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When I started reading this book, it felt familiar: A book by a man who was the son of a noble family on Okinawa who became a teacher and then brought karate to Japan proper. I thought Oh, crap, I just read this!. But it was Karate-dō Nyūmon by Funakoshi which I read for the […]
The 2024 Winter Reading Challenge has a category “Author of Different Race/Religion Than Your Own” because of course it does. To a librarian, the common library user around these parts only read Karen Kingsbury, James Patterson, and other white authors (probably Assemblies of God church members at that), so compelling patrons to read something else […]
I mentioned that I needed to find a Lil Tikes or the equivalent for our Trunk or Treat trunk this year. So as I was roaming the southwest part of Springfield on Friday, I saw a lot of signs for garage sales. So on Saturday morning, I bundled the youngest into the vehicle, and a-hunting […]
So, to sum up, here is what I have read this year: The Making of the Old Testament edited by Enid B. Mellor All Quiet on the Western Front Erich Maria Remarque Death in Dittmer James R. Wilder Blood Relatives Ed McBain Treasure in Hell’s Canyon Bill Gulick Karate-dō Nyūmon Gichin Funakoshi Generation B Music […]
Wow, has it only been a week since I was last at ABC Books? Oh, but what a week. Perhaps I will go into that later. But after a martial arts class and a shower, I turned my vehicle north again to ABC Books through some badly needed pouring rain to go to another book […]
On Saturday, after spending an hour in a parking lot helping my oldest master the basics of parallel parking, I had him drive me a half hour to ABC Books and a half hour back to help fill his log book before his driver’s license testing. Also, Mrs. E. had posted about a book signing. […]
As is my wont, I am cutting off my “annual reading” in this, the week after Christmas, and am starting anew the count. I won’t pick up anything too long this week since the 2026 Winter Reading Challenge starts in January. But I am picking out books and stacking them up for that time period, […]
As with Karate-dō: My Way of Life: When I started reading this book, it felt familiar: A book by a man who was the son of a noble family on Okinawa who became a teacher and then brought karate to Japan proper. I thought Oh, crap, I just read this! Actually, I kid; I “just […]
Well, gentle reader, in a little over a month, I read 14 books and listened to 1 to complete the 2024 Winter Reading Challenge: I read: Death in Dittmer All Quiet on the Western Front Blood Relatives Treasure in Hell’s Canyon Karate-dō Nyūmon Generation B Music & Melodies Sharpe’s Trafalgar Tales from the Missouri Tigers […]
I picked up this book last year during the 2023 Winter Reading Challenge, but it did not slot into any of those categories. This year, though, it could slot into either of two categories: Author of a Different Race/Religion Than Your Own (which I already filled with Karate-dō Nyūmon) or Featuring Music. So I have […]