tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-220958402024-03-15T15:45:26.845-04:00deitriDeitrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06081338106419858789noreply@blogger.comBlogger284125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22095840.post-47165787667122972102024-03-10T18:50:00.000-04:002024-03-10T18:50:15.264-04:00Oscar Predictions 2024<div style="text-align: left;"><div><b>Oscar Predictions</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Actor in a Supporting Rol</b><b>e</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>Sterling K. Brown — American Fiction<br />Robert De Niro — Killers of the Flower Moon<br /><b>Robert Downey Jr. — Oppenheimer</b><br />Ryan Gosling — Barbie</div><div>Mark Ruffalo — Poor Things</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><b>Costume Design</b></div><div><b><br />Barbie</b><br />Killers of the Flower Moon<br />Napoleon<br />Oppenheimer<br />Poor Things<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><b>Makeup and Hairstyling</b></div><div><br />Golda<br />Maestro<br /><b>Oppenheimer</b><br />Poor Things<br />Society of the Snow</div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>Live Action Short Film</b></div><div><br />The After<br />Invincible<br />Night of Fortune<br />Red, White and Blue<br /><b>The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar</b></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>Animated Short Film</b></div><div><b><br /></b>Letter to a Pig<br />Ninety-Five Senses<br />Our Uniform<br />Pachyderme<br /><b>War is Over</b></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>Adapted Screenplay</b></div><div><b><br /></b>American Fiction — Cord Jefferson<br /><b>Barbie — Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach</b><br />Oppenheimer — Christopher Nolan<br />Poor Things — Tony McNamara<br />The Zone of Interest — Jonathan Glazer</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>Original Screenplay</b></div><div><b><br /></b>Anatomy of a Fall — Justine Triet and Arthur Harari<br />The Holdovers — David Hemingson<br />Maestro — Bradley Cooper and Josh Singer<br />May December — Sammy Birch and Alex Mechanik<br /><b>Past Lives — Celine Song</b><br /><br /></div><div><div><b>Actress in a Supporting Role</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Emily Blunt — Oppenheimer</div><div>Danielle Brooks — The Color Purple<b><br /></b>America Ferrera — Barbie<br />Jodie Foster — Nyad<br /><b>Da’Vine Joy Randolph — The Holdovers</b></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>Original Song</b></div><div><br />“The Fire Inside” — Flamin’ Hot<br />“I’m Just Ken” — Barbie<br />“It Never Went Away” — American Symphony<br />“Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)” — Killers of the Flower Moon</div><div><b>"What Was I Made For?” — Barbie</b><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>Original Score</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Jerskin Fendrix — Poor Things<b><br />Ludwig Göransson — Oppenheimer</b></div><div>Laura Karpman — American Fiction</div><div>Robbie Robertson — Killers of the Flower Moon</div></div><div>John Williams — Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny</div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>Documentary Feature Film</b></div><div><br />Bobi Wine: The People’s President<br />The Eternal Memory<br />Four Daughters<br />To Kill a Tiger<br /><b>20 Days in Mariupol</b><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>Documentary Short Film</b></div><div><b><br />The ABCs of Book Banning</b><br />The Barber of Little Rock<br />Island in Between<br />The Last Repair Shop<br />Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>International Feature Film</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>Io Capitano — Italy</div><div>Perfect Days — Japan</div><div>Society of the Snow — Spain<br />The Teachers’ Lounge — Germany<br /><b>The Zone of Interest — United Kingdom</b><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>Animated Feature Film</b></div><div><b><br />The Boy and the Heron</b></div><div>Elemental</div><div>Nimona<br />Robot Dreams<br />Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>Production Design</b></div><div><b><br /></b>Barbie<br />Killers of the Flower Moon<br />Napoleon<br /><b>Oppenheimer</b><br />Poor Things<br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>Film Editing</b><br /><br />Anatomy of a Fall<br />The Holdovers<br />Killers of the Flower Moon<br /><b>Oppenheimer</b><br />Poor Things<br /><br /></div><div><b>Sound</b><br />The Creator<br />Maestro<br />Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One<br /><b>Oppenheimer</b><br />The Zone of Interest</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>Visual Effects</b></div><div><b><br /></b>The Creator<br />Godzilla Minus One<br />Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3<br />Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One<br /><b>Napoleon</b><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Cinematography</b><br /><br />El Conde<br />Killers of the Flower Moon<br />Maestro<br /><b>Oppenheimer</b><br />Poor Things<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>Actor in a leading role</b><br /><br />Bradley Cooper — Maestro</div><div>Colman Domingo — Rustin</div><div>Paul Giamatti — The Holdovers<br /><b>Cillian Murphy — Oppenheimer</b><br />Jeffrey Wright — American Fiction</div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Actress in a Leading Role</b></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />Annette Bening — Nyad<br /><b>Lily Gladstone — Killers of the Flower Moon</b><br />Sandra Hüller — Anatomy of a Fall</div><div style="text-align: left;">Carey Mulligan — Maestro<br />Emma Stone — Poor Things<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Directing</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><br />Jonathan Glazer — The Zone of Interest<br />Yorgos Lanthimos — Poor Things</div><div><b>Christopher Nolan — Oppenheimer</b><br />Martin Scorsese — Killers of the Flower Moon</div><div>Justine Triet — Anatomy of a Fall<br /></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><b>Best Picture</b></div><div><br />American Fiction</div><div>Anatomy of a Fall</div><div>Barbie<br />The Holdovers<br />Killers of the Flower Moon<br />Maestro</div><div><b>Oppenheimer</b><br />Past Lives</div><div>Poor Things<br />The Zone of Interest</div></div>Deitrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06081338106419858789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22095840.post-86354265739862771502023-12-21T21:33:00.001-05:002024-01-11T11:07:14.218-05:00Fall into Winter<p>I listened to one book that lead to listening to app-recommended books of a similar theme. Maybe it had something to do with my milestone birthday?</p><div style="text-align: left;">1. What Fresh Hell is This?</div><div style="text-align: left;">by Heather Corinna</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">2. I'm So Effing Tired</div><div style="text-align: left;">by Amy Shah</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">3. The Galveston Diet</div><div style="text-align: left;">by Mary Claire Haver, MD</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">4. Skin Game</div><div style="text-align: left;">by Jim Butcher</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">5. Peace Talks</div><div style="text-align: left;">by Jim Butcher</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">6. All Your Worth</div>by Elizabeth Warren & Amelia Warren Tyagi<div><br /></div><div>7. Wonton Terror<br />by Vivien Chien </div><div><br /></div><div>8. Enola Holmes: The Case of the Missing Marquess</div><div>by Nancy Springer</div><div><br /></div><div>9. Enola Holmes: The Case of the Left-Handed Lady</div><div>By Nancy Springer</div><div><br /></div><div><div>10. Why We Sleep</div><div>by Matthew Walker, PhD</div></div>Deitrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06081338106419858789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22095840.post-37866683971731693462023-12-01T22:39:00.000-05:002023-12-01T22:39:17.049-05:00Summer Reading<div>Get ready for back to back posts since I forgot to update this at the end of the summer!