My Interest In real life I work for the adult education side of a small liberal arts college in the Midwest [That’s “red state,” “fly-over country,” “Trump land” or “The Heartland” to anyone in L.A. or NYC]. I’ve loved reading the screeds against the bloat of Administration since the COVID-crisis sent even Yalies home to… Continue Reading →
This week’s topic is “School Freebie” so make up your own topic around schools of any sort. I decided on colleges. I’ve done other posts on favorite school books in the past and will link them at the bottom of this post. The Staff and Faculty Books The Groves of Academe: A Novel by Mary… Continue Reading →
Thanks as always to Books Are My Favorite and Best for hosting Six Degrees of Separation each month! You can read the rules here. This month we are starting our chains with Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss. I have not read this book, so here is the Amazon blurb: In Eats, Shoots &… Continue Reading →
Once again, I’ve challenged myself not to go back to the old favorites. So, no Patrick Dennis (Auntie Mame and The Joyous Season are my two favorite funny books). Not Changing Places by David Lodge–another old favorite. Only “newer” funny books. No Bailey White. I so hate leaving out the gospel walnut, but no Calvin… Continue Reading →
#ccspin The Classics Club helps make reading the classics more fun! What is a Spin? Read all the fun details here. In April we made our lists, the wheel was spun, and we were told to read number 6 by June 1st. You can read my list here. Number 6 was a kindle bargain book… Continue Reading →
Somehow I missed the birthday part of this week’s TTT so I’m editing to include it! Happy Birthday, TTT! Ten years and still running! This week’s topic had three choices. I chose “pick a past TTT topic you’ve done and re-do/update it.” Here’s my first go at this topic–full of fun little books! One Sitting… Continue Reading →
This is such a fun meme! Thank you Jo at The Book Jotter for hosting! Thanks to The Bookworm Chronicles for alerting me! You can see all the rules and choices for this meme here. This year was hard!! I have ‘only’ 41 books to work with–usually, I do this without repeating a title. Without… Continue Reading →
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