Category: Books
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How to build a reading habit in 30 days
Today’s expression: « l’habit ne fait pas le moine » Signification : les apparences peuvent être trompeuses ; il faut s’abstenir de ne juger les gens qu’à leur apparence Exemple : « Certains pensaient que le nouveau professeur serait sévère à cause de son apparence stricte, mais l’habit ne fait pas le moine : il s’est avéré…
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E-Readers
Amuse-bouche: At a Costume Party Host: What are you? Me: A harp. Host: Your costume’s too small to be a harp. Me: Are you calling me a lyre? Today’s Wonderful Word: “concatenation.” Definition: a series of interconnected or interdependent things or events. Etymology: First appearance between 1595 and 1605, from Latin. Original meaning was to…
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Read more, worry less.
Today’s quote: “Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.” – Winnie the Pooh The only worries related to reading are the “what”s and “how”s. What to read and how to read it. First for the “what.” There are too many good reads out there. The trouble can be in finding…
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Remember, remember the 5th of November
Amuse-bouche: “I’ll just tie this string on my finger so I don’t forget!” *two hours later* “What is this pesky string doing on my finger?” Today’s Wonderful Words: “lazy” and “lackadaisical.” Synonyms that start with the same letter. Remember, remember the 5th of November. November 5th is known in the UK as Guy Fawkes Night. It’s to…
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Bibliomaniac
Amuse-bouche: I get so stressed when my desk is cluttered. I’m grateful for modern science and all the ways to relieve stress, like with fidget spinners and stress balls, for example. However, I will say that I’m starting to get overwhelmed with all the stress balls and fidget spinners covering my desk. Today’s Wonderful Word:…
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The Phalanx Theory
Today’s expression: “It’s not rocket science.” Meaning: It’s simple; it’s not complicated; it’s easy to understand. “It’s not rocket science” can also be used sarcastically in the event that information actually is quite difficult to understand, or that a task is difficult to execute. Example: “Basketball is a simple game. All you do is put…
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Dumb luck
Today’s quote: “There’s a spider on your head April Fools.” I worked as a student technician during the summer of 2014. My colleagues and I were tasked with visiting all schools in our school district to clean out computers, take inventory, update hardware and software, test equipment, etc. We traveled via school van. Inside said…
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Top 10 Nonfiction Books I’ve Read
Amuse-bouche: Nobody eats here anymore because it’s too crowded. Today’s Wonderful Words: “valuable” and “invaluable.” “Valuable” and “invaluable” are synonyms. Without further ado, here are the top 10 nonfiction books I’ve read: Answer to Saturday’s riddle: The traveler asks the villager, “Which path leads to your village?” The traveler will choose to walk down the…
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We all have superpowers.
Amuse-bouche: How to use “and” 5 times in a row grammatically: A woman owned a store called “This And That.” She hired someone to make a sign for her store. When the sign was finished, the owner inspected the work. She discovered that the spacing was not to her liking, so she said, “The space…
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