</div><div><br /></div><div>1. High School<br />by Sara Quin & Tegan Quin</div><div><br />2. Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellion<br />by Gloria Steinem</div><div><br />2. Spare<br />by Prince Harry</div><div><br />3. Witchy Whiskers<br />by Danielle Garrett</div><div><br />4. Hexed Hiss-tory<br />by Danielle Garrett</div><div><br />5. Cursed Claws<br />by Danielle Garrett</div><div><br />6. Purr-fect Potions<br />by Danielle Garrett</div><div><br />7. Furry Fortunes<br />by Danielle Garrett</div><div><br /></div><div>8. The Princess Bride -S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure (The "Good Parts" Version) (Abridged)</div><div>by William Goldman</div><div><br />9. Talisman Tails</div><div>by Danielle Garrett</div><div><br /></div><div>10. Hangry</div><div>by Sarah Fragoso and Brooke Kalanick</div>Deitrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06081338106419858789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22095840.post-39282029360719560302023-06-26T18:18:00.007-04:002023-06-26T18:20:07.640-04:00Nook friendly finds<div style="text-align: left;"><br />All listens this time but the next update might have an ebook or two!<br /><br />1. Dim Sum of All Fears<br />by Vivien Chien</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">2. Inheriting Clutter</div><div style="text-align: left;">by Julie Hall</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">3. Changes</div><div style="text-align: left;">by Jim Butcher</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">4. Ghost Story</div><div style="text-align: left;">by Jim Butcher</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">5. Cold Days</div><div style="text-align: left;">by Jim Butcher</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">6. Dear Girls</div><div style="text-align: left;">by Ali Wong</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">7. My Life on the Road</div><div style="text-align: left;">by Gloria Steinem</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">8. Persist</div><div style="text-align: left;">by Elizabeth Warren</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">9. Murder Lo Mein</div><div style="text-align: left;">by Vivien Chien </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">10. The Innocence of Father Brown</div><div style="text-align: left;">by G.K. Chesterton</div>Deitrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06081338106419858789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22095840.post-15882201252079239972023-03-12T20:52:00.001-04:002023-03-12T20:52:06.088-04:0095th OscarsPredictions for tonight in <b>Bold</b>. I watched most of these on the tv or tablet. Maybe next year I'll see them on the big screen!<br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Best Picture<br /></span><br />All Quiet on the Western Front <br />Avatar: The Way of Water <br />The Banshees of Inisherin <br />Elvis <br /><b>Everything Everywhere All at Once </b><br />The Fabelmans <br />Tár <br />Top Gun: Maverick <br />Triangle of Sadness <br />Women Talking <div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Best Directing</span><br /><br /></div><div>The Banshees of Inisherin — Martin McDonagh<br />Everything Everywhere All at Once — Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert<br /><b>The Fabelmans — Steven Spielberg<br /></b>Tár — Todd Field<br />Triangle of Sadness — Ruben Östlund<br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Best Actor in a Leading Role</span><br /><br />Austin Butler in Elvis<br />Colin Farrell in The Banshees of Inisherin<br /><b>Brendan Fraser in The Whale<br /></b>Paul Mescal in Aftersun<br />Bill Nighy in Living<br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Best Actress in a Leading Role</span><br /><br />Cate Blanchett in Tár<br />Ana de Armas in Blonde<br />Andrea Riseborough in To Leslie<br />Michelle Williams in The Fabelmans<br /><b>Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All at Once<br /></b><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Best Actor in a Supporting Role</span><br /><br /></div><div>Brendan Gleeson in The Banshees of Inisherin<br />Brian Tyree Henry in Causeway<br />Judd Hirsch in The Fabelmans<br />Barry Keoghan in The Banshees of Inisherin<br /><b>Ke Huy Quan in Everything Everywhere All at Once<br /></b><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Best Actress in a Supporting Role</span><br /><br /></div><div>Angela Bassett in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever<br />Hong Chau in The Whale<br />Kerry Condon in The Banshees of Inisherin<br /><b>Jamie Lee Curtis in Everything Everywhere All at Once<br /></b>Stephanie Hsu in Everything Everywhere All at Once<br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Best Costume Design<br /></span><br /></div><div>Babylon — Mary Zophres<br />Black Panther: Wakanda Forever — Ruth Carter<br /><b>Elvis — Catherine Martin<br /></b>Everything Everywhere All at Once — Shirley Kurata<br />Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris — Jenny Beavan<br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Best Sound</span><br /><br />All Quiet on the Western Front<br />Avatar: The Way of Water </div><div>The Batman<br /><b>Elvis</b><br />Top Gun: Maverick <br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Best Original Score</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span>All Quiet on the Western Front — Volker Bertelmann<br />Babylon — Justin Hurwitz<br />The Banshees of Inisherin — Carter Burwell<br /><b>Everything Everywhere All at Once — Son Lux</b><br />The Fabelmans — John Williams<br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Best Adapted Screenplay<br /></span><br /></div><div>All Quiet on the Western Front — Screenplay by Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson & Ian Stokell<br />Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery — Written by Rian Johnson<br />Living — Written by Kazuo Ishiguro<br />Top Gun: Maverick — Screenplay by Ehren Kruger and Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie; Story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks<br /><b>Women Talking — Screenplay by Sarah Polley<br /></b><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Best Original Screenplay<br /></span><br />The Banshees of Inisherin — Written by Martin McDonagh<br /><b>Everything Everywhere All at Once — Written by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert<br /></b>The Fabelmans — Written by Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner<br />Tár — Written by Todd Field<br />Triangle of Sadness — Written by Ruben Östlund<br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Best Live-Action Short Film<br /></span><br /></div><div>An Irish Goodbye<br />Ivalu<br /><b>Le Pupille<br /></b>Night Ride<br />The Red Suitcase<br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Best Animated Short