-11T07:00:01.921-04:00 It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? - 03/11/19<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444340;">It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? a place to meet up and share what you have been, and are about to be </span><span style="background-color: white;">reading over the week. It’s a great post to organize yourself. It’s an opportunity to visit and comment and er… add to your groaning TBR pile! So welcome in everyone. This meme started on J Kaye’s blog and then was hosted by Sheila from </span><a href="http://bookjourney.net/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Book Journey.</a><span style="background-color: white;"> Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn here at </span><a href="https://thebookdate.wordpress.com/">The Book Date</a><span style="background-color: white;">.</span></span><br />
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