Once upon a time, my wife and I would go on yearly bookcations. We’d leave the kids with someone random (usually someone we trusted and not truly someone random). We’d book a B&B for a couple nights. We’d pillage used book stores. We’d return home with a box of books which would take us theContinue reading “Almost Bookcation”
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Angered by the Rebel Librarian
This book angered me. That’s what makes it good. So, earlier this week my older son brought home a book from school insisting I read it. That’s actually a pretty normal occurrence in our household. The boy’s a reader, rips through books, and is often excited about them. Usually, I’ll ask him what the bookContinue reading “Angered by the Rebel Librarian”
I don’t read books…?
I’ve only read 126 books. Or at least, that’s what I’m told. So, I took a quiz. It was a fun quiz, really. It’s a list of the top thousand books according to reviews on Goodreads. Apparently I am not in-step with society. Poo. Honestly, it doesn’t overly surprise me that I didn’t get aContinue reading “I don’t read books…?”
On the Closing of Bookstores
I was there when the Borders fell. The bookstore chain went belly-up. It was a sad thing; I had enjoyed their stores. Every day I drove past the store on the way to work. It was closing soon. I had visited many times, and I eyed certain books. If this was here when it gotContinue reading “On the Closing of Bookstores”
Thanksgiving ain’t over!
Yeah yeah yeah it’s not Thanksgiving anymore blah blah blah Don’t care. You know what? It’s good to show gratitude any day of the year, not just on a day that many Americans gorge themselves on the flesh of the enemy. (If you don’t take time to remember the Great Turkey War of 1773, you’reContinue reading “Thanksgiving ain’t over!”
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