Film</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span>The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse<br />The Flying Sailor<br />Ice Merchants<br /><b>My Year of Dicks<br /></b>An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It<br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Best Animated Film<br /></span><br />Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio <br /><b>Marcel the Shell With Shoes On<br /></b>Puss in Boots: The Last Wish <br />The Sea Beast <br />Turning Red <br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Best Original Song</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span>“Applause” from Tell It Like a Woman; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren<br />“Hold My Hand” from Top Gun: Maverick; Music and Lyric by Lady Gaga and BloodPop<br />“Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever; Music by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Goransson; Lyric by Tems and Ryan Coogler<br /><b>“Naatu Naatu” from RRR; Music by M.M. Keeravaani; Lyric by Chandrabose</b><br />“This Is a Life” from Everything Everywhere All at Once; Music by Ryan Lott, David Byrne and Mitski; Lyric by Ryan Lott and David Byrne<br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Best International Feature Film</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><b>All Quiet on the Western Front — Germany<br /></b>Argentina, 1985 — Argentina<br />Close — Belgium<br />EO — Poland<br />The Quiet Girl — Ireland<br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Best Makeup and Hairstyling<br /></span><br />All Quiet on the Western Front<br />The Batman <br />Black Panther: Wakanda Forever <br /><b>Elvis <br /></b>The Whale <br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Best Production Design<br /></span><br />All Quiet on the Western Front <br />Avatar: The Way of Water <br />Babylon <br /><b>Elvis </b><br />The Fabelmans <br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Best Cinematography<br /></span><br /><b>All Quiet on the Western Front — James Friend<br /></b>Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths — Darius Khondji<br />Elvis — Mandy Walker<br />Empire of Light — Roger Deakins<br />Tár — Florian Hoffmeister<br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Best Visual Effects<br /></span><br />All Quiet on the Western Front <br /><b>Avatar: The Way of Water <br /></b>The Batman <br />Black Panther: Wakanda Forever <br />Top Gun: Maverick <br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Best Documentary Feature<br /></span><br />All That Breathes <br /><b>All the Beauty and the Bloodshed <br /></b>Fire of Love <br />A House Made of Splinters <br />Navalny <br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Best Documentary Short Subject<br /></span><br />The Elephant Whisperers<br />Haulout<br />How Do You Measure a Year? <br /><b>The Martha Mitchell Effect <br /></b>Stranger at the Gate<br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Best Film Editing<br /></span><br />The Banshees of Inisherin — Mikkel E.G. Nielsen<br />Elvis — Matt Villa and Jonathan Redmond<br /><b>Everything Everywhere All at Once — Paul Rogers<br /></b>Tár — Monika Willi<br />Top Gun: Maverick — Eddie Hamilton<br /></div>Deitrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06081338106419858789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22095840.post-21073422040951484852022-12-29T13:14:00.000-05:002022-12-29T13:14:28.623-05:00Your Reading Heart<p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Somewhat out of order, I think. I was bad at record keeping!</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: inherit;">1. The Lost Book of Adana Moreau</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: inherit;">By Micheal Zapata</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: inherit;">2. Hard Choices</span></p><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: inherit;">By Hillary Rodham Clinton</span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="s2"><br /></span><span class="s2">3. </span><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">The Unicorn Rescue Society: </span><span>The Chupacabras of the Rio Grande<br /></span><span class="s2">By Adam Gidwitz</span><span class="s2"><br /></span><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">4. Postcards from the Edge</span></div><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: inherit;">By Carrie Fisher</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: inherit;">5. My Beloved World</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: inherit;">By Sonia Sotomayor</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: inherit;">6. The Joy of Movement</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: inherit;">By Kelly McGonigal</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: inherit;">7. Turn Coat</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: inherit;">By Jim Butcher</span></p><br />8. Life After Suicide<br />By Jennifer Ashton, MD<br /><br />9. Death by Dumpling<div>By Vivien Chien</div><div><br /></div><div>10. The Data Detective</div><div>By Tim Harford<br /><br /></div>Deitrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06081338106419858789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22095840.post-21723423343647654572022-11-08T09:32:00.001-05:002022-11-08T09:38:05.716-05:00Twenty-two skidoo <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Late in posting as usual. Book ten was finished in March! More to come this year... I hope!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>1. I’ll</span><span> Be Gone in the Dark</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">by Michelle McNamara</span></div><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: inherit;">2. Broken Horses</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: inherit;">by Brandi Carlile</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: inherit;">3. Becoming</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: inherit;">By Michelle Obama </span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: inherit;">4. White Magic</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">By Elissa Washuta</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: inherit;">5. Thursday Night Murder Club</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-converted-space">By </span>Robert Osman</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: inherit;">6. Giant</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: inherit;">By Edna Ferber</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: inherit;">7. Chasing Hillary</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: inherit;">By Amy Chozick</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: inherit;">8. What Happened</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: inherit;">By Hillary Rodham Clinton</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: inherit;">9. How Y’all Doing?</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: inherit;">By Leslie Jordan</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: inherit;">10. From Cradle to Stage</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: inherit;">By Virginia Hanlon Grohl</span></p>Deitrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06081338106419858789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22095840.post-83480950533671180892021-12-31T21:44:00.003-05:002022-01-02T16:52:25.712-05:00Maybe Someday<div>Likely not a complete list but at least I posted something this year! </div><div><br /></div><div>1. Untamed</div><div> Glennon Doyle</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">2. <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">The Unicorn Rescue Society:</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span>Th</span>e Sasquatch and the Muckleshoot</div><div> Adam Gidwitz and Joseph Bruchac</div><div><br /></div><div>3. The Power of Myth</div><div> Joseph Campbell</div><div><br /></div><div><div>4. On the Shoulders of Giants</div><div> Kareen Abdul-Jabbar</div></div><div><br /></div><div>5. