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alexiscartwheel) wrote2009-05-07 06:28 pm
alexiscartwheel) wrote2009-05-07 06:28 pm
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Sunny day, sweeping the clouds away...
Not really, though. It's raining here yet again. But...
Michelle Obama is going to be on Sesame Street. And she's totally right... who wouldn't be thrilled about it? It's Sesame Street! This just further convinces me that Michelle Obama is pretty awesome.
Another, um, interesting news story from yesterday's issue of the campus newspaper, The Diamondback. On the front page: Lot's of rain makes the grass grow! OH NOES!!! True story. There was a cartoon response today. Since I'm in the University Archives, we keep every issue and index them. The stellar journalism provides us with much amusement.
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And now, a reading meme from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
isiscaughey
Do you remember how you developed a love of reading?
Short answer: no. Long answer: My Grandma (who, incidentally thinks I read too much, to the detriment of my social skills) likes to tell this story about me when I was very little, like 2-3ish. Back in those days I spent a couple days a week at my grandparents house while my parents were at work, and Grandpa used to read me stories. When Grandpa got his knees replaced, we went to visit him in the hospital, and I sat on the bed next to him and insisted, "Read to me, Grandpa!"
What are some books you loved as a child?
Dr. Seuss books, the Go, Dog, Go audiobook (I used to make my mom read the book with the voices), Berenstain Bears, Chronicles of Narnia, Anne of Green Gables, Robert Munsch books, especially Jonathan Cleaned Up, Then He Heard a Sound, or, Raspberry Subway Jam, Kit Pearson books, Beverly Clearly books, fairy tales, Baby Sitters Club, American Girl books, Little House series (I was way in love with those books), Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (Marilyn fell in the toaster and she's burnt up dead!), The Phantom Tollbooth, Walk Two Moons, The Westing Game, The Sky is Falling, The Upstairs Room, I could go on... (The Canadian influence in this list is thanks to Oma, who encourage me to read too much.)
What is your favorite genre?
Fantasy, I guess, but really I like a bit of everything. I'm also partial to Y.A. Lit and 19th Century Brit Lit. And I read a ton of historical fiction in elementary/middle school.
Do you have a favorite book?
I can never decide how to answer this question. There are too many good books! I guess if I have to pick one, I'll go with Pride and Prejudice, with an honorable mention for The Sky is Falling, the most dog-eared of all the books I own. (I bought a new copy last year so I can reread with making it fall apart... again.)
Where do you usually read?
Anywhere. This year I learned to read standing up on the Metro, though I can't read and surf without falling down. I prefer a comfy chair or my bed.
When do you usually read?
At night, when I should already be asleep because I have to wake up at 6am. Until recently, on the Metro every morning and evening.
Do you usually have more than one book you are reading at a time?
Pretty much always if I count stuff I'm reading for school. I used to juggle a lot, but with novels I really do prefer to read straight. I'm terrible at finishing short story collections, though. I've got two in progress right now, which frustrates me, but still when I go to pick a new book, I'd rather start a new novel than return to the stories. (Because novels are better, okay? Short stories just aren't my form, I guess.)
Do you read non-fiction in a different way or place than you read fiction?
Well, most of the non-fiction I read right now is for class, which means it's usually journal articles. I don't like printing out thousands of pages of PDFs every semester, so I usually read those on my computer. If I'm reading nonfiction for pleasure (and there really are several of those on my reading lists from last year) there's no big difference, except that I'm more likely to interrupt a non-fiction book than a novel.
Do you buy most of the books you read, or borrow them, or check them out of the library?
Check them out at the library!
Do you keep most of the books you buy?
Yep. I mostly buy books that I've already read and want to read, or books by authors I already like.
If you have children, what are some of the favorite books you have shared with them?
No kids. I bought New Moon for my little sister, does that count? She doesn't read much, but really enjoyed Twilight.
What are you reading now?
Lady Knight by Tamora Pierce
Do you keep a To Be Read list?
Yes. When I'm working in a library I tend to have scraps of paper with lists of titles floating around everywhere. Better than when I was writing the list on my wrist, but, still, I'm trying to be more orderly these days. I've got a word .doc with my list sitting on my desktop (it's one of the only files that actually gets to live on the desktop) and a smaller list on Goodreads, which I mostly add to when I'm away from my own computer.
What’s next?
All the digital preservation articles I should have read earlier this semester...
What books would you like to reread?
Someday I might give Silas Marner another chance... I have my set of comfort reads that I read over and over again. Books from people on the favorite authors turn up there a lot, particular Pride and Prejudice (Austen), The Outlaws of Sherwood and The Blue Sword (McKinley), and the Immortals series (Pierce).
Who are your favorite authors?
A non-exhaustive list, in no particular order: Margaret Atwood, Jane Austen, C.S. Lewis, L.M. Montgomery, J.K. Rowling, Jasper Fforde, the Brontes, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Tamora Pierce, Robin McKinley, Madeleine L'Engle, Nick Hornby, Charles Dickens, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Amy Tan
Michelle Obama is going to be on Sesame Street. And she's totally right... who wouldn't be thrilled about it? It's Sesame Street! This just further convinces me that Michelle Obama is pretty awesome.
Another, um, interesting news story from yesterday's issue of the campus newspaper, The Diamondback. On the front page: Lot's of rain makes the grass grow! OH NOES!!! True story. There was a cartoon response today. Since I'm in the University Archives, we keep every issue and index them. The stellar journalism provides us with much amusement.
