Author Archives: The Bookworm
The Brain-Attic
“I consider that a man’s brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. A food takes in all the lumber of every sort that he comes across, so … Continue reading
The Alternative: Your Family’s Guide to Wellness by Elena Upton, Ph.D.
This review was written for LibraryThing’s Early Reviewers. I received a copy of this book from the publisher to review. “The Alternative: Your Family’s Guide to Wellness” by Elena Upton Fifth Element Press (2019) 2nd Edition 3.5 / 5 “The … Continue reading
Make It Right by Ron Yates
This review was written for LibraryThing’s Early Reviewers. I received a copy of this book from the author to review. “Good fiction presents plausible problems. Chekhov maintained that the artist is not required to solve the problem but to correctly … Continue reading
It’s Alive! It’s Alive!
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 … Continue reading
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The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
I’m a little more than half-way through my first reading of this book and I’m so glad I didn’t read any of the reviews or the recommendations on my book sites before I started. The reviews confuse me, and I’ll … Continue reading
An Incomplete Education by Judy Jones and William Wilson
I wish I could remember where I picked this up. Might have been Hastings, but I get rid of their stickers as soon as possible because they put them in the most inconvenient places. Anyway, I haven’t finished the book … Continue reading
LibraryThing Anroid App
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, … Continue reading
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Yeah, I Needed Another Project!
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 … Continue reading
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A Comprehensive Guide to Wheelock’s Latin by Dale A. Grote
I have recently had the most wonderful email conversation with Professor Grote. He’s been so informative, friendly and approachable — which I guess you have to be if you’re going to be teaching Latin these days! He even answered my … Continue reading
BookLikes
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 … Continue reading
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8 Ways to Read (a Lot) More Books This Year
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, … Continue reading
Textkit
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 … Continue reading
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Study Guide to Wheelock’s Latin by Dale A. Grote
Digging around for my old Latin resources, I was relieved to find that the Study Guide to Wheelock’s Latin by Dale A. Grote was still freely available online. As we all know, however, when it comes to the InterWebs, too … Continue reading
How to Study Wheelock’s Latin
Why study Latin — or any language for that matter? For one, I’m lately finding several things I would like to read but have not been translated into English. Further, I’m becoming more cynical about translations in general — you … Continue reading
The Cornell Note-Taking System
The Cornell Note-Taking System isn’t for everyone, or for every book — it’s actually designed for lecture notes — but it is extremely useful in the right setting. I created this template several years ago for my son to use … Continue reading
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How to Read a Book by Mortimer J. Adler
A version of How to Read a Book by Mortimer J. Adler is available in PDF format from the Everglades High School website. Though not the same one I have in my library — this one is geared towards reading … Continue reading
Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Mystery by Eric Ives
While I liked the book, it was not an easy read. I think it could have benefited *greatly* from an editor. Keep in mind, too, that I am an American reading a book on English history. A Brit might not … Continue reading
LibraryThing
LibraryThing claims on their about page that it is “an online service to help people catalog their books easily.” There’s a lot more going on than that — so much so that you can get lost for hours just exploring … Continue reading
Homeschool Log
This log was created to conform to the Missouri homeschool regulations which require 1,000 hours of instruction during the school year, with at least 600 hours in the basics, which will be in reading, language arts, mathematics, social studies, and … Continue reading
Great Books of the Western World
The Great Books of the Western World is a series of books published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. The first edition of 54 volumes was published in 1952. A second edition was published in 1990 which contained 60 volumes.
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