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tayarijones: I am not a label-queen, but I’d make an exception...

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 15:04:25 -0800

I am not a label-queen, but I’d make an exception for this Louis Vuitton book trunk. [source]

8:00 (-ish) P.M. - The face of a mid-century clock. At night,...

Sat, 01 Dec 2012 22:42:00 -0800

8:00 (-ish) P.M. - The face of a mid-century clock. At night, the time displays in numerical form on the ceiling via a lighted aperture at the top of the housing

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Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:58:09 -0800

The Hipster found this perfectly intact in his yard. I find it...

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:49:32 -0800

The Hipster found this perfectly intact in his yard. I find it extraordinarily beautiful and hard to take my eyes away from

Working out of The Tipsy Bee Studios is like hanging out in a...

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:10:04 -0800

Working out of The Tipsy Bee Studios is like hanging out in a Van Gogh painting

There are five levels to the 2013 Audio Book...

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 17:58:34 -0800

There are five levels to the 2013 Audio Book Challenge:

Flirting-Listen to 6 Audio Books
Going Steady- Listen to 12 Audio Books
Lover- Listen to 25 Audio Books
Married-Listen to more than 25 Audio Books
You Define the Relationship- Create your own challenge (choose your own name and level starting as low or going as high as you’d like)

I’m going to start off “FLIRTING” :-)

Thanks to @teresasreading to hosting this challenge again :-)

Lazing about on the futon couch and reading the romance novel,...

Fri, 23 Nov 2012 15:01:00 -0800

Lazing about on the futon couch and reading the romance novel, The Marriage Mistake (Marriage to a Billionaire series #3; by Jennifer Probst) - Great sex scenes (★★★★☆); but improbable premise in that wealthy and attractive people in the 21st c do not seem to realize that all sorts of things have happened on the past 60+ years that you really needn’t be held hostage to 19th c morality. Really, is there a 21st c situation in which you *have* to get married anymore? (★★★☆☆)

What's in a Name? Challenge #6

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 21:49:00 -0800

Why, yes! Yes, I am participating in What’s in a Name? Challenge #6! “What?!” you say, “I thought you said no more blogging!” Yes, it’s true, no more blogging; but I’m going to be participating as a non-blogger in the challenge by posting comments at www.bethfishreads.com/ What’s in a Name? Challenge #6 :-)

I’ve actually spent the past couple of days pulling down the stacks and sorting out books, finding the ones that would qualify for next years challenge:

A book with up or down (or equivalent) in the title: Deep down True, The Girl Below, The Diva Digs up the Dirt
A book with something you’d find in your kitchen in the title: Loose Lips Sink Ships, The Knife of Never Letting Go, Breadcrumbs
A book with a party or celebration in the title: A Feast for Crows, A Wedding in Haiti, Cocktail Hour under the Tree of Forgetfulness
A book with fire (or equivalent) in the title: Burning for Revenge, Fireworks over Toccoa, Catching Fire
A book with an emotion in the title: Baltimore Blues, Say You’re Sorry, Dreams of Joy
A book with lost or found (or equivalent) in the title: The Book of Lost Fragrances, The World We Found, A Discovery of Witches

(Text captured from www.bethfishreads.com/ What’s in a Name? Challenge #6)

So, what do I have on hand that would fit?

UP/DOWN: She Got Up Off the Couch (by Haven Kimmel);
KITCHEN: Mr. Peanut (by Adam Ross); Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (by Fannie Flagg); The History of the World in 6 Glasses (by Tom Standage); Fast Food Nation (by Eric Schlosser); Three Cups of Tea (by Greg Mortensen and Oliver Relin); The Cold Dish (by Craig Johnson); In Defense of Food (by Michael Pollan); Last Night at the Lobster (by Stewart O’Nan) and, to be funny The Gardner Heist (by Ulrich Boser)
PARTY: Skeletons at the Feast (by Chris Bohjalian)
FIRE: Chariots of Fire (by W.J. Weatherby); Burning Angel (by James Lee Burke)
EMOTION: The Walking Dead, Volume 4: This Sorrowful Life (by Robert Kirkman et al); House of Mirth (by Edith Wharton)
LOST/FOUND: The Lost Diaries of Franz Hals (by Michael Kernan); Lost Illusions (by Honoré de Balzac)

