I read 5 books again this month. This seems to be my norm now that I read slower and take at least a day between books. Here is my month. 1. My Best Friend’s Exorcisim by Grady Hendrix Abby and Gretchen have been best friends since fifth grade. Everything is great until one night Gretchen … More Tater’s August 2022 in Books
The ALA Youth Media Awards were announced this morning. Below are the winners from a combination of my poor note-taking and the ALA website. I am only listing the winner for most awards. I do have the honor books for the Printz, Newbery, and Caldecott. I will give my thoughts on any books I have … More ALA Youth Media Awards 2022 Announced
I just watched the presentation of the ALA Youth Media Awards. I had a pen and notebook and jotted down the titles even though I knew I would be able to get the list online as soon as it was over. Sometimes I’m very old. I focused on the books for teens, because back before … More ALA Youth Media Awards
The “new normal” means that I am not getting many new movies from the library. There’s no new network TV season. I don’t have as many books checked out because my days in the library don’t lend themselves to browsing the shelves. I don’t like to have to think to find my entertainment. Movies – … More My Week in Books, Movies, and TV 9/18/20
It is 9/11, a day that no one will ever forget. I wrote about my memory of the day before so today I will still do my regular recap of what I watched and read this week. Maybe 9/11 will remind people that we can come together in times of trouble instead of what we … More My Week in Books, Movies, and TV 9/11/20
Here we are. The end of another week. Only 10 hours until my sweet freedom of the weekend. Here is my recap of what I’ve watched and read this week. Movies – We watched several movies this week as we did not find a new show that we all loved enough to watch every night after … More My Week in Book, Movies, and TV 6/19/20
Happy New Year Tater readers! I’m back with my yearly look at my reading. I was a bit down this year. It is the first time in a while that I have not reached my goal of 100 books read. There are several reasons for this: better TV, too much assigned reading, mental state, etc. … More My Year in Reading 2019
The Youth Media Awards were announced this week. The book Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly won the Newbery Award. I saw one person on Facebook comment that the one review of the book mentioned that the r word is used a lot in the book. I don’t know what review that was, but I … More A Short Rant
This is the year I finally got lazy and stopped keeping my written list of the books I read. I might try to go back to it this year. You never know when Goodreads might disappear. All of the stats are from Goodreads. My top book are the ones I gave five stars and then … More My Year in Reading 2017
I know that is a groundbreaking title there. Anyway, this post a personal illustration of connecting with book characters because they are like me. Before anyone else can point it out – yes, I am a white guy. yes, I am white, heterosexual male. yes, there are many books about people like me. This post … More We Need Diverse Books
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