A few days ago, Clare from The Literary Omnivore and I had the following conversation on Twitter about a particularly bad book she was reading: ErinReadsblog: Do you abandon awful books or just plow through? I find they often slow my overall reading down because I’m busy avoiding them. litomnivore: I plow. I’m a completionist. …
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Sunday Salon: Readathon Wrap-Up
Whew! My first readathon is over, and I am now on my way to an out-of-town wedding on no sleep. Here are the results of the past 24 hours: Overall: Hours participated: 21.5 out of 24 (which is good, seeing as I was supposed to quit at 16 so I could get some shut-eye in…) …
Sunday Salon: Celebrating One Year
Today my husband and I are celebrating our one-year anniversary. To kick off our anniversary weekend, yesterday morning we went to our first library sale in our new city. At $2 a bag, how could we resist? Between the two of us we ended up stuffing 17 books (mostly hardcovers) into an undersized brown paper …
Sunday Salon: Moving + BBW
We have officially moved! There is still much unpacking to be done, but the hard part is over. As I was looking around the new apartment at what we’d gotten done so far, I realized that, after I get the furniture in place, I always unpack the same category next. Dishes, so I can cook? …