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes</div><div> Suzanne Collins</div><div><br /></div><div><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-size-adjust: auto;">6. <span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span>Small Favor</p><div> Jim Butcher</div><div><br /></div><div>7. The Martian</div><div> Andy Weir</div><div><br /></div><div>8. <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: inherit; text-size-adjust: auto;">Scarred</span></div><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Sarah Edmondson</span><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-size-adjust: auto;">9. <span style="font-family: inherit;">Never Caught</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Erica Armstrong Dunbar</span><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: inherit;">10. Lafayette in the Somewhat United States</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: inherit;">by Sarah Vowell</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span></p></div>Deitrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06081338106419858789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22095840.post-3442236184406933732020-08-17T10:27:00.000-04:002020-08-17T10:27:00.184-04:00A Good Read<span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">1</span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">: Call Me Anna</span><br />
<span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> Patty Duke</span><br />
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<span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">2: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn</span><br />
<span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"> Betty Smith</span><br />
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<span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">3: A Brilliant Madness</span><br />
<span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> Patty Duke</span><br />
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<span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">4. My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish</span><br />
<span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> Mo O'Hara</span><br />
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<span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">5. The Unicorn Rescue Society: The Creature of the Pines</span><br />
<span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> Adam Gidwitz and Jesse Casey</span><br />
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<span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">6. The Unicorn Rescue Society: The Basque Dragon</span><br />
<span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> Adam Gidwitz and Jesse Casey</span><br />
<span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br />7. Swamplandia</span><div><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> Karen Russell</span></div><div><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">8. Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm</span></div><div><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> Stella Gibbons</span></div><div><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">9. Mrs. Bridge</span></div><div><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> Evan Connell</span></div><div><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">10. The Gift of Forgiveness</span></div><div><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt</span><br /><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"></span></div>Deitrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06081338106419858789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22095840.post-18792402014619503582018-12-13T15:58:00.000-05:002018-12-13T15:58:07.224-05:00Reading the Room<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">My last list of the year was a long time coming. Two(!) of these books I read on my Kindle as opposed to listening to the audiobook. I dropped my book club and listened to a lot more podcasts, which accounts for only reading 20 or so books this year. I'll try to do better in 2019.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">1. Kiss Me Like a Stranger</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> Gene Wilder</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">2. It's Always Something (abridged)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> Gilda Radner </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">3. The Witch of Lime Street</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> David Jaher</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">4. Becoming Kareem</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> Kareem Abdul-Jabar</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">5. Leviathan Wakes</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> James S. A. Corey</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">6: Salvage the Bones</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> Jesmyn Ward</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">7: The Boy Kings of Texas</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> Domingo Martinez</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">8: The Man in the High Castle</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> Philip K. Dick</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">9. We Fed an Island</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> Jose Andres</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">10. The Black List (abridged)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> Timothy Greenfield-Sanders</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></span>Deitrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06081338106419858789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22095840.post-77233785152851547082018-04-23T10:24:00.002-04:002018-04-23T10:24:46.663-04:00Throw the Book at 'em!<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">These might be slightly out of order since I used two different platforms to listen (Hoopla and Overdrive). </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">1: Proven Guilty</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"> Jim Butcher</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">2: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">The Holy or the Broken</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"> Alan Light</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">3: White Night</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"> Jim Butcher</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">4</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">: Pieces of My Heart (abridged)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"> Robert Wagner </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">5: The Righteous Mind</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"> Johnathan Haidt</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">6: Looking for Calvin and Hobbes</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"> Nevin Martell</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">7. Catching the Big Fish</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"> David Lynch</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">8. Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination that Changed America</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> Wil Haygood</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">9. Bored and Briliant</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> Manoush Zomorodi</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">10. Wishful Drinking</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> Carrie Fisher</span><br />
