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I like how my Goodreads app summarizes my yearly reading.
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Although they jumped the gun on their annual count this time around.
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As I’d read another 3 books by January first.
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Does size matter?
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Not really, though they always highlight it.
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And look Brian!
One other people have shelved your book.
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As I crossed over the new bridge to Brunswick…
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X marked the spot.
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For what, I have no idea.
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Not only was I unaware of the slang… I was unaware there’s a Generation Z.
Yay me.
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What the utter hell is that…
And why would you want one?
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A friend recommended this book to me last year but knowing it would trigger some painful memories, I put off reading it until now. Written by a hospice nurse about her strange experiences with death, it put me right back in the room when my mother passed. Some things can’t be explained… but they do happen, I witnessed that first hand. And after reading this book I realized what I thought was astounding is pretty commonplace. Which blew my mind all over again.
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Yes, the squirrels at Casa River are well fed.
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Very well fed.
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We had a frost last night which finally killed off most of my geraniums and that got me thinking about what comes next.
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I’m not quite at 168…
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But my book corner should last me through mid January.
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I wholeheartedly agree Thomas.
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A friend called the other day and said her ex had just entered into hospice care. She asked if I had any more of the small booklets I was given when my mother passed over a decade ago. Written by a hospice nurse they took the mystery out of the physicality of dying and truly helped at a difficult time in my life.
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I had one more set and was happy to share them with her daughter. Nothing about losing a loved one is easy, but knowing what to expect at the end brought me a small measure of comfort.
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Sunset… lighting up the fall foliage across the road.
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Sure was pretty.
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Even with those awful greenhouses blotting the landscape.
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Random selfie, just because.
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I love to read. And since I do a lot of it, I love a library book sale.
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Two dollars for hardcovers, $1, for paperbacks makes me feel less guilty that these two stacks will be finished in a month and a half.
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This martini is for Mark. Made with fresh watermelon puree it was utterly delightful.
Really!
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This makes me even more glad I can’t stand the stuff.
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Remember I spoke of this a while back?
A third less tourists is not good for Maine’s economy.
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The husband, examining a wagon wheel fence he saw at a yard sale. Needless to say he was disappointed the wheels were not for sale.
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This is Pia.
I’m cat sitting for a neighbor this week… and when Pia wants to be petted?
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You’d better pet.
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Best advice I’ve heard in a while.
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You’re here.
I think it’s required.
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If you’re a reader like me, you should score pretty high on this one.
I’m 17 for 20.
I admit to not having read The Odyssey, The Canterbury Tales or One Hundred Years of Solitude.
How about you?
What’s your classic book number…
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Lord Dudley Mountcatten does not exert himself unnecessarily.
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Or at all, honestly.
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Cat life is good.
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The moon has been amazing lately, but I never manage to take decent photographs of it.
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Doesn’t stop me from trying though.
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Shout out to Grace at Just Tawkin’ for recommending this beautifully written, heartwarming, and simply wonderful book.
You’ll never think of an octopus the same way.
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Another year, another 192 books.
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That’s either impressive, or a sure fire way to show I have too much time on my hands.
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I’ve always been a quick reader and there’s nothing I love more than snuggling up with a good book. Ironically, I hated the book that was highly recommended ….
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And liked the two hardly anyone had ever heard of.
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I was down a book from last year and am blaming my 36 hour Covid related time out.
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I read a little bit of everything.
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But my favorites are usually mysteries and thrillers.
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Here’s to a book filled 2025!
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I received an email from Goodreads yesterday…. the app where I log and keep track of what I’m reading.
I participate in their annual challenge where you set a goal for yourself in January and hopefully reach it by December 31rst. I’ve been doing it for two years and have overshot my target number with room to spare both times.
So why did they send me this…
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When my challenge is already showing this…
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Short books?
As you can see, that’s not necessary.
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Yes, my friends are still sending me not at all helpful furniture suggestions.
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Just…
No.
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I may not want that weird couch, but I totally want a croissant dinosaur.
Yes I do.
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Worst. Coffee. Mug.
Ever!
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As seen while out shopping with a girlfriend.
Epic oops.
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Can furniture fabric get any uglier?
Damn.
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Now that looks like a riveting read.
Not.
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Required shot of His Lordship doing his best vampire impression.
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My first year of using the Goodreads app is through and I have to say I enjoyed the experience.
I’ve always been a voracious and fast reader but never actually tracked the amount of books I fly through annually.
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To say I was surprised at the number of books I read last year is an understatement.
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Now I know why my Amazon bill is so high.
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Good thing I buy as many as I can at thrift stores and library sales.
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But here’s my gripe… I joined their yearly reading challenge and set a goal of how many books I would read last year. I guessed 75, which as it turns out was ridiculously low. I finished 193, which if I do say so myself is pretty impressive.
It’s slightly more than a book every other day which proves I love to read… (and apparently don’t have a life).
So how in the world can anyone read more than that… and why am I only in the top 25%?
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Are there people who read two books a day? And how many do you have to read to teach the top ten…
I call foul.
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