Lullaby for Bobby Sung by Xe Sands

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:07:00 -0700

Lullaby for Bobby

Sung by Xe Sands

TEN ON TUESDAY PRINT Basically, since last week. on the print...

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 18:15:00 -0700

TEN ON TUESDAY

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Basically, since last week. on the print front, I haven’t done jack. I haven’t touched Tortilla Flat (by John Steinbeck) in something like three weeks and A Short History of Byzantium (by John Julius Norwich) has likewise been languishing. I’m tired. Maybe it’s allergies. Maybe it’s the allocation of my discretionary time that previously went to reading that is now going to exercising. Maybe I’m in a slump. I’m not certain; but if I don’t get some reading time in this week-end, I fear I may actually go insane!

Look at that! Does anybody remember the last time anything on this list even moved, much less got read? Sigh. Well, the summer’s oyung yet…

The Little Book (by Selden Edwards) - Mount TBR
Netherland (by Joseph O’Neill) - Mount TBR
Atonement (by Ian McEwan) - Mount TBR
Emma (by Jane Austen) - Back to the Classics; Mount TBR
The Royal Road to Fotheringhay (by Jean Plaidy) - Mount TBR
Pest Control (by Bill Hughes) - What’s in a Name? Challenge #5
The Religion (by Tim Willocks) - Mount TBR
The Time Traveler’s Wife (by Audrey Neffenegger) - Mount TBR
The Age of Innocence (by Edith Wharton)
Sea of Poppies (by Amitav Ghosh)

AUDIO

I had a couple of false starts this week: I began listening to Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void (by Mary Roach; narrated by Sandra Burr) and couldn’t make it past the first CD. It’s a non-fiction book about all the technical and pragmatic considerations that must be made for astronauts who spend any amount of time in space. The narrator just destroyed the book: She was so neutral that she bordered on monotone; gave no shape to the text (she just moved from one section to the next without indicating that she had realized that the topic had changed) and; she read all the footnotes (introducing each with the word “note” and ending each with the word(s) “end-note”) without regard to the flow of the narrative. Also, a sense of humor might have helped. The book has a faintly quirky feel to it; but it’s pretty much buried in the narrator’s interpretative style. One day I may get back to the book… in print; but for now I’ve got a gazillion other titles lined up. I had picked the audio up only because I was interested in joining an online discussion about it; but I’ve got to move on.

I then started listening to The Eleventh Plague (by Jeff Hirsch; narrated by Dan Bittner.) It’s a YA title that actually sounded promising. I then somehow managed to delete it from my iTunes and iPod. I think I meant to delete Pinned (by Alfred C. Martino; narrated by Mark Shanahan) when I decided I didn’t want to participate in the SYNC listening program; but deleted The Eleventh Hour instead :-(

Anyway, purchased and dnloaded A Discovery of Witches (by Deborah Harkness; narrated by Jennifer Ikeda) and the story’s very interesting. It’s about a witch who inadvertently calls up a spell-bound book from the stacks at the Bodleian library… The narrator has a nice voice; but her pronunciations are suspect (She pronounces Magdalene as “MAG-duh-lin” instead of “Maud-lyn.” Now I wonder what else she may be mis-pronouncing; but I’m too lazy to go check the OED every
time a suspect word pops up.) and her accents aren’t great; but I’ll finish the audio barring any mishap. That said, Il’l probably read the upcoming sequel in print.

