Category Archives: Books & Reading

What I Read … Part 5

Posted on May 24, 2018 by

Continuing with my reading during the Blog Pause of last year with the rest of October. Another Man’s Moccasins by Craig Johnson – As I said last post, I really got caught by the Longmire books and just kept going on … Continue reading →

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What I Read During Those Months Part 4

Posted on May 17, 2018 by

scroll down for previous parts of this series Continuing with my reading during the Blog Pause of last year with the rest of September 2017 and a peek at October. Elon Musk – Tesla, Space and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by … Continue reading →

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What I Read During Those Months Part 3

Posted on May 11, 2018 by

Continuing with my reading during the Blog Pause of last Summer-Fall-Winter. This time it’s September 2017, which – as I did with August – I’ll have to split in half due to numbers. Glass Houses by Louise Penny – I’ve … Continue reading →

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What I Read During Those Months Part 2

Posted on May 4, 2018 by

Finishing with August 2017, which includes some “forgotten” books. Rex Stout – I read both The Final Deduction and Three Doors to Death in re-enjoying some Nero Wolfe. It’s always a pleasure to read about Nero and Archie, no less so in these two stories. … Continue reading →

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What I Read During Those Months – Part 1

Posted on April 26, 2018 by

I put the blog on “Pause” almost nine months ago, and haven’t been posting my Current Reading posts since. However, it’s time I got back into posting more often, and I’m starting with a lot of catch-up posts to fill readers in … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Barbara!

Posted on April 26, 2018 by

Today Barbara is mumblety-mumble years old. Happy birthday! We had plans, but she has an infected, root canal situation, so it’s antibiotics, tepid soft food and plenty of rest. We’ll watch the NFL draft tonight and see what happens, then … Continue reading →

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Better Late Than Never: My 2017 Reading Stats

Posted on March 18, 2018 by

Normally, I would have posted this sometime between late December 2017 and about the 10th of January 2018, but the timing of my blog posts have been non-existent to irregular at best. So for what it’s worth, here is a … Continue reading →

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Doing OK

Posted on January 28, 2018 by

It’s been a while since I posted, and though I don’t have a lot to say, I thought it would be good to check in with any readers still out there. I’m doing okay, been a little sick but not … Continue reading →

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Getting Older

Posted on October 27, 2017 by

Thursday was my birthday, and a very nice one it was, but I did spend some time thinking about the number of years. My goodness. How did I manage to get so old? When I was a kid, I couldn’t … Continue reading →

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Friday Forgotten: A Six-Letter Word For Death by Patricia Moyes

Posted on July 20, 2017 by

This is the 262nd in my series of forgotten or seldom read books A Six-Letter Word For Death by Patricia Moyes, Henry Holt (an Owl Book) 1985 mass market paperback I have long been a fan of the mystery novels of … Continue reading →

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