tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51694684766525039762024-03-18T23:18:10.029-04:00Little Thoughts About Books and StuffI'm a librarian who enjoys reading and sharing my thoughts about reading, writing, cooking, and life. Ameliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05251183515325373718noreply@blogger.comBlogger709125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169468476652503976.post-65808030332374798992023-01-30T10:19:00.003-05:002023-01-30T10:19:28.521-05:00Friend Recommendations - Interpreters of MaladiesInterpreter of Maladies
by Jhumpa Lahiri Summary: Navigating between the Indian traditions they've inherited and the baffling new world, the characters in Jhumpa Lahiri's elegant, touching stories seek love beyond the barriers of culture and generations. In "A Temporary Matter," published in The New Yorker, a young Indian-American couple faces the heartbreak of a stillborn birth while Ameliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05251183515325373718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169468476652503976.post-68058793778187384252023-01-20T14:10:00.004-05:002023-01-20T14:10:38.816-05:00January Library Book Club Selection - This Tender LandThis Tender Land by William Kent Krueger Summary: In the summer of 1932, on the banks of Minnesota's Gilead River, the Lincoln Indian Training School is a pitiless place where Native American children, forcibly separated from their parents, are sent to be educated. It is also home to Odie O’Banion, a lively orphan boy whose exploits constantly earn him the superintendent’s wrath. Odie Ameliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05251183515325373718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169468476652503976.post-66145641610392953132022-03-02T12:00:00.001-05:002022-03-02T12:00:00.213-05:00Book Challenge - Already on your bookshelfBringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore
My rating: 4 of 5 starsDate Finished: February 15, 2022Goodreads Summary: England, 1879. Annabelle Archer, the brilliant but destitute daughter of a country vicar, has earned herself a place among the first cohort of female students at the renowned University of Oxford. In return for her scholarship, she must support the rising women's suffrage Ameliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05251183515325373718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169468476652503976.post-89884297050208018772022-02-28T12:00:00.002-05:002022-02-28T12:00:00.215-05:00Book Challenge - Part of a seriesAbandoned in Death by J.D. Robb
My rating: 5 of 5 starsDate Finished: February 21, 2022Goodreads Summary: Homicide detective Eve Dallas must untangle a twisted family history while a hostage’s life hangs in the balance—in the new In Death novel by #1 New York Times bestselling J. D. Robb.
The woman’s body was found on a bench in a New York City playground. She was clean, her hair Ameliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05251183515325373718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169468476652503976.post-50609891466149502302022-02-18T12:00:00.001-05:002022-02-18T12:00:00.242-05:00Book Challenge 2022 - Set in the 1800sThe Heiress: The Revelations of Anne de Bourgh by Molly Greeley
My rating: 4 of 5 starsGoodreads Summary: As a fussy baby, Anne de Bourgh’s doctor prescribed laudanum to quiet her, and now the young woman must take the opium-heavy tincture every day. Growing up sheltered and confined, removed from sunshine and fresh air, the pale and overly slender Anne grew up with few companions except herAmeliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05251183515325373718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169468476652503976.post-81598327656796696542022-02-16T12:00:00.001-05:002022-02-16T12:00:00.214-05:00Book Riot Read Harder 2022 - Read a nonfiction YA comicRun: Book One by John Lewis
My rating: 5 of 5 starsGoodreads Summary: “In sharing my story, it is my hope that a new generation will be inspired by Run to actively participate in the democratic process and help build a more perfect Union here in America.” –Congressman John Lewis
The sequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling graphic novel series March—the continuation of the Ameliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05251183515325373718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169468476652503976.post-56242912747923586012022-02-14T12:00:00.001-05:002022-02-14T12:00:00.726-05:00Book Challenge 2022 - Set in a foreign countryAmsterdam by Ian McEwan
