Tag Archives: reading

3 Year Anniversary

Posted on August 18, 2017 by Barb Knowles

No deep thoughts or reflections here.  I just want to thank you for taking the time to read my blog, and WordPress for giving me the platform in which to write my blog. I love writing, I love reading, and … Continue reading →

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Top 10 Reasons People Like Top 10 Lists

Posted on April 22, 2017 by Barb Knowles

Easy to read Easy to comment upon Easy to skip the uninteresting topics Easy to scan without being caught Easy to agree with Easy to disagree with Easy to enrage Easy to engage East to disengage Easy to rhyme  write … Continue reading →

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The Harry Potter Challenge/Reto Results

Posted on April 9, 2017 by Barb Knowles

I know you’ve all been waiting with bated breath for the winners of the English speakers cognate challenge. Here are the cognates that I found, but some are more obvious than others: bilingüe = bilingual no= no   lol that … Continue reading →

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Best Reasons To Work, Best Reasons to Retire

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Barb Knowles

I’m going to start with retirement first, because I see that in my distant future. Do you agree that we’ve all been conned since we were little?  What did we want to be when we were little?  Teenagers.  They stayed … Continue reading →

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Valentine Special – Worst Fictional Characters – Any Gender

Posted on February 14, 2017 by Barb Knowles

How cool of a Valentine special is this?!  I thought as an antidote to the chocolatey, mushy Valentine stuff, it would be fun to throw in an unsweet, unmushy topic. Let’s hear it for Worst Fictional Characters Ever!  For me, … Continue reading →

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Favorite Male Characters

Posted on February 13, 2017 by Barb Knowles

The other day we looked at favorite female characters, and my Goodreads list grew by leaps and bounds from your comments.  Hopefully, you all got some good suggestions from people posting here as well. Now it’s time for male characters. … Continue reading →

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Update And Nonfiction….A Twofer

Posted on February 6, 2017 by Barb Knowles

In my previous posts about books by diverse authors, List of Stories To Be Read…Part 1 and List of Stories To Be Read….Part 2, I asked for your opinions and recommendations.  Your ideas are awesome. In this post I’m going to tell you about … Continue reading →

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Things To Change

Posted on January 26, 2017 by Barb Knowles

I just read the latest from one of my favorite bloggers at The Zen Hiker.  He talks about the cool side of the pillow.  Except he says it better than that.  Immediately I thought about things I promised myself I would … Continue reading →

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Who’s Ted?

Posted on January 18, 2017 by Barb Knowles

If you search your memory banks back to yesterday, I laid claim to the fact that I think I have a lot of general knowledge. One thing about which I have almost zero knowledge is TED Talks. I had never … Continue reading →

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Do You Think You Know A Lot?

Posted on January 17, 2017 by Barb Knowles

That’s a real question.  Do you think that you know a lot?  I think I know a lot.  Not a lot, a lot, but a lot.  Wait, what? I don’t mean I’m good at much, but I think my general … Continue reading →

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