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Parenthetical turned 13 on Valentine’s Day! To celebrate (a bit late, like we do everything here at Parenthetical Headquarters), I found a nifty new theme and fancied things up a bit. My header now matches my business cards. You can see my Goodreads recently-reads with ratings on the left there. … Continue reading
I’m sorry everything’s been so quiet this fall in Parenthetical-land. I don’t want to get into everything here, but I haven’t been so inspired to write lately. And of course, the trouble with going awhile without writing is that you lose momentum. The first post back has to be The … Continue reading
I’m in the process of switching web hosts. Hopefully it’ll go smoothly, and in a day or so I’ll be back up and running in my new home. But my experience has been that this sort of thing never goes smoothly. Cross your fingers!
You might have noticed that I haven’t been around much lately. (Or maybe you haven’t noticed. That is also okay.) There are two reasons: 1. In less than a month now, I am taking this test: Middle School Humanities MTEL. If I pass it, I will be well on my … Continue reading
I just read “Why keeping up with RSS is poisonous to productivity, sanity” (posted by a friend on, yes, Google Reader). You don’t need to bother; it’s yet another “I took an internet break and realized that the internet is eating my life” essay. But she quotes data (which may … Continue reading
You may recall that I reviewed a whole raft of September books back at the beginning of the summer, right after BEA. Hey look, I’m back at work, apples are starting to appear at the farmers’ market… it must be September! Get your library requests in now for: Shut Out, … Continue reading
Tomorrow morning I’m leaving for an epic 25-day trip: Denver for one wedding, a very long train trip through Utah and Nevada, a week WWOOFing on one farm near-ish Sacramento, a little more than a week on another farm in Sebastopol, CA, another slightly less long train trip to LA, … Continue reading
Total hours: 12.5 Books read: 2 (well, two separate halves, plus one whole) Obviously, I wasn’t able to give all that much time to this this weekend, as anticipated. Honestly, I’m not sure I’ll do it again if it’s graduation weekend; there’s just too much going on and I didn’t … Continue reading
At 27 hours into the 48-Hour Book Challenge, here’s the update: 9.25 hours reading and blogging 1 hour reading blogs and commenting Finished the second half of Daughter of Smoke and Bone, caught up on reviewing All These Things I’ve Done, and am now halfway through Malinda Lo’s Ash. Next … Continue reading
Every year MotherReader hosts her 48-Hour Book Challenge. Every year I think, “That sounds like so much fun!” And then I think, “But it’s graduation weekend. Again.” (And lest you think that means two hours at one ceremony, think again. I will be attending 5 separate events over the course … Continue reading