Vacation (by Matthew Costello; narrated by Peter Macon)
The Bone House (by Brian Freeman; narrated by Joe Barrett) - Thriller/Suspense
Silent Scream (by Karen Rose; narrated by Marguerite Gavin) - Thriller/Suspense
My Dog Tulip (by J.R. Ackerley; narrated by Ralph Cosham) - Biography/Memoir
The 4% Universe (by Richard Penak; narrated by Ray Porter) - Non-Fiction
My Korean Deli (by Ben Ryder Howe; narrated by Bronson Pinchot) - Non-Fiction
The 13-1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear (by Walter Moers; narrated by Bronson Pinchot) - Fantasy
Rumo and His Miraculous Adventures (by Walter Moers; narrated by Bronson Pinchot) - Fantasy
Wolf Hall (by Hillary Mantel; narrated by Simon Slater)
Passage to Power (by Robert Caro; narrated by Grover Gardner)

BTW, I am seriously thinking about moving this feature over to my regular blog. I love the ease of tumblr, but the feature may get more attention over on the blogger site. I still haven’t decided, so if you have an opinion, please do share!

TEN ON TUESDAY PRINT OK, Let’s try this again! Last week...

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 13:39:00 -0700

TEN ON TUESDAY

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OK, Let’s try this again! Last week my post was eaten by tumblr and today I’m late (it’s Wednesday); but nonetheless, I have been reading and listening!

I finished Snow Falling on Cedars (by David Guterson.) It’s a beautifully written and evocative story about a Japanese man on an island off of Seattle, Washington who is accused of murdering another man in the fishing community. There’s racial strain (post-war America), heartbreak, injustice and vindication. The whole feel of the novel reminds me of a single note being played very slowly on a violin: There is all this slow building of tension as the poignancy and anticipation build at the book’s own pace. It’s not a book you race through: Rather, you slow your breathing down and savor the story. I have only one complaint in that there is a major loose end that isn’t tied up by the end of the book. No one seems to have noticed; but it really bugs me and prevents me from giving it five stars.

I’ve also knocked off a couple more short novels and a children’s story: Lesley Castle (by Jane Austen), The Uncommon Reader (by Alan Bennett) and Coraline (by Neil Gaiman.) Lesley Castle is actually a collection of three stories that Jane Austen scratched out at the age of sixteen. For the Janeite who wants every little scribbling of Ms Austen’s, this would probably appeal; but the writing is really so inane (and in the case of the last story, unfinished) there really isn’t much of anything there except for the academic. The Uncommon Reader was a cute story about the Queen of England who happens across a bookmobile parked outside the palace kitchens. I think “twee” is the word I’m looking for :-/ Finally, I picked up Coraline.. I’ve never read the book, listened to the audio or seen the movie, but I was very curious about it. My nine-year-old daughter saw the movie and didn’t like it at all (She’s not one for the dark or weird.) Anyway, the story reads very much like a knight’s tale: a quest, a dragon, acts of courage. The illustrations were interesting, reminiscent of Ralph Stedman with a folkloric twist. I’m thinking about writing a hat trick review of the book, audio and movie :-)

I’ve started reading Tortilla Flat (by John Steinbeck.) It’s about some broke down (as in poor) paisanos in Monterey, CA who make do with a certain amount of guile and a lot of self-justification. They are pretty much harmless though and you can’t help but feel a certain amount of affection for them. This is another short novel and while I would have normally finished it over the week-end; I have to admit I just haven’t felt like reading for a few days. It’s not a slump per se, just that I’ve got too many other things on my mind that I need to focus on and not escape into a book!

I totally forgot to read a chapter from A Short History of Byzantium (by John Julius Norwich) this past Sunday; but I’ll make up for it by reading two (chapters) this coming Sunday and finish off the first part.