<br />Deitrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06081338106419858789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22095840.post-68278460456572620072017-12-30T17:00:00.000-05:002017-12-30T04:16:15.980-05:00To be continued<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">Have some more books!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">1: My Own Words</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px;"> Ruth Bader Ginsburg</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">2: Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Hugette Clark </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">and the Spending of a Great American Fortune</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"> Bill Dedman</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">3: Golf for Enlightenment: The Seven Lessons for the Game of Life</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"> Deepak Chopra</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">4: Sons of Wichita</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> Daniel Schulman</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">5: Unsinkable</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"> Debbie Reynolds</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">6: Make 'Em Laugh: Short-Term Memories of Longtime Friends</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"> Debbie Reynolds</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">7: Hillbilly Elegy</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> J.D. Vance</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">8: The Audacity of Hope</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"> Barack Obama</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">9: Three Cups of Tea</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"> Greg Mortenson</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">10: I Loved Her in the Movies</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"> Robert Wagner</span><br />
<br />Deitrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06081338106419858789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22095840.post-7656957856276319912017-08-17T15:34:00.000-04:002017-08-17T15:34:30.000-04:00Reading is Fundamental<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.2px;">This is a pretty varied list. I guess I don't have a strong preference of book genres? It looks like fiction loses this round though.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">1: Sisters in Law</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"> Linda Hirshman</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">2: The Lost Hero </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"> Rick Riordan</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">3: The Dinner</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"> Herman Koch</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">4: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"> Douglas Adams</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">5: Around the Way Girl</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"> Taraji P. Henson</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">6: Neuromancer</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"> William Gibson</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">7: The Twelve Tribes of Hattie</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"> Ayana Mathis</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">8: 10% Happier</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"> Dan Harris</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">9: Lit</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"> Mary Karr</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">10: The Lion in the Living Room</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"> Abigail Tucker</span>Deitrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06081338106419858789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22095840.post-52559745080006188172016-10-17T22:19:00.000-04:002016-10-17T22:19:55.698-04:00Read, Rest and Recover<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">Being stuck at home is more conducive to watching TV shows and movies than listening to books. And taking a few months off of book club didn't help my pace. But there should be more frequent updates in the near future.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">1: United </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"> Cory Booker</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">2: Still Midnight </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"> Denise Mina</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">3: Blood Rites</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"> Jim Butcher </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">4: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">Save Room for Pie</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"> Roy Blout, Jr.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">5: The Other Wes Moore</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"> Wes Moore</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">6: The Invention of Wings</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"> Sue Monk Kidd</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">7: Dead Beat</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"> Jim Butcher</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">8: Invisible Man</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"> Ralph Ellison</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">9: Bones of Paris </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"> Laurie R. King</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">10: The Sleep Revolution</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"> Arianna Huffington</span>Deitrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06081338106419858789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22095840.post-55188558144491647082016-05-04T17:55:00.000-04:002016-05-04T10:53:40.449-04:00Starter Books<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">I'm off to a slow start this year. Maybe because I've been listening to more podcasts or trying to get through my backlog of magazines. Maybe I'm not baking enough.