Yeah, I Needed Another Project!

ByThe Bookworm 5 March 201729 March 2025

I took on this project because, well, you can never have enough of them, right?! Goodness! I still love it — I’m not giving up as I’ve been a bookworm since I learned to read.

Came across this literature map of the world today and just had to share it. It is definitely “brilliant!” 🙂

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Gilgamesh: A New Rendering in English Verse by David Ferry
ByThe Bookworm 18 December 201628 March 2025

I haven’t read any of the other translations of this book, but I will, so I can compare them. I really enjoyed this one, though. There’s also a great section with information about how David Ferry made decisions on how to deal with some of the translation issues. It’s a short book, a quick read,…

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Textkit
ByThe Bookworm 2 March 202529 March 2025

Update: March 2025 — Unfortunately, the site won’t load. When you hit the home page at Textkit.com it looks pretty sad. The site is obviously broken, the image and CSS files having been stored and linked from a rackspacecloud.com account which seems to have expired. The Facebook page is also pretty much dead. But if…

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8 Ways to Read (a Lot) More Books This Year
ByThe Bookworm 5 February 201729 March 2025

Neil Pasricha’s article in the Harvard Business Review has eight great suggestions on time management and organization: Centralize reading in your home, Make a public commitment, Find a few trusted lists, Change your mindset about quitting, Channel your reading dollars, Triple your churn rate, Read physical books, and Reapply the 10,000 steps rule. The article,…

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It’s Alive! It’s Alive!
ByThe Bookworm 23 February 202226 October 2026

What a great week! First, I heard from Professor Grote. And today, Jim Tirey, the brains behind Textkit!! You always hope when you find that things have not changed for the better that there’s a happy reason. What a relief to know that’s true in this case. Not only that, but Jim was able to…

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BookLikes
ByThe Bookworm 12 February 201729 March 2025

I’d like to be able to comment on my experience with BookLikes, but I can’t “get in” and, apparently, I’m not the only one. Better be paying attention when that verification code comes in. I obviously wasn’t! 🙂 It’s not unusual for sites to “move on” — Goodreads was sold to Amazon.com, and Shelfari, as…

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LibraryThing Android App
ByThe Bookworm 14 June 201726 October 2026

It’s been a long time coming, but LibraryThing has launched their app for Android. The iPhone app has been available for awhile, so it’s nice to see one for the rest of us. 🙂 I haven’t tried it out yet, but looking forward to it! Views: 695

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