The Little Book (by Selden Edwards) - Mount TBR
Netherland (by Joseph O’Neill) - Mount TBR
Atonement (by Ian McEwan) - Mount TBR
Emma (by Jane Austen) - Back to the Classics; Mount TBR
The Royal Road to Fotheringhay (by Jean Plaidy) - Mount TBR
Pest Control (by Bill Hughes) - What’s in a Name? Challenge #5
The Religion (by Tim Willocks) - Mount TBR
The Time Traveler’s Wife (by Audrey Neffenegger) - Mount TBR
The Age of Innocence (by Edith Wharton)
Sea of Poppies (by Amitav Ghosh)

AUDIO

I finished The Last Werewolf (by Glen Duncan; narrated by Robin Sachs.) For the life of me I can’t figure out why they didn’t use a second narrator for the final chapters of the book; but they didn’t! Anyway, Robin Sachs was great and his reading made the book a little bit more palatable. I had no problem with the explicit language or vocabulary; just the obtuse exposition of existentialism and the ridiculous secondary characters that read like 1980s Hollywood casting call rejects.

I’m halfway thorough Half-Blood Blues (by Esi Edugyan; narrated by Kyle Riley) and I’m trying to decide whether to continue or not: The story is great, which would argue for the glass being half-full and finishing the book. OTOH, the narration is terrible and argues for the glass being half-empty and DNFing the whole thing. The narrator is listed as Kyle Riley, who appears to be a white West-End actor; but the narrator in the audiobook sounds like an African-American. If I really am listening to Kyle Riley read this book, kudos to him for sounding like an African-American (from whose POV the story is told): the cadence, informal and slangy language of the book are “edge-to-edge.” BUT and this is a huge “but,” otherwise the narration is way off: the narrator doesn’t pick up on textual clues (e.g. she said softly - the narrator practically barks out the line), all the characters sound the same regardless of gender, nationality or age, there are mispronunciations (e.g. “Liesl” should be pronounced so that the first syllable rhymes with “bee,” not “eye”) and the narrator sounds very pleased with the sound of his rich, deep voice. Is this really the Whole Story narrator or, someone that Macmillan picked up for the book (and didn’t re-credit the packaging)?

I’ve moved The Eleventh Plague up and added Pinned to the second position. I originally got these two titles to participate in the SYNC program via The Audiobook Community; but since ABC moved to a FB-only initiative (which doesn’t format for groups within the page), I’m not pursuing it. Nonetheless, I went through the trouble of getting the two titles and I might as well listen to them and free up some space on my iPod!

The Eleventh Plague (by Jeff Hirsch; narrated by Dan Bittner)
Pinned (by Alfred C. Martino; narrated by Mark Shanahan)
Vacation (by Matthew Costello; narrated by Peter Macon)
The Bone House (by Brian Freeman; narrated by Joe Barrett) - Thriller/Suspense
Silent Scream (by Karen Rose; narrated by Marguerite Gavin) - Thriller/Suspense
My Dog Tulip (by J.R. Ackerley; narrated by Ralph Cosham) - Biography/Memoir
The 4% Universe (by Richard Penak; narrated by Ray Porter) - Non-Fiction
My Korean Deli (by Ben Ryder Howe; narrated by Bronson Pinchot) - Non-Fiction
The 13-1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear (by Walter Moers; narrated by Bronson Pinchot) - Fantasy
Rumo and His Miraculous Adventures (by Walter Moers; narrated by Bronson Pinchot) - Fantasy

TEN ON TUESDAY PRINT Last week, I was sick and I took a...

Mon, 28 May 2012 19:41:00 -0700

TEN ON TUESDAY

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Last week, I was sick and I took a sabbatical from blogging; and now I’ve got some catching up to do!

I’m still picking my way through Snow Falling on Cedars (by David Guterson.) It’s not a novel you whip through; but there’s a story underneath all the nautical terminology. It’s about a Japanese man accused of murdering another local man in a fishing community. It takes place in the Pacific Northwest, on an island off of Seattle, in Post-War America.

