tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75945235763271021472024-03-19T04:48:27.594-04:00Busy Is ReadingAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01692328029597964233noreply@blogger.comBlogger548125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594523576327102147.post-74368076438454126302016-07-14T18:45:00.001-04:002016-07-14T18:45:09.889-04:00Websites / BlogsFYI: For anyone who directly linked my writing blog, I have moved it to Wordpress.
https://busywritingblog.wordpress.com
I will be moving all blogs, except this one, to Wordpress.
It is best to link my website directly. To save confusion
http://www.lizkelso.com
Thanks!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01692328029597964233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594523576327102147.post-20931422713863607392016-07-10T10:16:00.002-04:002016-07-10T10:16:30.062-04:00Moved...for the most partI have been busy working on my website...oh and graduating from school. I all but abandoned this site, but I'm not taking it down.
This site will remain up for Book Challenges and other random news; however, my more active sites can be found through my web site.
Although it is all pretty new, so not much to see there yet.
Please bookmark the website, thanks.
http://Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01692328029597964233noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594523576327102147.post-72199914298628496042016-01-14T19:16:00.000-05:002016-01-14T19:16:38.250-05:00Rest in Peace Mr. Rickman
Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman
21 February 1946 – 14 January 2016
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01692328029597964233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594523576327102147.post-62645220515292125232016-01-02T07:52:00.002-05:002016-01-02T07:53:27.345-05:00Audiobook Challenge 2016
I am attempting this level:
Stenographer (can listen while multi-tasking) 10-15
Back by popular demand, Audiobook Challenge is back for 2016! Join The Book Nympho and Hot Listens for the 4th year of great audiobooks.
Audiobooks are great for those times you want to read but can’t for some reason like driving, doing chores, working out, or if you’reAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01692328029597964233noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594523576327102147.post-3224136222932008632016-01-02T07:44:00.002-05:002016-01-02T07:44:40.359-05:00Happy 2016!Well, here I am again. Typing in my much neglected Blog. School is just about over for me. I have one more week and then I will finally be a college graduate.
As you can see, for the past few years, this blog has suffered as I toiled through my studies, I'm going to post more often now.
I've decided to also widen the scope of this blog. I'm not changing the title and it will Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01692328029597964233noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594523576327102147.post-37923627867975233822015-12-13T00:03:00.000-05:002015-12-13T00:03:00.159-05:00Recent Christmas Photos 2015Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01692328029597964233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594523576327102147.post-74853970977281715712015-12-12T20:16:00.000-05:002015-12-12T20:16:32.506-05:00Week 2 - Christmas Reading Challenge 2015
The 13th Gift: A True Story of a Christmas Miracle by Joanne Huist Smith
This story revolves around a family who loses their husband/father. It also plays on the 12 days of Christmas as someone is leaving them gifts during the Christmas season. The story is vivid and well written. I am able to feel sympathy for these characters; however, I found it a bit depressing. I Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01692328029597964233noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594523576327102147.post-41391642339084522142015-12-01T22:38:00.002-05:002015-12-01T22:38:44.327-05:00Christmas Movies - 11/23 - 11/29I'm in school full time and work full time. The only time I can watch Christmas movies is on the weekends.
Week 1
1. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
2. A Christmas SnowAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01692328029597964233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594523576327102147.post-17874580422705605552015-11-27T08:48:00.004-05:002015-11-27T08:48:57.758-05:006th Annual Christmas Spirit Reading Challenge
http://truexmasspirit.blogspot.com/
This Challenge will run from November 23, 2014 through Wednesday, January 6, 2014
These are the challenges I will be doing
-Christmas Tree: read 5 or 6 books
--Fa La La La Films: watch a bunch or a few Christmas movies...it's up to you!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01692328029597964233noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594523576327102147.post-19128490593892109942015-01-26T16:32:00.001-05:002015-01-26T16:32:12.117-05:00Winter Respite Read-A-Thon
This week, January 26 - February 1 is A Winter's Respite Read-A-Thon. We are about to be snowed in, so at least I'll be able to read a bit tomorrow. With school this week, I may not be able to make all my goals, but I will try.
The Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
I'm more than half way through this book. I hope to finish this by the end of this Read-A-ThonAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01692328029597964233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594523576327102147.post-62191776918863974422015-01-22T04:30:00.000-05:002015-01-22T04:30:00.426-05:00Classic Books 4 and 5#4
The Lover by Marguerite Duras
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
This was a fictionalized first person account of a pubescent female french girl who takes an older Chinese lover. Marguerite Duras said that this was semi-autobiographical.
I enjoyed it, it wasn't my favorite. This book was released in 1984, but the story takes place in the 1920s.
#5
Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
My ratingAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01692328029597964233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594523576327102147.post-90345158262545664832015-01-21T19:48:00.000-05:002015-01-21T19:48:24.180-05:00Working through a big bookThe Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu
View all my reviews
I'm only on page 65 of this 1,182 page epic novel from the 11th century. But to be honest, I'm reading it slowly. I have my regular books that I'm reading and making a dent in. But this is a book that can only be read in small doses. I am giving myself 6 months to finish it.
It is on my 'classic book' list. I Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01692328029597964233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594523576327102147.post-34253989140836560502015-01-20T20:19:00.001-05:002015-01-20T20:19:52.082-05:00Read-A-Thon Time
From January 26 through February 1 there will be a Read-A-Thon hosted by Michelle @ The True Book Addict and Castle Macabre.
