It was a pretty standard week for me. I didn’t watch a movie, I finished one book, and I spent a lot of time trying to keep my DVR from getting so full it started deleting shows. That was made more complicated by the start of March Madness. Life Monday was my daughter’s birthday. We … More Tater’s Week in Review 3/18/23
I’m back to my non-movie ways. Mostly because I am trying to keep my DVR from filling up. I did finish one book this week. Life My wife has now been away for two weeks now. She is supposed to be home tomorrow. I guess I need to learn how to live like a civilized … More Tater’s Week in Review 3/11/23
I’m back to my normal “No movie” status this week. I did finish a book. Life I wrote about an interesting day at church on Sunday. They did a congregational survey that shows that 51% of the church and the pastor disagree with the direction the United Methodist Church is headed, but it is not … More Tater’s Week in Review 3/4/23
I only managed to read three books last month. This is because I was reading an 800-page book that is taking me too long to read. I took a break from that one to read the other two books for my book clubs. One of those was audio. I am hoping to finish the 800 … More My February 2023 in Books
It was a banner week for me. I actually watched a movie and I finished two books. Now I will settle back into my no movie/one book life. Life My son has been staying with us off and on due to flood damage at his condo. His cats have been here full-time since the damage. … More Tater’s Week in Review 2/25/23
I didn’t watch a movie or finish a book this week. That’s two weeks in a row, I need to change that. More on the book thing below. Life It was my birthday week but was not much more exciting than any other week. We did go to Red Robin for our free birthday burgers … More Tater’s Week in Review 2/18/23
This will be a brief review this week. There is not much happening here. I didn’t watch a movie. I didn’t finish a book. It was a slow week. Life I’m still in limbo with the substitute teacher application. I think it’s time to move on and apply to other schools. My birthday freebies are … More Tater’s Week in Review 2/11/23
Welcome to another Saturday edition of my week in review. Life My application to sub at a local private school is moving along. After receiving my resume the school asked me to complete an application with more questions. They have now informed me my resume has been passed along to the upper school principal and … More Tater’s Week in Review 2/4/23
I can’t believe we are at the end of the month already. I finished 6 books in January. I almost made it to 7 but i still have 30 or so pages left in my current book. 1.Fairy Tale by Stephen King When Charlie Reade stops to help Howard Bowditch, a local recluse, it begins … More My January 2023 in Books
The ALA Youth Media Awards were announced this morning. As always, I watched the announcement and took notes. I focused on books for teens as that was my specialty when I was in libraries. I will only list the winners for all but the three major awards (Printz, Caldecott, Newbery). I will list all ten … More The 2023 ALA Youth Media Awards Announced
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