Goodness this week is chugging along for me. I’ve got a busy day ahead for myself and you can play too!
It’s time for Cybils! I actually heard about this from Farm School but when I read her post I was instantly excited! I read a TON of children’s literature each year. Sometimes I actually read them with the kids LOL But seriously I typically select a few choices each time we are at the library that are Mama’s picks. I’m off to review my reading from the last six months and see what I have for nominations. What would your favorites be?
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It occurred to me that with the 100 Species Challenge I forgot to add that we are not cataloging anything that we’ve actually planted ourselves. This makes our challenge a little more fun but also a little slower. Combine that with harvest finally rolling in and well we’re slow on our posts. But I have a bunch of pictures in our flickr account that are waiting to be posted. It may take us awhile to get to 100 Plant Species. But I’ve viewing that as part of the fun because by spreading it out I’ll be able to get some of our early spring plants that are here and gone by May.
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Book reviews. I’m working on increasing my reviews this year. I recently reviewed a book at Librarything but hesitated to post it here. Which got me thinking about why I was hesitant. What do the books I read show about me as a person? Do they show anything? I read a fairly wide variety of books though you won’t often find things in the “fiction – novel” category gracing my bedside table. But my genres of choice are as varied as my music tastes. For my Falling into Reading 2008 list I specifically selected a fiction book and a non-fiction book but most were outside my usual TBR pile. I stretched myself a bit in my choices so that it was indeed a challenge.
I have a select genre of book that I typically have on my bedside table: Paranormal Romance. That is where I ran into the crux and if you read Paranormal Romance you’d probably understand it. I’ve alluded to it before. For the most part my blog is a “G” rated affair. Most of the posts are safe to read with kids standing behind/beside you. Occasionally I might spout off an opinion or use a small swear. But you won’t see a lot of things that scream – DO NOT LET CHILDREN SEEEEEE! Truthfully that isn’t on purpose! So either I’m a bit boring or the slice of life I share here is mostly about things to do with my kids. I’d like to think its the latter.
However some but not all of the Paranormal books I read drift closer to a different genre than “romance” reads. In fact according to some the belong in that category that makes some blush just thinking about it. To tiltilating. To raw. To much for the delicate eyes of impressionable children. Any review I do takes into consideration what I as the reader would be looking for with regard to that genre of books.
I still haven’t decided what to do with my reviews. I’m mulling it over…….
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