Archive for the Reading category

LibraryThing updated

Only 25 books so far this year. I’ve been checking a lot of books out of the library and returning them unread — too busy [...]

Vocabulary check: noisome

From an anonymous book, chapter 1, paragraph 3:

I spread my arms wide and leaned into the oncoming mass, blowing a whistle that was more

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Books read in 2006

Fiction only, alpha by author.

1. Alexander, Alma: Changer of Days
2. Baird, Alison: The Stone of the Stars
3. Bear, Elizabeth: Hammered
4. Bear, [...]

LibraryThing

I started cataloging the books I’ve read at LibraryThing. Entering the book title is easy; ranking them is hard.

Seems like every time I [...]

What other people read

At my local library, people who check out books get a printed receipt listing the books. Sometimes they return the books with the receipt tucked [...]