My rating: 2 of 5 starsGoodreads Summary: On a chilly February day, two old friends meet in the throng outside a crematorium to pay their last respects to Molly Lane. Both Clive Linley and Vernon Halliday had been Molly's lovers in the days before they reached their current eminence. Clive is Britain's most successful modern composer; Vernon is editor of the quality Ameliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05251183515325373718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169468476652503976.post-38888005147669057552022-01-16T14:41:00.003-05:002022-01-16T14:41:30.196-05:00Book Riot Read Harder 2022 - Read the book that's been on your TBR the longestTitle: Someday, Someday, MaybeAuthor: Lauren GrahamPublication Date: April 28, 2013Rating: 3 StarsReading Challenge: Book Riot Read Harder 2022 - Read the book that's been on your TBR the longestSynopsis: From Lauren Graham, the beloved star of Gilmore Girls and Parenthood, comes a witty, charming, and hilariously relatable debut novel about a struggling young Ameliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05251183515325373718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169468476652503976.post-6067242225156031402021-12-31T14:03:00.001-05:002022-01-02T14:07:02.176-05:00Flash Fiction Friday - Cemetery Photo copyright K.S. Brooks. Do not use without attribution.Indies Unlimited Flash Fiction ChallengeIt was the same thing every year. I trek out to a cemetery no one else I know is buried in to pay my respects to someone I didn’t even know on New Year’s Day because someone I love asked me to, which was all fine and good when she was alive, but she’s dead now too. Yet here IAmeliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05251183515325373718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169468476652503976.post-66637868319636167062021-10-04T09:55:00.004-04:002021-10-04T09:55:44.197-04:00It's Monday! What are you reading? - October 4 Okay so not much has changed from my last Monday post except that I finished one book. Currently Reading:The Girls in the Stilt House by Kelly MustianDate Started: September 8Goodreads Summary: Ada promised herself she would never go back to the Trace, to her hard life on the swamp and her harsh father. But now, after running away to Baton Rouge and briefly knowingAmeliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05251183515325373718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169468476652503976.post-6074565914460132582021-09-27T12:00:00.001-04:002021-09-27T12:00:00.204-04:005K Your Way for Libraries - Morning in the LibraryThis week I'm doing a 5K Your Way for Libraries to help raise money for EveryLibrary - You can donate by going to my page here - Amelia's Team Page for Lit ChicksI'm doing my 5K by writing 5 thousand words. I was going to do a 5k word short story, but it might end up being a series of flash fiction/short stories.Sunday, September 26 - Word Count: 807Morning in the LibraryIt started Ameliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05251183515325373718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169468476652503976.post-83299521604034060052021-09-24T12:00:00.001-04:002021-09-24T12:00:00.229-04:00Gotham Writers Workshop - Write in - Sept 17th So wasn't really thrilled with either thing I wrote last week, but at least I'm writing!Prompt: Dear MomDo you remember that pool party you and dad were hosting when you dove into the pool, fully clothed to rescue the doll I pitched into the deep end on a whim when I was three? I wanted to see if she could swim, you wanted to prevent a future meltdown when I no longer had her to cuddle to Ameliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05251183515325373718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169468476652503976.post-80879595447668569942021-09-22T12:00:00.001-04:002021-09-22T12:00:00.226-04:00In the Kitchen - Easy Garlic Bites So trying to get back into this blog journal thing I've got going. I always start strong at the start of the year and then mid way through I stop. But since the title includes and things, I thought I'd start to share some of the things I do in the kitchen. I recently started subscribed Persnickety Plates newsletter list and one of the first ones I got was for these Easy Garlic Ameliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05251183515325373718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169468476652503976.post-37143018791075378822021-09-20T12:00:00.001-04:002021-09-20T12:00:00.217-04:00It's Monday! What are you reading? - September 20 So I've started a number of books, and have yet to finish them if they haven't been an auido version. But I'm going to hunker down and finish all three of these physical books!
Currently Reading:
Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation by Anne Helen PetersenDate Started: August 25
Goodreads Summary:
Do you feel like your life is an endless to-do list? Ameliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05251183515325373718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169468476652503976.post-90133701360936347172021-09-17T12:00:00.001-04:002021-09-19T13:23:23.475-04:00Gotham Writers Workshop - Write in - Sept 10th I'm only sharing the one prompt today because I wanna work more with the other one and I'm not ready to share it yet.
