Book Love Blog Hop

I've agreed to do a rare blog hop because it's about books, and because the lovely Cathy Ballou Mealey asked. :)

The idea is the brainchild of Carrie Finison and it's to highlight books that you think deserve more recognition than they're getting. Participants are to:
"Post reviews for the books you chose on Amazon/social media. The reviews can be brief - even a short review on Amazon helps. Posting on Goodreads or Shelfari is great, too, or Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, etc." and link back to Carrie's blog.

I would like to highlight four of my favorite books:
Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams - the rather depressing topic of species going extinct is covered by Adams in his characteristic droll British style
The Cosmic Code by Heinz Pagels - a very well written book for the lay person on quantum physics; my only beef is that there are virtually no equations in it
Half Magic by Edward Eager - Eager was inspired by the tales of E. Nesbit to write tales that are equally magical and fun for the upper elementary set. I find his writing more accessible than Nesbit's
The Chrysalids by John Wyndham - not nearly as well-known as Day of the Trifid by Wyndham, this book is a memorable post-apocalyptic story that has a hopeful ending

I want to point out here something that some of you may not realize, which is that a 5-star rating on Amazon is equivalent to a 4-star rating on Goodreads.

If you'd like to play along, please let me know as I'd like to check out your choices. Also, if you're not already friends with me on Goodreads, please friend me! I like to see what others are reading. I think my moniker is "writer64" there.

Have a great week!

"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be." ~ Douglas Adams

Just a little "Yes!" and an annoucement

According to Wikipedia's entry on The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe, I have the original UK paperback  cover version!  See?

The three bookmarks are there because ds#1 was presenting it to his Teen Book Club and marked passages he wanted to share.  That's my boy!  ;)

And this is my odd segue into announcing that changes are a-coming.  I want to revamp this blog to something that is a bit cleaner, hopefully drastically reducing the clutter on the side.  More importantly, because I have my official blog to talk about my "official" pursuits, I'll make this a blog that only covers topics related to homesteading pursuits and other house and home things, such as baking.  So, I may, sadly, have to eliminate my Douglas Adams references.  Although, occasionally, I might just type titles of his books for no particular reason.

Last Chance to See.

Like that!

Consider it my literary Tourette's of the Adams sort.

As well, because my sister will be arriving soon for a long awaited visit, I won't be blogging for a while.  I'll try and read my fav blogs every so often, but I won't be a stalker.  I can see some of you breathing sighs of relief at that.  ;)

Hope your weekend has been nice, and have a wonderful May!


"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be." ~ Douglas Adams