Books

WHEN A COMMENT TURNS INTO A POST – HOW DO I FEEL ABOUT HARRY POTTER?

By Marilyn Armstrong on 08/19/2020 • ( 7 )

To Melanie’s two part “Share My World” — How do I feel about Harry Potter? I’m grinding slowly towards the conclusion of our refinance. As of this morning, we have cleared all the hurdles. They needed this month’s mortgage payment… Read More ›

NOT EXACTLY A LIEBSTER AWARD, BUT ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS

By Marilyn Armstrong on 08/07/2020 • ( 4 )

Liebster Award Nomination AUGUST 7, 2020 / LYNCRAIN I don’t usually do these because they WERE intended for new bloggers to help boost their readership. I’ve been blogging daily — unless I was in the hospital — for eight years with nearly… Read More ›

IS LISTENING TO AUDIOBOOKS THE SAME AS READING? – Marilyn Armstrong

By Marilyn Armstrong on 03/13/2020 • ( 14 )

Responding to: Open Book Blog Hop – Are audiobooks considered reading? I got addicted to audiobooks while I was commuting to work. There were periods when I was driving as much as 5 hours a day — just to get back… Read More ›

BRAIN SNOBS – Marilyn Armstrong

By Marilyn Armstrong on 02/24/2020 • ( 13 )

It isn’t just culture that divides us into classes. What we watch on television, see in the movies, and read also puts us into a category, often unfairly by people who don’t “get” why we like what we like. I read… Read More ›

TIMING, TIME TRAVEL, AND THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT – ELLIN CURLEY

By Ellin Curley on 01/31/2020 • ( 24 )

I am fascinated with the concepts of time travel, parallel universes and the Butterfly Effect. Fortunately for me, there are several TV shows today that deal with these things. One is Timeless and another is The Flash. The Flash is… Read More ›

BYE BYE GAME OF THRONES. THE PARTY’S OVER – Marilyn Armstrong

By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/30/2020 • ( 30 )

Again, I tried reading “A Dance With Dragons” by George R.R. Martin. It is book five of an interminable series called “A Game of Thrones,” the most violent, grim, and repetitive — and long — series ever written. It makes… Read More ›

TOO MANY BOOKS TO READ BEFORE I SLEEP – Marilyn Armstrong

By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/23/2020 • ( 27 )

Half a dozen times during the past few months, I’ve seen the sunrise and heard the birds wake and sing the morning in. I have sometimes gotten up very early to see the sunrise and take pictures. It is the… Read More ›

THE BOOK WORLD AND MEMORIES THEREOF – Marilyn Armstrong

By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/10/2020 • ( 3 )

I usually say I wouldn’t want to ever work again, but I got to thinking about that. I realized if I could get back my job as an editor at Doubleday? I’d do it in a heartbeat. How many jobs… Read More ›

LOVING WORDS AND KNOWING HOW TO USE THEM – Marilyn Armstrong

By Marilyn Armstrong on 12/05/2019 • ( 20 )

Fandango’s Provocative Question #51 If people find typos or grammatical, punctuation, spelling, or usage errors in your posts, do you welcome having them pointed out to you, or do you resent it. As a blogger do you let people know… Read More ›

SEVEN GOOD READS – Rich Paschall

By Rich Paschall on 10/27/2019 • ( 23 )

Books I Remember, by Rich Paschall Recently a friend posted this to my facebook feed: I have accepted the challenge from (a friend) to post the cover of 7 books I love. The challenge is one cover a day for… Read More ›

THERE’S A CODE FOR EVERTHING – Marilyn Armstrong

By Marilyn Armstrong on 08/07/2019 • ( 9 )

There is a code for everything these days. Every item in the shop, every village in the world. There’s a code for every telephone. Bar codes float through the air like fireflies. We are all zipped up. Where once we… Read More ›

TASTE AND FREEDOM – Marilyn Armstrong

By Marilyn Armstrong on 07/07/2019 • ( 20 )

I have personal taste that tends toward humor and wit and some things that I find funny aren’t really funny, but I find them hilarious. I tend to overvalue wit and cleverness and at least a hint of humor. I… Read More ›

WHAT DO YOU READ? – Marilyn Armstrong

By Marilyn Armstrong on 05/22/2019 • ( 31 )

So let’s say you’re at the airport. Your flight is delayed for six more hours, and none of your electronic devices are working. Out of juice and all the plugs are taken … and there’s no free wi-fi. Oh no!… Read More ›

A SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR YOURSELF – Rich Paschall

By Rich Paschall on 04/21/2019 • ( 25 )

Home Alone, by Rich Paschall So, it is Saturday afternoon. You don’t have to go shopping. There is no dry cleaning to pick up. There are no appointments to keep. Friends or relatives are not expecting you at a shower,… Read More ›

JANE ALLEN PETRICK’S NON-WHITE AMERICA IN NORMAN ROCKWELL’S PAINTINGS – Marilyn Armstrong

By Marilyn Armstrong on 04/09/2019 • ( 11 )

Jane Allen Petrick has written a wonderful book about Norman Rockwell, the artist, and his work. It focuses on the “invisible people” in his painting, the non-white children and adults who are his legacy. For many readers, this book will be an eye-opener… Read More ›

SHARING THE WORLD AT THE END OF MARCH – Marilyn Armstrong

By Marilyn Armstrong on 03/27/2019 • ( 9 )

Share Your World 3-27-19 Did this month go fast or what? I swear it just streaked by! I need things to slow down a little bit! What is the best pick me up that you know of? To shake you… Read More ›