Prompt: Only human
He kept humming the bars of a song. The earworm was stuck firmly implanted in his brain as he tried to work on a budget report, a memo about quarterly spending, and reformatting a spreadsheet his coworker had messed up. But what was the songAmeliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05251183515325373718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169468476652503976.post-57378715536163226832021-09-10T12:30:00.001-04:002021-09-19T13:24:24.922-04:00Gotham Writers Workshop - Write in - Aug 20th A few weeks ago I attended my first virtual write-in. We were given a prompt, some time to write, and then volunteers could read. The first prompt was: did I just say that out loudI freeze, did I just say that out loud? I ask myself as I notice the sound coming from my computer has stopped. I quickly looked down to the bottom of my screen to see if I was muted or not.&Ameliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05251183515325373718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169468476652503976.post-54653051644021131492021-08-20T09:45:00.009-04:002021-08-20T09:45:52.321-04:00Flash Fiction Friday - Magic Photo copyright K.S. Brooks. Do not use without attribution.Indies Unlimited Flash Fiction ChallengeThere is something special about watching the sunrise over the ocean. I have felt this way ever since I was a child, and my mother would wake us up early in the morning to make the one-hour drive to the shore. Barely awake, we’d trudge down the sand until we were close enoughAmeliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05251183515325373718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169468476652503976.post-48687911246465951252021-06-11T14:14:00.001-04:002021-06-11T14:14:00.220-04:00Flash Fiction FridayThe prompt was to pick captions from 2 pictures and then connect them. These are the captions I chose:The proposed warehouse on Kuser RoadThe decision to include these red-eyed bugs in ice cream was a “special” one for {Gabby} and business partner {Matt} (changed names)Here's what I wrote:The proposed warehouse on Kuser Road hit a roadblock last week when crews out to survey the site Ameliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05251183515325373718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169468476652503976.post-91635966935810682112021-05-28T14:15:00.001-04:002021-05-28T14:15:00.251-04:00Flash Fiction Friday - Deadwood Photo copyright K.S. Brooks. Do not use without attribution.Indies Unlimited Flash Fiction ChallengeI didn't get this entry finished and while I like what I've started here, I'm stuck so if you have any imput I'm open to hear it! * * *“I hate my job.” He took my hand as we walked down the wet sidewalk, just the sound of my heels and the occasional car that passed by. WeAmeliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05251183515325373718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169468476652503976.post-19910139055557639472021-05-14T12:03:00.001-04:002021-05-14T12:03:03.770-04:00Flash Fiction Friday I was IT support for the first meeting of the library system's virtual writers group. I listened for most of the meeting but decided to participate in the writing prompt. We had about 15 minutes to write.The prompt was to write something in the format of Joe Brainard's I Remember. The prompt had me remembering a poem I had to write for something a creative writing class and I Ameliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05251183515325373718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169468476652503976.post-81302985112846969762021-04-30T12:30:00.001-04:002021-04-30T12:30:00.314-04:00Flash Fiction Friday - Radio Photo copyright K.S. Brooks. Do not use without attribution.Indies Unlimited Flash Fiction ChallengeI submitted this one but didn't win. However, I had fun researching and writing this one!*****Our job was to burn the house down. We devised a plan—a grease fire in the kitchen. The fire would catch on the curtains and spread to the cabinet tops, where there were years of dust and Ameliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05251183515325373718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169468476652503976.post-42680083074683242392021-04-26T12:30:00.001-04:002021-04-26T12:30:00.212-04:00It's Monday! What are you reading? - April 26
Currently Reading:
Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia HibbertDate Started: April 25
Goodreads Summary:
Eve Brown is a certified hot mess. No matter how hard she strives to do right, her life always goes horribly wrong—so she’s given up trying. But when her personal brand of chaos ruins an expensive wedding (someone had to liberate those poor doves), her parents draw the line. It's Ameliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05251183515325373718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169468476652503976.post-74384091387871998372021-04-19T12:30:00.001-04:002021-04-19T12:30:00.221-04:00It's Monday! What are you reading? - April 19 Currently Reading:Browse: The World in Bookshops by Henry HitchingsDate Started: April 13Goodreads Summary: Edited and introduced by the writer and critic Henry Hitchings, these fearless, passionate, inquiring essays by award-winning international writers celebrate one of our most essential, but endangered, institutions: the bookshop. From Denmark to Egypt, from the USA to China, Ameliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05251183515325373718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169468476652503976.post-80295887372861088942021-04-05T11:47:00.002-04:002021-04-05T11:47:27.363-04:00It's Monday! What are you reading? - April 5
Currently Reading:
Reel History: The World According to the Movies by Alex von Tunzelmann
Date Started: April 1
Goodreads Summary:
From ancient Egypt to the Tudors to the Nazis, the film industry has often defined how we think of the past. But how much of what you see on the screen is true? And does it really matter if filmmakers just make it all up?
Picking her way through Ameliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05251183515325373718noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169468476652503976.post-68147811870154166142021-04-02T12:43:00.002-04:002021-04-02T12:43:01.162-04:00Flash Fiction Friday - FoundPhoto copyright K.S. Brooks. Do not use without attribution.Indies Unlimited Flash Fiction ChallengeThis one is from February, I never entered it, because I never finished writing it. Something just felt off and I couldn't get it edited and submitted in time. If you like alone time to just sit in nature and drink your tea don’t date a K-9 officer cause the moment he cannot find Ameliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05251183515325373718noreply@blogger.com0