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">1: Deep Down Dark: The Untold Story of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"> Tobar Hector</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">2: Fool Moon</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"> Jim Butcher</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">3: Grave Peril</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"> Jim Butcher</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">4: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"> Study in Scarlet</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"> Arthur Conan Doyle</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">5: Summer Knight</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"> Jim Butcher</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">6: A Wrinkle in Time</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"> Madeleine L'engle</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">7: The Big Short</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"> Michael Lewis</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">8: Emma</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"> Jane Austen </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">9: All the Single Ladies </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"> Rebecca Traister</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">10: The Omnivore's Dilemna (Young Reader's Edition)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"> Michael Pollan</span>Deitrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06081338106419858789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22095840.post-17130044556047202882016-02-28T19:58:00.000-05:002016-02-28T21:00:29.902-05:00Oscars so...<div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 24px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit;">My picks are in <b>bold</b>. I have no money riding on my choices since I didn't take a collection for the Oscar Pool. Bragging rights only this year.</span></span></div>
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<b style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.8em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Best picture</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>“Spotlight”</b><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“The Big Short”<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Bridge of Spies”<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Brooklyn”<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Mad Max: Fury Road”<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“The Martian”<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“The Revenant”<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Room”<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Actor in a leading role</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Bryan Cranston, “Trumbo”<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Matt Damon, “The Martian”<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><b>Leonardo DiCaprio, “The Revenant”</b><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Michael Fassbender, “Steve Jobs”<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Eddie Redmayne, “The Danish Girl”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Actress in a leading role</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Cate Blanchett, “Carol”<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><b>Brie Larson, “Room”</b><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Jennifer Lawrence, “Joy”<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Charlotte Rampling, “45 Years”<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Saoirse Ronan, “Brooklyn”<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Best director</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lenny Abrahamson, “Room”<b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></b>Alejandro Iñárritu, “The Revenant”<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />George Miller, “Mad Max: Fury Road”<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><b>Tom McCarthy, “Spotlight”</b><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Adam McKay, “The Big Short”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Actor in a supporting role</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Christian Bale, “The Big Short”<b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></b><b>Tom Hardy, “The Revenant”</b><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Mark Ruffalo, “Spotlight”<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Mark Rylance, “Bridge of Spies”<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Sylvester Stallone, “Creed”<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Actress in a supporting role</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Rooney Mara, “Carol”<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><b>Jennifer Jason Leigh, “The Hateful Eight”</b><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Alicia Vikander, “The Danish Girl”<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Kate Winslet, “Steve Jobs”<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Rachel McAdams, “Spotlight”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Best animated feature film</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">“Anomalisa”<b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></b>“Boy and the World”<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><b>“Inside Out”</b><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Shaun the Sheep Movie”<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“When Marnie Was There”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Best foreign language film</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">“Embrace of the Serpent”<b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></b>“Mustang”<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><b>“Son of Saul”</b><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Theeb”<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“A War”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Best adapted screenplay</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">“The Big Short,” Charles Randolph and Adam McKay<b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></b>“Brooklyn,” Nick Hornby<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Carol,” Phyllis Nagy<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><b>“The Martian,” Drew Goddard</b><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Room,” Emma Donoghue</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Best original screenplay</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>“Spotlight,” written by Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy</b><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Bridge of Spies,” written by Matt Charman and Ethan Coen and Joel Coen<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Ex Machina,” written by Alex Garland<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Inside Out,” screenplay by Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley; original story by Pete Docter, Ronnie del Carmen<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Straight Outta Compton,” screenplay by Jonathan Herman and Andrea Berloff; story by S. Leigh Savidge and Alan Wenkus and Andrea Berloff<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Best original score</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">“Bridge of Spies,” Thomas Newman<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Carol,” Carter Burwell<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><b>“The Hateful Eight,” Ennio Morricone</b><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Sicario,” Jóhann Jóhannsson<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” John Williams</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Best cinematography</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">“Carol,” Ed