I’ve also starting A Short History of Byzantium (by John Julius Norwich.) It’s my “Sunday” read, which means I only read a chapter or two every Sunday. This is something I had started to do when I was a member of The History Book Club on goodreads and it’s a practice that works out well for me. Instead of feeling overwhelmed by an interesting; but perhaps daunting tome, I just pick at it a little bit until it’s done! You too can eat an elephant one bite at a time!

I’ve removed Enough About Love (by Herve LeTellier and The Kite Runner (by Khaled Hosseini) from my list for now and added The Little Book (by Selden Edwards) and Atonement (by Ian McEwan.) I’ve moved up Netherland (by Joseph O’Neill) because I’m sort of in that mood where I can tolerate repressed white lit-fic male authors and I might as well read it ‘em while the mood lasts!

The Little Book (by Selden Edwards) - Mount TBR
Netherland (by Joseph O’Neill) - Mount TBR
Atonement (by Ian McEwan) - Mount TBR
Emma (by Jane Austen) - Back to the Classics; Mount TBR
The Royal Road to Fotheringhay (by Jean Plaidy) - Mount TBR
Pest Control (by Bill Hughes) - What’s in a Name? Challenge #5
The Religion (by Tim Willocks) - Mount TBR
The Time Traveler’s Wife (by Audrey Neffenegger) - Mount TBR
The Age of Innocence (by Edith Wharton)
Sea of Poppies (by Amitav Ghosh)

AUDIO

I finished We’re Alive, Season 1 (by Kc Wayland; performed by a full cast.) The review went up on my regular blog today so you can check it out there. I’m still procrastinating on listening to more of the Arthur Miller plays, though I suspect that when I need to listen to a short audio and, post a review to stay on blogging schedule, The Arthur Miller Collection (by Arthur Miller; performed by various full casts) will come in migty handy… and rather soon too!

I also listened to The Spy Who Loved Me (by Ian Fleming; narrated by Nadia May) which I really did not like one bit! It’s the only Bond novel written from a female’s point of view and, Fleming apparently thought that a female’s point of view was all about her identity as defined by her sex life. I haven’t fleshed out what I really want to say about this audio yet; but I suppose it will come to me in the next couple of days (look for a review either Thursday or next Tuesday!)

I also finished Zombiestan (by Mainak Dhar; narrated by John Lee.) I liked the fact that the story wasn’t all doom -and-gloom: There were children, lots of survivors and hope; but I didn’t like the writing (seemed kinda like a self-pub, even though it wasn’t) and I felt the zombies weren’t zombie enough :-/

Right now I’m listening to The Last Werewolf (by Glen Duncan; narrated by Robin Sachs.) I read it in eBook format last summer and wasn’t really all that impressed: I felt that GD was showing off the fact that he passed his Philospohy 101 course and, I thought the inclusion of vampires was stupid. I’m listening to it now because I always wondered if I was overly critical because I didn’t have the red-gilt, parchment-colored pages to indulge in or; the leering voice of Robin Sachs to engage me. The Readers (podcast and goodreads group) are hosting a Summer Reading feature and The Last Werewolf os the first book up. I thought this was a great opportunity to take another look at the first-in-series. Even though I only gave it three stars before, and i’m not sure that, even with Robin Sachs, it will garner a higher rating; I know I’ll still probably pick up Tallula’s Rising (second title in the trilogy) in June and, it’s good to have a little refresher before preceeding in a series!

I’ve snuck Half-Blood Blues (by Esi Edugyan; narrated by Kyle Riley) onto the list. It’s another Readers selection for the summer….