#WintersRespite
I have no specific books I will read, whatever I land on will be what I will read. I figure I can finish 2 books for this Read-A-Thon.
Since school has started, I will be in class for 3 nights, so it will take away from my reading Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01692328029597964233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594523576327102147.post-22614216067152236092015-01-14T18:23:00.003-05:002015-01-14T18:26:30.816-05:00My Classic Book Journey continues!!
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I listened to the audiobook narrated by Juliet Stevenson. I also had the text, but I mostly listened. I'm glad I did, Stevenson gave the words such a sense of poetry. Otherwise, I would have been terribly bored. Not a fan of the story, but I did love the language.
There are three parts to this novel.
The Window which deals with Mr. and Mrs. Ramsay and their Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01692328029597964233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594523576327102147.post-58022396381014208792015-01-12T19:44:00.000-05:002015-01-12T19:44:05.881-05:00The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
I understood that this book would have some unusual and gruesome elements. I was prepared for that. I thought some of the stories were strange regardless of the time period or region they hailed from. I can see why some of these stories were made more palatable. They had good bones, but needed a different treatment. What annoyed me was the redundancy. It was interesting to read one story and Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01692328029597964233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594523576327102147.post-29194806649180790412015-01-09T19:33:00.000-05:002015-01-09T19:33:12.898-05:00MFA Reading
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01692328029597964233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594523576327102147.post-70692734715717172942015-01-06T21:27:00.001-05:002015-01-06T21:27:24.941-05:00Something New
I was looking around for something to do with my blog. I post book and movie reviews as well as some personal stuff, but I think I can do more. Since I love writing, I think I'm going to do a short stint of Fiction Friday's (The writing one not the reading one). Writing a short story every week and posting it on Friday. I don't think this will go for the entire year, Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01692328029597964233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594523576327102147.post-49614491304860873912015-01-02T19:45:00.001-05:002015-01-02T19:45:19.153-05:00Ode to a Lamp
This is my new lamp, it replaced a bankers lamp that had been sitting by my bedside for years. I didn't buy the bankers lamp, I got it from a job I had. 15 years ago, we moved offices and they were going to throw these bankers lamps away, so I took one home. It served me well, but after 15 years, it started to show signs of shorting and sparking. So instead of trying my Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01692328029597964233noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594523576327102147.post-61789040462745561302014-12-31T09:00:00.001-05:002014-12-31T09:00:39.711-05:00Goals for 2015 / Looking Back 2014
I don't use the term resolution, I prefer Goal!!
BLOG: Blog more. Book reviews. Movie Reviews. Interesting Photos, you name it. I'm going to try to blog at least once a week. I'm not going to use school as an excuse.
READ: The goal is 65 or more. 1/3 of them TBR books. More larger books (500+) pages.
MONEY: Start seriously saving for my retirement. &Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01692328029597964233noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594523576327102147.post-24602239895080287552014-12-30T21:26:00.000-05:002014-12-30T21:40:28.834-05:002015 Reading
I am planning to put a huge dent in my TBR list. As of 12/31/14, I have 128 books on my Goodreads to read list. Therefore any book added after this date will not be considered a TBR.
I'm ging to really work on this. I'd like to read 1/3 of this list. That is around 42 books or so from the list. That is a tall order, but I would be happy if I managed to read 30.
I also want to try Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01692328029597964233noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594523576327102147.post-56811907622856057162014-12-28T09:26:00.000-05:002014-12-28T09:32:28.275-05:00Book Stats for 2014Looking back on my reading habits for 2014 is interesting as it is every year. I have a ton of TBRs on my shelves, but I often read other books. It is enlightening to see what I read in a year and what types of genre's I gravitate toward.
As of 12/28/14
Total Books Read: 109
Christmas Books: 13
New Authors: 75
Female Authors: 43
Male Authors: 46
Classic Books (before 1970): 13Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01692328029597964233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594523576327102147.post-7613084625174458432014-12-27T23:18:00.001-05:002014-12-28T08:59:22.614-05:00My Top 30 Books You Should Read - 2014 Edition
There is a quiz on Buzzfeed that asks: Are You As Well Read as Stephen King? There are 178 books from his recommended reading list. Out of these 178 I've only read 13, I've heard of only a few more of them and the rest, I never heard of. I'd have to go one at a time and read up on them. But from my experience, I've Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01692328029597964233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594523576327102147.post-10041712653760817662014-12-25T14:02:00.002-05:002014-12-25T14:02:49.027-05:00MERRY CHRISTMAS!! - 25 Days of Christmas #24 and #25 and other photos
25 Days of Christmas
The Stockings Were Hung
#24
Merry Christmas
#25
Other Christmas Pictures
Me on my way to sing in the Christmas Eve Concert and Midnight Mass
The Priests during the service gather on the altar
After the service we, the choir, are invited back to the Rectory for a little nosh.
Clarissa's Favorite Gift
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01692328029597964233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594523576327102147.post-44978161372659750442014-12-24T16:33:00.000-05:002014-12-24T16:33:00.644-05:00Christmas Movie #17 & #18Christmas Movie #17
The Santa Clause 2
It seems like this year, I'm favoring the sequels.
Haven't watched this one in a few years, but I love it just as much as the first one.
Christmas Movie #18
Scrooge (1970)
The one with Albert Finney. Not my favorite version, but it is a decent one. It is a musical so it is a little different. There aren't too many songs so it Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01692328029597964233noreply@blogger.com0