How Does Your Garden Glow?
A few photos from Garden Glow, the Christmas light show at the Missouri Botanical Garden.
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Turning #BlackFriday to #BookFriday
Join us for a Twitter event tomorrow, Friday, November 29. Authors and readers will be talking books for nine straight hours! The hashtag is #HICM — for Hawaii Content Marketing, our hosts for this event. Here’s our schedule in Hawaiian … Continue reading →
Codebreaker Secrets — A New Book for my TBR
The theme for the fourth, and final, week of Nonfiction November is: New to My TBR: What nonfiction have you added to your toppling TBR pile this month? Be sure to credit which bloggers you heard about titles from (if … Continue reading →
Two Bookish Twitter Events to Put on Your Calendar
#BlackFriday is transformed to #BookFriday this week. The details are still coming together, but there will be several hours of chatting with authors on Twitter. I’ll be moderating the Nonfiction Hour and the Multicultural Hour. Check out the event page on … Continue reading →
World War II — in fiction and nonfiction
This week’s theme for Nonfiction November (hosted by Kim at Sophisticated Dorkiness and Leslie at Regular Rumination) is book pairing — match a nonfiction book with a fiction book. Check out the great pairings offered by other participants at Nonfiction November Week 3. … Continue reading →
Sunday Salon & Dewey’s Read-a-Thon Wrap-Up
Good morning! Time: // 8:30 am (not bad for the day after Dewey’s Read-a-Thon!) The scene: // A sunny fall day in a town whose baseball team is 2 up in the NLCS. Go Cards! Listening to: // My Sunday … Continue reading →
Dewey’s Read-a-Thon — Best Reading & Mid-Event Survey
The Mid-Event Survey is up at Dewey’s Read-a-Thon. Here are my answers: 1) How are you doing? Sleepy? Are your eyes tired? Not so bad. It’s time to fix supper, so I’m sure I’ll be energized after that. 2) What have … Continue reading →
Dewey’s Read-a-Thon — Update and Selfie
As usual, I’ve spent more time socializing than reading, but I’m having a blast with Dewey’s Read-a-Thon today. I’ve played along with several mini-challenges, including these that led to blog posts: Dewey’s Read-a-Thon Introduction Post Dewey’s Read-a-Thon — Spine Poem … Continue reading →
Dewey’s Read-a-Thon — Blackout Poem
I’ve been wanting to try my hand at blackout poetry. Thanks to Elizabeth-Michelle for setting up a Blackout Poetry Mini-Challenge for Dewey’s Read-a-Thon to finally get me to do it!
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Capricious Reader is hosting a Spine Poetry Mini-Challenge for Dewey’s Read-a-Thon. I made up one for the writers among us: 45 Master Characters Relish Plot and Structure Here it is in photographic form:
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