My Dewey Decimal Section

by CarolNo Comments
I saw this over at Life and Times of a "New" New Yorker and thought it was cute. I chose my favorite of the three sections it assigned me. Carol's Dewey Decimal Section: 052 Serials in English Class: 000 Computer Science, Information & General Works Contains: Encyclopedias, magazines, journals and books with quotations. What it says about you: You are very informative and up to date. You're working on living in the here and now, not the past. You go through a lot of changes. When you make a decision you can be very sure of yourself, maybe even stubborn, but your friends appreciate your honesty and resolve. Find your Dewey Decimal Section at Spacefem.com I'm not sure about the "up to date" part, but I do try to live in the present. There's no sense dwelling on things that have already happend. Just for the record, though, friends don't always appreciate honesty....
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The Turnaround by George Pelecanos

by Carol4 Comments
The Turnaround by George Pelecanos From the back: On a hot summer afternoon, three teenagers drive into an unfamiliar neighborhood—and six lives are changed forever. Thirty-five years after that harrowing day, one survivor reaches out to another, opening a door that could lead to salvation. But another survivor has a different plan, and seizes the moment to claim reparation in any form he can find. The Turnaround takes us on a journey from the rock-and-soul streets of the '70s to the changing neighborhoods of D.C. today, from diners and auto garages to the inside of Walter Reed Army Medical Center. It is a novel at whose heart is an emotionally charged story of fathers and sons, wives and husbands, loss, victory, and violent redemption. My thoughts: The racially-fueled crime happens early in the book, during the 70's. The story picks up again with the teenagers now adults, some with kids of their own. Pelecanos does a wonderful  job of showing how "the incident" affected all their lives...
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Musing Mondays

by Carol3 Comments
Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about blog comments How do you respond to the comments on your blog? Do you try to email individually or comment on post yourself answering the comments above? What do you think is the best way to respond to comments and do you respond to all of them? Do you feel slighted if you don't receive a response back from the blog owner? (question courtesy of Jenn) The truth is, I'm not good at comments, leaving them or responding to them, but I'm going to work on it. I, personally, don't expect responses to any comments I leave, at least in general.  I know that's really not much of an answer, so I'll be interested in reading other responses. If you want to join in, head over to Just One More Page....
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Mailbox Monday

by Carol10 Comments
Mailbox Monday is hosted by Marcia at The Printed Page. I'm still excited every time there's a package waiting for me when I get home. Here's what arrived at my house this week.   Coyote Horizon by Allen Steele, which I won at Fantasy & Sci-Fi Lovin' News and Reviews Spiced: A Pastry Chef's True Stories of Trials by Fire, After-Hours Exploits, andWhat Really Goes on in the Kitchen by Dalia Jurgensen One Deadly Sin by Annie Solomon Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs by Molly Harper (Thanks, Amberkatze!) Angels of Destruction by Keith Donohue Enemies & Allies by Kevin J. Anderson Moonlight on the Magic Flute (Magic Tree House #41) by Mary Pope Osborne (The Easter Bunny brought it for Amber, but we'll read it together starting tonight.) Have you read any of them?...
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Game Night- Race for the Galaxy

by Carol2 Comments
Race for the Galaxy Designed by Thomas Lehman Description: The players all compete to explore the galaxy by exploring new worlds and developing new technologies. Each turn each player chooses one action, but the others will share in the actions chosen. In the end, the player with the most points is the winner! My thoughts: We played this game three times last Saturday, but, for the record, we probably should have quit after the second. It's a blast, just three games is too many. Exploring or conquering new planets, producing and selling goods and purchasing developments all get you victiory points. The player with the most points at the end wins. This games takes a little while to get a hang of, but after you know how the basics work, there are a wide variety of strategies to win. You can play the military strategy and just take over as many planets as possible, and, hopefully, pick up a development that gets you extra points. You...
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