Stay Home Reading Rush TBR

Like with the other spontaneous readathons seeing us through this time at home I wasn’t sure if I was going to participate in the Stay Home Reading Rush, but since I’m behind in my O.W.L.s reading for the Magical Readathon and for the month in general I figured I’d give it a go.Running over the next four days (the 16th through the 19th), the readathon has four prompts: a book with a house on the cover, a book you read in one place/room, a book set somewhere you’d like to go and a book that made you smile.

Doubling up on prompts for the Magical Readathon I’m planning on reading Revolver Road by Christi Daugherty for book with a house on the cover and book set on the coast/at sea, Otherbound by Corinne Duyvis for book that’ll make you smile and a book outside my favorite genre. Then for a book read in one place I’m planning on finishing either Heart by Sandeep Jauhar (book with a heart on the cover) or Vessel by Lisa A. Nichols (book read at night), both of which I’ve been reading at night in bed. And lastly, for book set in a place I’d like to visit I picked It Would Be Night in Caracas by Karina Sainz Borgo because the other two books on my TBR are less likely candidates: Olivia Gatwood’s poetry collection Life of the Party and The Morning They Came for Us by Janine di Giovanni.

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Earth Day aka "Green Love" 2008

Leafy Tree Pendant from OneElf Earth Day’s fast approaching and I’m super excited. My ‘hug a tree’ shirt’s ready and waiting and I’m impatiently counting down the hours. Yes I’m a giant geek, but it’s the one day where spreading the green love is totally socially acceptable. Although I will still try and refrain from yelling at people who chuck plastic bottles in the trash; I will not refrain from rolling my eyes at people who look at me funny when I remove perfectly good rolls of wrapping paper from the trash. It’s going to be fun. However since it is Earth Day I know everyone’s being berated with things like ‘reduce, reuse, recycle’ and ‘turn the water off when you brush your teeth’. Important, yes, but I think there’s a bit of a bigger picture that gets missed in all that, so I’m going for something different. I’m not going to talk about it, at least not today. Today I’m talking about worms. Yes, I’m finally writing a real entry about something, and yes it’s about worms. ...

12 on 12: September 2015

I had forgotten to do my 12 on 12 on the 12th this month so when I went out on Saturday I was only all too willing to get a bit snap happy. The day started out back in my old neighborhood at the annual library book sale. I stocked up and then we headed to my favorite places to shop: the farmers market, Trader Joes, and Wegmans. After that, we stopped off at the Stone Quarry Hill Art Park since Saturday was also the Smithsonian's annual Museum Day Live . The park was beautiful, we had a nice walk and even ran into a wedding party. We took the long way home and had a great time meandering through the country looking at old barns, cows, and windmills.

Teaser Tuesday - July 29th

Lack of perspective in literature (or in readers) often causes a contemporary condition I've heard referred to as "presentism"; that is, a disposition to judge all literature by the narrow standards of present time and present culture. This leads to the phenomena such as the denunciation of classic novels such as Huckleberry Finn , on grounds that they deal with issues such as slavery, women's civil rights, ect., in a way not consistent with the notion of present-day political correctness. - "Presentism" The Outlandish Companion by Diana Gabaldon Teaser Tuesday is hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading . For other contributions click here .

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