The Hall of Fire

Thank you Voronwë. I enjoyed reading it again.

Yes. It's not difficult. I plug the kindle into my laptop so I can open it like any external media, and copy the contents across to my backup.

Hunger, fried onions and mustard may have influenced me .

As well as postal votes, the Australian Electoral Commission opens a number of booths in each electorate for early or pre-polling, to allow electors who are unable to get to a voting booth on election day to vote in advance. Early voting usually opens two weeks before election day. The AEC also offe...

As well as postal votes, the Australian Electoral Commission opens a number of booths in each electorate for early or pre-polling, to allow electors who are unable to get to a voting booth on election day to vote in advance. Early voting usually opens two weeks before election day. The AEC also offe...

The Pirate Party joined with some other minority parties (Secular Party, Science Party, Climate Justice Party and Vote Planet Party) to form the new FUSION party, which has a surprisingly rational, progressive platform.

My democracy sausage this morning was vegetarian, with fried onions and mustard.

An out of state address (my bff in Maryland) and the $50 fee, worth it for me because I pay more than twice that to Amazon annually for my kindle books.
I access via Libby.

I export my e-book library to an external hard disk. If ever a book is pulled, for whatever reason, I can still read it on my e-reader, having takwn the precautionary step of turning off wireless access. In other news, I am now an out of State member of the Brooklyn Public Library and can borrow e-b...

The Remains of the Day has become one of my more treasured novels.

'Huggles Inanna'

Perfect example of unconscious bias! We all have them, of course.

I read the Binti trilogy -it is indeed adolescent. I persevered through the three because I liked the writing and I was curious about the cultural perspective. I can't recall reading any other black African writers. I also read Noor - thanks for the recommendation Narya. I enjoyed the book though I ...

narya wrote: ↑Mon Mar 21, 2022 12:55 am I just finished "Noor" by Nnedi Okorafor and it was delicious! I highly recommend it.

Thank you. Downloaded and in my To Read kindle collection.

I recently (sometime in the last 2 years) reread a Wrinkle in Time and wish I had not. I had remembered it as a HUUUGE story (not a huge book - story) but as an adult it could not live up to that childhood memory. It's a good book, well-written, but lacks something for an adult reading. I read all t...

Lordle of the Rings
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I hope no one finds this apostasy.

I am very much enjoying the artwork you are sharing. Please don't vanish again!

Mr Putin sends shivers down my spine.

Oh, this is wonderful! I haven't been able to watch more than 10 mins of part one because we're currently camping on an unpowered site so battery power is precious, but I'll watch it all at home when we're back. Thanks for posting Alatar!