~~~
And now, a reading meme from
isiscaugheyDo you remember how you developed a love of reading?
Short answer: no. Long answer: My Grandma (who, incidentally thinks I read too much, to the detriment of my social skills) likes to tell this story about me when I was very little, like 2-3ish. Back in those days I spent a couple days a week at my grandparents house while my parents were at work, and Grandpa used to read me stories. When Grandpa got his knees replaced, we went to visit him in the hospital, and I sat on the bed next to him and insisted, "Read to me, Grandpa!"
What are some books you loved as a child?
Dr. Seuss books, the Go, Dog, Go audiobook (I used to make my mom read the book with the voices), Berenstain Bears, Chronicles of Narnia, Anne of Green Gables, Robert Munsch books, especially Jonathan Cleaned Up, Then He Heard a Sound, or, Raspberry Subway Jam, Kit Pearson books, Beverly Clearly books, fairy tales, Baby Sitters Club, American Girl books, Little House series (I was way in love with those books), Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (Marilyn fell in the toaster and she's burnt up dead!), The Phantom Tollbooth, Walk Two Moons, The Westing Game, The Sky is Falling, The Upstairs Room, I could go on... (The Canadian influence in this list is thanks to Oma, who encourage me to read too much.)
What is your favorite genre?
Fantasy, I guess, but really I like a bit of everything. I'm also partial to Y.A. Lit and 19th Century Brit Lit. And I read a ton of historical fiction in elementary/middle school.
Do you have a favorite book?
I can never decide how to answer this question. There are too many good books! I guess if I have to pick one, I'll go with Pride and Prejudice, with an honorable mention for The Sky is Falling, the most dog-eared of all the books I own. (I bought a new copy last year so I can reread with making it fall apart... again.)
Where do you usually read?
Anywhere. This year I learned to read standing up on the Metro, though I can't read and surf without falling down. I prefer a comfy chair or my bed.
When do you usually read?
At night, when I should already be asleep because I have to wake up at 6am. Until recently, on the Metro every morning and evening.
Do you usually have more than one book you are reading at a time?
Pretty much always if I count stuff I'm reading for school. I used to juggle a lot, but with novels I really do prefer to read straight. I'm terrible at finishing short story collections, though. I've got two in progress right now, which frustrates me, but still when I go to pick a new book, I'd rather start a new novel than return to the stories. (Because novels are better, okay? Short stories just aren't my form, I guess.)
Do you read non-fiction in a different way or place than you read fiction?
Well, most of the non-fiction I read right now is for class, which means it's usually journal articles. I don't like printing out thousands of pages of PDFs every semester, so I usually read those on my computer. If I'm reading nonfiction for pleasure (and there really are several of those on my reading lists from last year) there's no big difference, except that I'm more likely to interrupt a non-fiction book than a novel.
Do you buy most of the books you read, or borrow them, or check them out of the library?
Check them out at the library!
Do you keep most of the books you buy?
Yep. I mostly buy books that I've already read and want to read, or books by authors I already like.
If you have children, what are some of the favorite books you have shared with them?
No kids. I bought New Moon for my little sister, does that count? She doesn't read much, but really enjoyed Twilight.
What are you reading now?
Lady Knight by Tamora Pierce
Do you keep a To Be Read list?
Yes. When I'm working in a library I tend to have scraps of paper with lists of titles floating around everywhere. Better than when I was writing the list on my wrist, but, still, I'm trying to be more orderly these days. I've got a word .doc with my list sitting on my desktop (it's one of the only files that actually gets to live on the desktop) and a smaller list on Goodreads, which I mostly add to when I'm away from my own computer.
What’s next?
All the digital preservation articles I should have read earlier this semester...
What books would you like to reread?
Someday I might give Silas Marner another chance... I have my set of comfort reads that I read over and over again. Books from people on the favorite authors turn up there a lot, particular Pride and Prejudice (Austen), The Outlaws of Sherwood and The Blue Sword (McKinley), and the Immortals series (Pierce).
Who are your favorite authors?
A non-exhaustive list, in no particular order: Margaret Atwood, Jane Austen, C.S. Lewis, L.M. Montgomery, J.K. Rowling, Jasper Fforde, the Brontes, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Tamora Pierce, Robin McKinley, Madeleine L'Engle, Nick Hornby, Charles Dickens, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Amy Tan
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I saw a lady in the parking lot of the grocery store wearing a t-shirt with the Sesame Street characters on it that said, "I grew up on the street." :D
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Great shirt! I grew up on the street as well. :D
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It's kind of funny that we're both reading Tamora Pierce books. I just finished her latest Beka Cooper one.
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I haven't read the latest Beka Cooper yet, but it's on my to-read list. I've been re-reading Protector of the Small since I needed something entertaining as a contrast to all the school stress in the last few weeks of the semester.
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Your answers on the reading meme made me nostalgic... I want to re-read the Little House on the Prairie books now!
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I haven't read them in a long time, but I was so into them for awhile. I read all the books and all these biographies, and I wanted to go to all the places she lived. We actually got to see Charles Ingalls homesteading agreement when we toured one of the conservation labs at the National Archives last month!
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Ahaha, thie meme reads so much like mine would it's hilarious.
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We just have shared good taste. :D
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And I feel like their are plenty of pathways on campus. It's a ten minute walk from my parking lot to work, and I don't have to walk through any fields. If my pants get wet, it's cause it's actually raining!