Lachman<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“The Hateful Eight,” Robert Richardson<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Mad Max: Fury Road,” John Seale<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><b>“The Revenant,” Emmanuel Lubezki</b><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Sicario,” Roger Deakins</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Best production design</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">“Bridge of Spies,” Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Rena DeAngelo and Bernhard Henrich<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><b>“The Danish Girl,” Production Design: Eve Stewart ; Set Decoration: Michael Standish</b><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Mad Max: Fury Road,” Production Design: Colin Gibson; Set Decoration: Lisa Thompson<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“The Martian,” Production Design: Arthur Max ;Set Decoration: Celia Bobak<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“The Revenant,” Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Hamish Purdy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Best visual effects</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">“Ex Machina,” Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington and Sara Bennett<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Mad Max: Fury Road,” Andrew Jackson, Tom Wood, Dan Oliver and Andy Williams<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><b>“The Martian,” Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Chris Lawrence and Steven Warner</b><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“The Revenant,” Rich McBride, Matthew Shumway, Jason Smith and Cameron Waldbauer<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan and Chris Corbould<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Best original song</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">“Earned It,” “Fifty Shades of Grey,” Music and Lyric by Abel Tesfaye, Ahmad Balshe, Jason Daheala Quenneville and Stephan Moccio<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Manta Ray,” “Racing Extinction,” Music by J. Ralph; Lyric by Antony Hegarty<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Simple Song 3,” “Youth,” Music and Lyric by David Lang<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><b>“Til it Happens to You,” “The Hunting Ground,” Music and Lyric by Diane Warren and Lady Gaga</b><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Writing’s on the Wall,” “Spectre,” Music and Lyric by Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Best documentary feature</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>“Amy”</b><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Cartel Land”<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“The Look of Silence”<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“What Happened, Miss Simone?”<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Best costume design</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">“Carol,” Sandy Powell<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><b>“Cinderella,” Sandy Powell</b><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“The Danish Girl,” Paco Delgado<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Mad Max: Fury Road,” Jenny Beavan<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“The Revenant,” Jacqueline West</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Best makeup and hairstyling</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">“Mad Max: Fury Road,” Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><b>“The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out a Window and Disappeared,” Love Larson and Eva von Bahr</b><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“The Revenant,” Siân Grigg, Duncan Jarman and Robert Pandini</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Best live action short film</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">“Ave Maria”<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><b>“Day One”</b><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Everything Will Be Okay”<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Shok”<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Stutterer”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Best animated short film</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>“Bear Story”</b><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Prologue”<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Sanjay’s Super Team”<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“We Can’t Live Without Cosmos”<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“World of Tomorrow</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“Body Team 12”<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Chau, beyond the Lines”<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><b>“Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah”</b><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness”<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Lasy Day of Freedom”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“The Big Short,” Hank Corwin<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Mad Max: Fury Road,” Margaret Sixel<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><b>“The Revenant,” Stephen Mirrione</b><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Spotlight,” Tom McArdle<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“Bridge of Spies,” Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Drew Kunin<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Mad Max: Fury Road,” Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff and Ben Osmo<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><b>“The Martian,” Paul Massey, Mark Taylor and Mac Ruth</b><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“The Revenant,” Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Randy Thom and Chris Duesterdiek<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“Mad Max: Fury Road,” Mark Mangini and David White<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“The Martian,” Oliver Tarney<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><b>“The Revenant,” Martin Hernandez and Lon Bender</b><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Sicario,” Alan Robert Murray<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” Matthew Wood and David Acord</span></div>
Deitrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06081338106419858789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22095840.post-87990080993651045932015-12-31T12:41:00.000-05:002016-01-02T14:11:35.896-05:00All Ears<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">Here's the last list of the year, which is why it goes to 11. I just finished that last one today! By my count (which may be off by one or two,) I listened to 42 never-read and never-heard audiobooks this year. I didn't have a goal set in mind, but I think that's a decent amount.</span><br />
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Red velvet cake and chocolate cupcakes decorated as Stuart the Minion. These were birthday desserts for a 7 year-old's party.</div>
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Inspiration taken from <a href="http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/minion-sheet-cake/327597eb-f679-4d19-b383-d4ec40f548bd" target="_blank">this one</a> on the Betty Crocker website. The main change was baking a cupcake for the eye in a silver foil wrapper.</div>
