Monday, July 13, 2015

Monday Malarkey - Oops, she did it again

The old "went into a bookstore and didn't come out empty-handed" problem has repeated itself after only a week. We returned to Oxford to help out our youngest son a bit more, you see. Seriously, Oxford is a dangerous place for a booklover. I also purchased a recent release after hearing someone gush about it, so the bookish atmosphere of a university town can't entirely be blamed for my weakness.



New arrivals, top to bottom:


  • Sinking of the Titanic: Eyewitness Accounts, ed. by Jay Henry Mowbray
  • A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain by Robert Olen Butler (the fellow at Off-Square Books was extremely enthusiastic about this volume of short stories)
  • The Rest is Jungle by Mario Benedetti
  • Yesterday's Weather by Anne Enright
  • The Flying Circus by Susan Crandall


Posts since last week's malarkey:




Books finished last week:


  • Brutal Youth by Anthony Breznican - A reread and the only book I finished. I liked it even better the second time. 


Currently reading:


  • All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (for F2F discussion)
  • Dear Mrs. Roosevelt: Letters from Children of the Great Depression, ed. by Robert Cohen - This one made my heart hurt; I put it aside after one night's reading and will maybe take the next readings in smaller pieces.


In other news:

You might have noticed I changed my template. I'm still working on it. I'd like to change the header but I'm not certain what exactly I want in a fresh header, so I'm giving that some thought. I've also spent a little time streamlining the sidebar (aka, deleting superfluous stickers and links -- I'll keep removing items till I'm satisfied). The decision to update was a spur-of-the-moment thing, although I've been tired of the hummingbird template for a while. What do you think of it, so far?


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4 comments:

  1. I'm not sure about the header. The photo is too dark for the tagline to be read clearly, but I like that you're cleaning up the sidebar. When I had a blog design similar to this, I tried to limit my sidebar to about 10 widgets and also no blogroll. That's what worked for me, but then again I'm a minimalist at heart.

    I didn't comment before, but I like that you're doing a Neverwhere readalong. I might join although I've read it before. It was one of my favorite of Gaiman's.

    Oh, the font, I'd make the font a bit larger too. I use as a minimum 16 point. It might also be that I'm getting older.

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    1. Yes, the header text should be easily altered but at the time I just decided, "OK, I'm going with this one and I'll fine-tune it, later." I'm not sure how to go about altering the text size but I would definitely like to do that. I have one eye that is going wonky (and my eyes are getting older, anyway) and I just can't seem to get anything to the point that I can comfortably read it without a little eye strain at the end of the day. Maybe time to visit the eye doctor.

      Excellent! I would love it if you join in on the readalong! I should climb a ladder and see if I can find my copy, come to think of it. I'm glad to hear Neverwhere is a favorite of yours. I'm iffy about Gaiman. I've loved several of his books but a couple fell completely flat for me.

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  2. It's too true. My husband suggested I just go window shopping at the bookstore. I'm still laughing and he doesn't know why.
    I like the new look.

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    1. Haha, window shopping for books. *snort* As if.

      Thanks! I'm still fine-tuning things and pondering that header. :)

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