Archive for the ‘Misc’ Category
Normal (thoughts)
Posted by: Eva on: July 10, 2009
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- 18 Comments
I’m overwhelmed by how many comments I got on my post on Ella Minnow Pea! I wanted to hear other people’s thoughts, since I was surprised by my reaction, and I’m glad I did.
Today, we return to normal scheduling, which is Eva gushing about a great book she just read. That [...]
Library Loot: July 1-7, 2009
Posted by: Eva on: July 1, 2009
- In: Misc
- 27 Comments
Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by myself and Marg that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate, just write up your post-feel free to steal the button-and link it using the Mr. Linky any time during the week. And of course check out [...]
South Africa Reading List (and a poll!)
Posted by: Eva on: June 29, 2009
- In: TBR
- 25 Comments
This is an old-fashioned style poll; vote using comments! Anyway, for the Orbis Terrarum Challenge, I’ve decided to stop in South Africa. But while researching South African books, I came up with too many that sound great! I’ve listed them, providing links to Powell’s (where you can read about the plot) and [...]
Abandoned Book: Mr. Muo’s Travelling Couch
Posted by: Eva on: June 27, 2009
- In: Misc
- 26 Comments
In the past, once I picked up a book, that was it. I was Committed. And come Hell, high water, or atrocious writing, I would make it through to the end.
Now I’m a bit more cautious. I’ll dip into a book, maybe read the first ten, fifteen pages, before I decide whether [...]
Library Loot: June 24-30, 2009
Posted by: Eva on: June 24, 2009
- In: LibraryLoot| Misc
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Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by myself and Marg that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate, just write up your post-feel free to steal the button-and link it using the Mr. Linky any time during the week. And of course check out [...]
The Challenge That Dare Not Speak Its Name (and why I love my library)
Posted by: Eva on: June 19, 2009
- In: Challenges| GLBT| Misc
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First, I love my library because Chimimanda Ngozi Adichie’s new book, The Thing Around Your Neck came out on June 16, or Tuesday. I had already put it on hold while it was still in the ‘to be acquired stage.’ It was available for me to pick up on June 18, or Thursday. [...]
Quick Note
Posted by: Eva on: June 12, 2009
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to those using a feed reader: I’ve updated with my library loot in both video and picture/link forms.
My Library Loot’s Up!
Posted by: Eva on: May 21, 2009
Just a quick note for the feedreaders that I’ve posted my library loot vlog and standard cover/link list.
Hour Twenty One (Eva)
Posted by: Eva on: April 19, 2009
- In: ReadaThon3
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Pages Read This Hour: 116
Books Read This Hour: The Likeness by Tana French
Total Pages Read: 1,631
Books Completed: 5 (I Am a Pencil by Sam Swope, Death and Judgement by Donna Leon, Twenty Something Manifesto by Christine Hessler, Witch Child by Celia Rees, Shakespeare Wrote For Money by Nick Hornby)
Mini-Challenges Participated In: 15
Time Spent Reading: 40
Time [...]
Hour Three (Eva)
Posted by: Eva on: April 18, 2009
Pages Read This Hour: 89
Books Read This Hour: Witch Child by Celia Rees
Total Pages Read: 220
Books Completed: 1 (Shakespeare Wrote For Money by Nick Hornby)
Mini-Challenges Participated In: 2
Time Spent Reading: 40
Time Spent Blogging: 20
I’m all about the mini-challenge this time: Jodie of Book Gazing had us pick our favourite cover from the TBR stack [...]
In Loving Memory