Half-Blood Blues (by Esi Edugyan; narrated by Kyle Riley)
Vacation (by Matthew Costello; narrated by Peter Macon)
The Bone House (by Brian Freeman; narrated by Joe Barrett) - Thriller/Suspense
Silent Scream (by Karen Rose; narrated by Marguerite Gavin) - Thriller/Suspense
My Dog Tulip (by J.R. Ackerley; narrated by Ralph Cosham) - Biography/Memoir
The 4% Universe (by Richard Penak; narrated by Ray Porter) - Non-Fiction
My Korean Deli (by Ben Ryder Howe; narrated by Bronson Pinchot) - Non-Fiction
The 13-1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear (by Walter Moers; narrated by Bronson Pinchot) - Fantasy
Rumo and His Miraculous Adventures (by Walter Moers; narrated by Bronson Pinchot) - Fantasy
The Eleventh Plague (by Jeff Hirsch; narrated by Dan Bittner)

THIS POST WAS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN AND SCHEDULED FOR 05/22/2012. IMAGINE MY SURPRISE WHEN I FOUND IT STILL SITTING IN MY DRAFT FILE! I’VE PUBLISHED IT IN LIEU OF A POST FOR 05/29/2012 AS TUMBLR HAS EATEN THAT DRAFT! I GUESS IT ALL WORKS OUT :-/

NEXT WEEK I’LL DO A TWO-WEEK CATCH-UP (HOLD THE MUSTARD :-D )

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Wed, 09 May 2012 10:04:26 -0700

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Description/Comments: Detail of Logon Screen of My Laptop: I’ve been entering in logon sequences into computers almost daily for over twenty-five years now!

#photodadaymay A Smell You [I] Adore ********** Camera: iPhone...

Tue, 08 May 2012 05:02:20 -0700

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A Smell You [I] Adore

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Description/Comments: A bottle of “Wild Honeysuckle” spray cologne: When I lived back East, in the back yard of the last house I lived in, there were hedges of wild honeysuckle, sweat pea and roses. On a summer night, we could open our bedroom windows and this heavenly smell would waft in. When Bath & Body started rolling out their Signature fragrances, I couldn’t resist this! There’s a Sweat Pea fragrance as well, and probably a light rose cologne too; but as I really don’t wear colognes or perfumes; this, the lightest of the trio. is enough for me :-)

TEN ON TUESDAY PRINT I finished The Blackwater Lightship (by...

Tue, 08 May 2012 00:01:36 -0700

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I finished The Blackwater Lightship (by Colm Toibin,) the second novel from this author that I have read. The thing that was intriguing to me about this book and Brooklyn was the asexual nature of the female protagonists. It wasn’t that the characters didn’t have sex; but that they seem so emotionally distant from the passion. I think they aren’t doing it right! :-D Overall though, I find Colm Toibin’s writing to be very… wordy. It lacks lyricism or poetry, and that seems unforgivable to me especially with an Irish author. It’s not that he doesn’t describe beautiful things, just that there isn’t any beauty in the writing itself.

I also finished Paul Auster’s short novel, Man in the Dark and I’m really glad I gave this author another shot! While reading Man in the Dark didn’t shed any light on Invisible (see last week’s post about how reading more Atwood helped me to understand more Atwood,) it was a very entertaining read. It’s the story of a seventy-something-old man who wiles away his insomniac hours by making up stories. In Man in the Dark, he creates an alternate reality that has the reader guessing as to which is the “real” story! Slightly fantastic, but believable nonetheless.

And once again, instead of forging ahead with my list, I heeded the call of another book that was calling my name, Snow Falling on Cedars (by David Guterson.) It’s not a novel you whip through; but there’s a story underneath all the nautical terminology. It’s about a Japanese man accused of murdering another local man in a fishing community. It takes place in the Pacific Northwest, on an island off of Seattle, in Post-War America.

