Trying to find a better way to track books I want to read than a random spreadsheet. I had used readinglog.info which was provided by my local public library until they shut down the program. Luckily, I regularly backed it up via their CSV export. I've used Library Thing for years, but adding books for "To Read" really screwed up a lot of the other features of the website, like recommendations, etc. I really love Free Software & the Fediverse particularly. My primary social media account is on Friendica @fu@libranet.de for now everything I post here is automatically "re-tooted" there.
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THE BEGINNING OF A NEW STAR TREK ODYSSEY
After almost a decade of strife against …
Riker beamed at Worf. Commander, one of my final acts as this ship's executive officer was to recommend you as Counselor Troi's replacement. Your sensitivity shows me that my judgment was sound."
— Taking Wing by Michael A. Martin (Page 56)
Riker is such a kidder. One of the best Star Trek lines I have read in years!
@mikester@bookwyrm.social sounds great!
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Finished chapter two last week and the only reason I put it down is I’m reading it with a book club and want to remember it as we go. Otherwise I’d have probably not gone to sleep until it was done. Riveting!!
Revolution is brewing on twenty-first-century Luna, a moon-based penal colony where oppressed "Loonies" are being exploited by a harsh Authority …
After earning his business degree, Chris Bailey turned down several lucrative job offers to pursue a lifelong dream—to spend a …
Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood with an inside look on Mr. Rogers' …
On hold at the Public Library
After earning his business degree, Chris Bailey turned down several lucrative job offers to pursue …
Trying to finish this one up. I really don't think it works too well as an audio book.
As a follow up to his autobiography, Paddle Your Own Canoe, the star of Parks and Recreation now focuses on …
As a follow up to his autobiography, Paddle Your Own Canoe, the star of Parks …
In Gumption Nick Offerman exposes that it was the writers on Parks & Rec. that made him funny. For a comedic actor he had very few jokes, I will tell them now so you don't have to read this book: 1.) I'm not saying he's not a free mason 2.) Oh look it is a black guy. 3.) Oh look it is a lady.
And some of those he says more than once.
In addition for a guy who goes on about how we need to see the best in both sides, that all of the politicians are all the same, for some reason he thinks Obama is different, he then goes on to spout Democrat talking points for the rest of the book: the second amendment is for hunting (much life your right to keep and bare a fishing pole); unless tax payers foot the bill for killing babies …
In Gumption Nick Offerman exposes that it was the writers on Parks & Rec. that made him funny. For a comedic actor he had very few jokes, I will tell them now so you don't have to read this book: 1.) I'm not saying he's not a free mason 2.) Oh look it is a black guy. 3.) Oh look it is a lady.
And some of those he says more than once.
In addition for a guy who goes on about how we need to see the best in both sides, that all of the politicians are all the same, for some reason he thinks Obama is different, he then goes on to spout Democrat talking points for the rest of the book: the second amendment is for hunting (much life your right to keep and bare a fishing pole); unless tax payers foot the bill for killing babies we are inhuman monsters; America is the greatest country in the world; and perhaps the most out of touch parents should buy their kids a house when they graduate high school.
Not worth reading.
What the award-winning Boundaries has done for adult relationships, Boundaries with Kids will do for …
If you never disagree witlh the person you love, something is terbly wrong. Some people are afraid to be themselves with another person. Such fear negates love. The Bible says that perfect love drives out fear (1 John 4:18). You can't really love someone with whom you can't be separate. That is, love does not mean losing yourself, but rather frees you and empowers you to be yourself.
— Boundaries with Kids by Henry Cloud (Page 50)
@hankg@bookwyrm.social sounds interesting
THE BEGINNING OF A NEW STAR TREK ODYSSEY
After almost a decade of strife against foes such as the Borg, …
As a follow up to his autobiography, Paddle Your Own Canoe, the star of Parks …
I'm only on disc 2 but so far I'm pretty disappointed. He's an atheist jerk. Offerman is pretty adamant that angels are mythical creatures like faires and Pegasus, that those who evangalize (he says try to convince people to join their religion) are breaking the spirit, though not the law, of the first amendment, and that Jesus hangs his head (when doing what he commissioned us to do as his last action in Matthew). Also he seems to be of the option the 2nd amendment is for protecting the right of hunting, like the right to keep and bare a fishing pole.
This book was pretty good, but one thing it is not is juvenile fiction: sex, murder, adultery, orgy, I don't want to expose my young adult to any of that. Thankfully it wasn't too graphic, though the description of the Tsar's son's hemophilia was more than enough to make me quesey and put the book down more than once.
The first part is told like a fairy tale. I'm usually not too big on symbolism, to the point I argued with my hush school English teacher that it didn't exist. Regardless it's quite clear the bear is the Russian people and Vlad and Leo are Trotsky and Lenin.
I almost thought that part was actually more interesting than the actual historical fiction part with English author Arthur Ransom and his Russian mistress. I was surprised that Ransom returned to England to be with his daughter for a time as in …
This book was pretty good, but one thing it is not is juvenile fiction: sex, murder, adultery, orgy, I don't want to expose my young adult to any of that. Thankfully it wasn't too graphic, though the description of the Tsar's son's hemophilia was more than enough to make me quesey and put the book down more than once.
The first part is told like a fairy tale. I'm usually not too big on symbolism, to the point I argued with my hush school English teacher that it didn't exist. Regardless it's quite clear the bear is the Russian people and Vlad and Leo are Trotsky and Lenin.
I almost thought that part was actually more interesting than the actual historical fiction part with English author Arthur Ransom and his Russian mistress. I was surprised that Ransom returned to England to be with his daughter for a time as in the fairy tale we are told of the foreigner with the briefcase having Russian air in his lungs for the rest of his life.
I still don't understand why he wanted to leave his wife Ivy, and I couldn't imagine my wife making my life so miserable that I would be willing to live thousands of miles from my daughter.
All in all it was a nice quick read before bed a few nights and I would be willing to pick up a couple of the real Ransom's books.
I was disappointed in how little of the actual October revolution there was in almost 300 pages.
