Month: November 2016
The Twelve Tasks of the Festive Season — At the Halfway Point
Snow Globes: Reads Bells: Activities Task the First: The Winter Wonderland: – Reading: A book that is set in a snowy place. – Activity: Take a walk outside and post a picture of something pretty you encountered on your way. => A Visit to Cologne Cathedral Christmas Market Task the Second: The Silent […]
Read MoreThe Twelve Tasks of the Festive Season — A Visit to the Christmas Market
… aka Tasks the First, the Sixth, and the Twelfth: The Winter Wonderland, the Hanukkah, and the Wassail Bowl. – If you are lucky enough to live in a snowy place, or even if you aren’t, take a walk outside and post a picture of something pretty you encountered on your way. – Make a […]
Read MoreThe Twelve Tasks of the Festive Season — Task the Ninth: The Happy New Year
– Every year you get a little bit older! Read a coming of age novel or any old favorite comfort read to start the new year right. – If you’re feeling brave, post a holiday picture of yourself from your childhood or misspent youth. For Part 1 of this task I listened to the audio version one […]
Read MoreHans Christian Andersen: The Snow Queen
The Twelve Tasks of the Festive Season — Task the Eleventh: The Polar Express, Part 2 – Read a classic holiday book from your childhood (to a child if you have one handy). Alas, I didn’t have a child handy, and Holly was singularly unimpressed, so I just settled down on my couch and read […]
Read MoreHappy Thanksgiving!
… to all of my online friends. Have a wonderful holiday, and thank you for being you! Original post: ThemisAthena.booklikes.com/post/1499657/happy-thanksgiving
Read MoreThe Telegraph | 31 reasons why we love Scotland – Travel
The most irresistible things about Scotland, whether you’re looking for remoteness, wildlife, culture or whisky. Source: The Telegraph | 31 reasons why we love Scotland – Travel
Read MoreThe Telegraph: Britain’s Best Islands
Scenic, quirky and often remote, Britain’s islands are a world apart from daily life. Nick Crane, who presents the television series ‘Coast’, introduces our guide to 10 of the best. The Isle of Skye “feels very Lord of the Rings” Source: Britain’s best islands – Telegraph
Read MoreThe Telegraph: The most beautiful places in Ireland – Travel
Dark Hedges Road, Co Antrim An 18th-century beech tree-lined road known as the Dark Heges near Stranocum, Country Antrim, made famous by Game of Thrones. Source: The most beautiful places in Ireland – Travel
Read MoreThe Telegraph: 15 books to read if you want to understand the Irish
Recommended reading for visitors to Ireland, compiled by Michael Kerr Source: 15 books to read if you want to understand the Irish
Read MoreThe Telegraph: 12 of the best self-guided tours of Scotland
Source: 12 of the best self-guided tours of Scotland Merken
Read MoreGermany’s 10 best Christmas markets – Telegraph
As the festive season nears, Adrian Bridge and Paul Wade head to Germany, the home of the Christmas market, and select their top 10 options Source: Germany’s 10 best Christmas markets – Telegraph Merken
Read MoreMary Stewart: The Merlin Trilogy – Tintagel
Reading Progress Update: 340 of 928 Pages. (Page numbers are for the omnibus edition.) Well, I finished The Crystal Cave (a while ago in fact) and have now moved on to The Hollow Hills, which picks up right where the first book of the trilogy ends. Merlin is still rather unlike the wise old […]
Read MoreKerry Greenwood: Miss Phryne Fisher Investigates
The Twelve Tasks of the Festive Season — Task the Tenth: The Holiday Down Under: – Read a book set in Australia or by an Australian author, or read a book you would consider a “beach read”. Well, I can see how a screen version of this might work rather nicely, but alas, as written, […]
Read MoreAgatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express (Narrated by David Suchet)
The Twelve Tasks of the Festive Season — Task the Eleventh: The Polar Express: – Read a book that involves train travel (such as Murder on the Orient Express). Well, as it happened I did pick Murder on the Orient Express for this square. Not that I’m not intimately familiar with the story as […]
Read MoreThe Twelve Tasks of the Festive Season — Task the Second: The Silent Nights; and Task the Third: The Holiday Party
Task the Second: The Silent Nights: – Get your hygge on! Put on your fuzziest socks, light a candle, and spend some time (reading) in front of the fireplace or your coziest nook. Post a picture if you want! And: Task the Third: The Holiday Party: – Read a book where a celebration is a […]
Read MoreImages Speak Louder Than Words
… they do, they really do. This one just feels so perfect — to me, right now, anyway, and not only in light of yesterday’s election results, either. And no, it’s not my photo — though I dearly wish it were. It’s a pro’s, and visitors of their blog are not only encouraged […]
Read MoreREBLOG: Light for our darkest hour…
Reblogged from my BookLikes friend Grimlock ♥ Vision It’s a wonderfully expressed sentiment; the most heartfelt, honest and uplifting one I’ve come across in the hours since the official election results were published. So, thanks very much, Grim, for letting me share it here (in addition to reblogging on BookLikes). If anything is going keep […]
Read MoreSo, they carried the day.
Neanderthals for Trump: How our primitive brains are ruining American politics Salon.com, April 19, 2016 Donald Trump’s appeal isn’t just ideological but biological. “Political Animals” author Rick Shenkman explains. From the interview: “… it was during that period [= the Stone Age] that we mainly evolved. And we evolved to address the problems of hunter-gatherers […]
Read MoreMary Stewart: The Merlin Trilogy – Reading Progress Update: 249 of 928 Pages – Part 1: The Crystal Cave
(Note: the page number is for the trilogy’s omnibus edition, which is the book I’m actually reading.) “Thanks” to having contracted some sort of cold or flu bug and having been out of commission for pretty much all other purposes over the weekend, I’ve progressed fairly well with this book — well there has to […]
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