Category Archives: libraries

Get Lost:LibriVox/Project Gutenberg/Internet Archives

Posted on August 17, 2018 by

LibriVox is an organization dedicated to finding literary works which have fallen into public domain and making readings of them to share with the world. Volunteers do the recording. Works in the public domain are those whose copyrights (in U.S. … Continue reading →

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Guest:Author Michael Charton

Posted on July 27, 2018 by

Today we have a guest who is quite an interesting fellow. Michael Charton is a man of curiosity and imagination. If we lived next door, I am sure that none of us would get anything done, since Joe-the–Husband and I … Continue reading →

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A Library By Any Other Name…

Posted on July 13, 2018 by

What is a ‘library’? My grandson asked me to read a YA book, the first of a series. It started out not much to my taste, (unlike so many other he has chosen), but it picked up to be interesting … Continue reading →

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Everybody Should Read This Book

Posted on January 18, 2018 by

My Celebrity Spokespersons By Jeff Salter This is another example of a topic I’d originally suggested, but for which I no longer recall whether I had anything particular in mind. Indeed, as I’ve read the offerings of the Resident Foxes … Continue reading →

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Finding New Favorites

Posted on October 27, 2017 by

The question I proposed for this week was: What is an unusual way in which you have found books or authors? I think all of us know fellow writers and read their books, and their friends have friends who write, … Continue reading →

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