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The cupcakes are decorated with frosting, with a necco wafer for an eye to make it a little more 3D.Deitrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06081338106419858789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22095840.post-210287360685935202015-12-01T13:35:00.000-05:002016-01-02T13:36:39.988-05:00Flag Cake 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Happy 239th Birthday America! I made you a cake.</div>
Deitrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06081338106419858789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22095840.post-23433445463085893502015-11-23T12:20:00.000-05:002016-01-02T13:24:56.942-05:00Cape CodHere are some snaps (mostly food pictures) from a roadtrip to Cape Cod, MA.<br />
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One of the stops was East Syracuse, NY at the <a href="http://bullandbearroadhouse.com/" target="_blank">Bull & Bear Roadhouse</a>, where we discovered <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_potatoes" target="_blank">salt potatoes</a> and locally brewed hard apple cider.<br />
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<a href="http://www.1911spirits.com/ciders.html" target="_blank">1911 Original Hard Cide</a>r and Mango Mojito.</div>
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We were staying in West Yarmouth, which had lots of great spots to grab some grub. Most of the places had some high-end prices for things like lobster rolls and scallops but had a casual feel with picnic benches and paper plates.</div>
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On the Waterfront</div>
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Local Cape Cod <a href="http://www.bagelsandbeyond.com/" target="_blank">breakfast joint</a></div>
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First lobster roll of the trip at <a href="http://mobydicksrestaurant.com/" target="_blank">Moby Dick's Seafood Restaurant</a></div>
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Highland Lighthouse, Truro, MA.</div>
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One of my favorite knickknacks at the <a href="http://www.edwardgoreyhouse.org/" target="_blank">Edward Gorey House</a>.</div>
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Lobster roll platter at <span id="goog_283087205"></span><span id="goog_283087206"></span><a href="http://sesuit-harbor-cafe.com/" target="_blank">Sesuit Harbor Cafe</a>. The best one of the trip!</div>
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We drove through NYC on the way home. </div>
Deitrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06081338106419858789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22095840.post-47782917066562100272015-11-22T12:11:00.000-05:002016-01-01T12:12:44.661-05:00Flourless Chocolate Cake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I wonder if someone in the Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia company has Celiac Disease or another gluten intolerance because the few gluten-free recipes I've tried from the website have been pretty good. They actually taste like baked goods and not some no-flour concoction. <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/344293/flourless-chocolate-cake" target="_blank">This recipe</a> was baked in a springform pan, which was exciting since I don't use that tool often enough. </div>
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<br />Deitrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06081338106419858789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22095840.post-80901265677492124062015-11-15T11:57:00.000-05:002016-01-01T12:00:14.343-05:00Raspberry White Chocolate Scones<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<br />Deitrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06081338106419858789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22095840.post-88608603597447720332015-11-01T11:25:00.000-05:002016-01-01T12:13:03.910-05:00Gluten-Free Fudgy Pecan BrowniesI was looking for a gluten-free dessert for a party and found <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/903048/fudgy-pecan-brownies" target="_blank">this recipe</a> on Martha Stewart's website. Although I love Martha Stewart and her omnimedia empire, I've had a bad brownie recipe from her cookbook before so I was a little hesitant to try these.<br />
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I'm happy to report that these did not disappoint. The name says it all! These were fudgy but moist and still tasted and felt like traditional brownies. Some brownie recipes that call for nuts don't work without them, but this recipe holds up even without the pecans - I made half with and half without nuts.Deitrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06081338106419858789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22095840.post-53446963730035991442015-10-06T19:00:00.000-04:002015-10-06T19:00:04.516-04:00Required Reading<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">Two of these were on my eldest nephew's summer reading list... two of these I really did not like.Three are from book clubs and the rest were just my picks. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.1999998092651px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"> Chris Bohjalian</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.1999998092651px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">3: Station Eleven</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.1999998092651px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"> Emily St. John Mandel</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.1999998092651px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">4: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.1999998092651px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"> Ready Player One</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.1999998092651px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"> Ernest Cline</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.1999998092651px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"> Harper Lee</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.1999998092651px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">6: To Have and Have Not</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.1999998092651px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"> Ernest Hemingway</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.1999998092651px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">7: The Bishop's Wife</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.1999998092651px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"> Mette Ivie Harrison</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.1999998092651px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">8: Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.1999998092651px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"> Susanna Clarke</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.1999998092651px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">9: Neverwhere</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.1999998092651px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"> Neil Gaiman</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.1999998092651px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"> Rick Riordan</span>Deitrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06081338106419858789noreply@blogger.com0