Emma (by Jane Austen) - Back to the Classics; Mount TBR
Enough About Love (by Herve LeTellier)
The Kite Runner (by Khaled Hosseini) - What’s in a Name? Challenge #5
The Royal Road to Fotheringhay (by Jean Plaidy) - Mount TBR
Pest Control (by Bill Hughes) - What’s in a Name? Challenge #5
The Religion (by Tim Willocks) - Mount TBR
The Time Traveler’s Wife (by Audrey Neffenegger) - Mount TBR
Netherland (by Joseph O’Neill)
The Age of Innocence (by Edith Wharton)
Sea of Poppies (by Amitav Ghosh)

AUDIO

I’m still in the middle of We’re Alive, Season 1 (by Kc Wayland; performed by a full cast,) and The Arthur Miller Collection (by Arthur Miller; performed by various full casts.) I’m not particlularly enjoying either one right now but I need to finish both for the Armchair Audies. We’re Alive’s sound effects are very much “testosterone driven” (a term Sue Zizza, a audio drama producer, coined.) Lots of adolescent humor and boys playing soldiers; plus there an actress who can’t seem to make up her mind what nationality she is for the first few podcasts: sometime she sounds like she’s trying to be English, other times Asian; but now we’ve settled on a French nationality :-/ As for The Arthur Miller Collection, the unevenness of the performances and the overall tragic tine quickly wear on a soul. Of course, in dragging my heels in both of these audios, I’m hoolding up the listening that I need to do for Zombie Awareness Month. Sigh. Maybe I’ll just bite the bullet and finish We’re Alive in one sitting and then do the same for The Arthur Miller plays.

Zombiestan (by Mainak Dhar; narrated by John Lee)
Vacation (by Matthew Costello; narrated by Peter Macon)
The Bone House (by Brian Freeman; narrated by Joe Barrett) - Thriller/Suspense
Silent Scream (by Karen Rose; narrated by Marguerite Gavin) - Thriller/Suspense
My Dog Tulip (by J.R. Ackerley; narrated by Ralph Cosham) - Biography/Memoir
The 4% Universe (by Richard Penak; narrated by Ray Porter) - Non-Fiction
My Korean Deli (by Ben Ryder Howe; narrated by Bronson Pinchot) - Non-Fiction
The 13-1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear (by Walter Moers; narrated by Bronson Pinchot) - Fantasy
Rumo and His Miraculous Adventures (by Walter Moers; narrated by Bronson Pinchot) - Fantasy
The Eleventh Plague (by Jeff Hirsch; narrated by Dan Bittner)

Someone That Inspires...

Mon, 07 May 2012 05:02:26 -0700

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Description/Comments: Cinderella plastic figure against a Mac PowerBook laptop: It’s not really Cinderella that inspires me; but every IRL person who manages to achieve a goal through their own luck, skill, talent and ambition. Without a fairy godmother, these individuals create their own Cinderella stories and I am a sucker for each and every one of them :-)

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Sun, 06 May 2012 05:03:00 -0700

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Post: Cropping, Sharpness and Definition increased, Retouch of minor blemishes (two spots on chin, slight acne scarring on my right forehead)

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Sat, 05 May 2012 18:37:00 -0700

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Snowmelt falling from towering pines on Grizzly Peak, creating...

Sat, 05 May 2012 14:58:24 -0700

Snowmelt falling from towering pines on Grizzly Peak, creating muck conditions on the trails. Wear ankle high hiking boots and your winter parka!

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Sat, 05 May 2012 07:29:00 -0700

Fun ********** Camera: iPhone 3Gs; tumblr app ********** Comments: Oh noes! This didn’t post last night! It’s a shot of the marquee at The Camelot Theatre in Talent, OR on opening night for *King of City Island*

dog eared copy

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There are five levels to the 2013 Audio Book...

Lazing about on the futon couch and reading the romance novel,...

What's in a Name? Challenge #6

Lullaby for Bobby Sung by Xe Sands

TEN ON TUESDAY PRINT Basically, since last week. on the print...

TEN ON TUESDAY PRINT OK, Let’s try this again! Last week...

TEN ON TUESDAY PRINT Last week, I was sick and I took a...

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TEN ON TUESDAY PRINT I finished The Blackwater Lightship (by...

Someone That Inspires...

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