habitually probing generalist

9780679410775 Pale fire Vladimir Nabokov; Knopf 1992 WorldCat•LibraryThing•Google Books•BookFinder This was the first book I started reading for my Two-Thirds Book Challenge, although it is the second one that I finished. I started reading this on 2 October and read the foreword and the poem itself within the first couple of days of starting. Then [...]

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This is the 2nd update to the Two-Thirds book Challenge. This time of year is always busy and for one of us facing a big move it is especially so. Thus, not many of us were able to finish reading and/or write up any of our books. Helen read Steve Martin’s An Object of Beauty. [...]

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This is the first book I have finished for My Two-Thirds Book Challenge. Sara picked this book up at the lovely Defunct Books in Iowa City. It is a nice used book store that sits atop The Red Avocado vegan restaurant. Two great places in such proximity! The Way It Is ; Graywolf Press 1999 [...]

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[Minor edit: 24 November 2011 to add links to Helen's posts at her blog.] Over two months ago, I dreamed up a reading challenge, My Two-Thirds Book Challenge, after finishing another over the previous year. The new one began on October 1st. So far, four people have joined me: 3 friends, E, Helen, and Jen, [...]

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Registration time is soon upon us at BCU. This time it will be for J-Term (January 3-20) and Spring semester. I am open to any feedback you might have but here is what I am considering for both. Descriptions, where provided, are from my discussion with the profs—trying to take notes while also being courteous [...]

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At the beginning of September I “finished” the 12 Books, 12 Months Challenge. While I did not actually read all of the books on my list it seems that I was not alone.  As I wrote in my followup post I think that this is perfectly fine. Continuing in that spirit, I have devised another [...]

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A year ago a friend of mine suggested a new kind of ‘book club.’ See my post here for the background. Many of us joined her, and her write-ups of, and links to, everyone’s reading can be found at her blog here. My reviews and my initial post can all be found here. Here’s my [...]

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Structures for organizing knowledge: exploring taxonomies, ontologies, and other schemas June Abbas; Neal-Schuman Publishers 2010 WorldCat•LibraryThing•Google Books•BookFinder [Full disclosure: I personally know and greatly respect the author of this text. I have met and talked with her at 5 conferences from 2006 to 2009 (4 ASIST Annuals and the 1st NASKO). I have seen her [...]

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The great American pin-up Charles G. Martignette, Louis K. Meisel; Barnes & Noble 2006 WorldCat•LibraryThing•Google Books•BookFinder I quite enjoyed this coffee table book, which left me wanting more. Certainly wanting more pinups and glamour art but also to see the other artworks, including commercial art, created by these talented artists. The book begins with some [...]

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Thought I’d post a little update regarding my plans for fall. First, a quick update on where I am currently. Update My hours at the BCU library were bumped up to 6 (from 5) hours/week so I could take on a weeding project of my own. I had already cataloged the backlog and current acquisitions [...]

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