Well, I'm off to bed everyone. I hope you all have a wonderful night and lots of sweet dreams. I look forward to catching up with the babbling in the morning. Good night.
That looks very good! I could use what little flour I have left to make these! Thanks! I also found a recipe on youtube for cream cheese pancakes. They look wonderful!!! I think it has just 3 ingredients.
Came across these low carb (7g) vegan / paleo / gluten free cookies: http://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-the...ppen-to-be-paleo-vegan-and-gluten-free-230608 It has just 4 ingredients, including almond flour.
So exhaustedI was at work from just after 6am until 4pm. I'm starting my transition to a new position in a different department this week. I spent an hour moving my desk stuff to my new desk. Supposedly that was to have been arranged for me but packing boxes never showed upIt took two trips to cart my stuff up. Then I had to cram everything into my one little cabinet. Old desk had a little cabinet plus a roomy overhead cabinet. Then it was a rush to get the morning stuff done so we could go to a training. The afternoon wasn't too bad. I still have to clean out my locker but since I'm still working in my old position a few days next week, I'll clean it out then.
Personally, I think the Harry Potter books grow with Harry: the first one is written at the age group he was when it started, and he grew during the course of the book. Since his character didn't "reset" (I've read a lot of authors that use that mechanism to keep a book within a certain genre), he grew as the books got further along. I think you're right, the later books are more intended for adults than children, because he's more of an adult in them. However, I'd like to point to Robert Asprin, whose Myth-adventure series, which is printed with perfect cover art--because the author was in collusion in the cover artist.
Pull won't do it. Connie Willis has won more major awards, in every category, than any other S.F. author in history, yet when the first edition of Doomsday Book came out the cover picture showed Kivrin (the heroine) in a full, lightweight blue Disney princess type dress, apparently made of silk. This was a book about time travel to a small village. Kivrin was supposed to be a peasant, and was wearing blue homespun, not silk. (She also had trouble in the book because her dress was too blue, but that's a separate issue). It looked like the cover for a romance novel, not a novel about the black death. Connie complained to the publisher, who simply didn't get her point. After all, the artist got the color right, didn't he?
The only author I can think of with that much pull is J.K. Rowling, because she counts as a money machine for her publisher, and if she gets mad she can go to any publisher she wants and they'll be overjoyed to have her. Then again, there's some question whether the Harry Potter books are intended for adults or children.
Margret
Agreed on this. I feel that people reading Harry Potter books now that they are all out should read them slowly. children especially should stick to reading just one a year from when they are around 9 or 10 on.
Personally, I think the Harry Potter books grow with Harry: the first one is written at the age group he was when it started, and he grew during the course of the book. Since his character didn't "reset" (I've read a lot of authors that use that mechanism to keep a book within a certain genre), he grew as the books got further along. I think you're right, the later books are more intended for adults than children, because he's more of an adult in them. However, I'd like to point to Robert Asprin, whose Myth-adventure series, which is printed with perfect cover art--because the author was in collusion in the cover artist.
Oh, yes. However, it is a difficult feat for an author to do. At least it's not like that one so-called "children's" books series that wasn't: A Series of Unfortunate Events. That whole series is sick, twisted, and should never have been where children could read it. Sorry--ranting. Some of those books do that to me.
Agreed on this. I feel that people reading Harry Potter books now that they are all out should read them slowly. children especially should stick to reading just one a year from when they are around 9 or 10 on.
Actually, I loved the Series of Unfortunate Events. Though reading it now, I do realize that it is not really a kids book. My favorite kids book is the Velveteen Rabbit. I also love The Lorax.
Oh, yes. However, it is a difficult feat for an author to do. At least it's not like that one so-called "children's" books series that wasn't: A Series of Unfortunate Events. That whole series is sick, twisted, and should never have been where children could read it. Sorry--ranting. Some of those books do that to me.
On a much (I hope) happier note, what was one of your favorite books as a child?
This is kinda fun! Just got back from being away from my boys for a week, they have been on my lap like glue!! Guess they missed me!!
Yep, that's the way it works. You get back and either they refuse to let you go to the bathroom on your own or they give you the stink eye and cold shoulder for having "deserted" them that way. Then they decide you can't go to the bathroom by yourself. It's a cat thing.
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Margret
My cats sit outside the bathroom door whenever I shower. They meow at the door like they're worrying about me.Oh yes, I need company in the bathroom... [emoji]128576[/emoji]
I was in high school when they first came out, and I wouldn't have known about them at all if it hadn't been for my Early Childhood Education homework: we had read one children's book a week and write a report on the story of the book, the quality of the artistry of the book, and if we would recommend it to a classroom along with why or why not we'd recommend it. A Series of Unfortunate Events was on the list--and from a high schooler's perspective I was horrified. The only other place I've seen themes like that in fiction is in the twisted stuff of V.C. Andrews (and at least those are marketed for adults!). Part of my problem with the series now is that I could, quite literally, get no one to understand how awful the books were and the kinds of ideas they could foster in children. Even my teacher refused to read the book, saying that I was overreacting (I tried to get it banned in the elementary schools of my scholastic district--not all schools (the books were well written); just elementary schools. I really, really did not believe children should read them.)
Actually, I loved the Series of Unfortunate Events. Though reading it now, I do realize that it is not really a kids book. My favorite kids book is the Velveteen Rabbit. I also love The Lorax.
Check out https://librivox.org/. It's a companion site to Project Gutenberg (http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page), which is an attempt to put all public domain books into readily accessible electronic format. Project Gutenberg has some audiobooks available, but Project LibriVox is all audiobooks. It is, in fact, an attempt to make all Project Gutenberg books available as audiobooks. They do this with varying amounts of success; there was one book I read by A. A. Milne, with each chapter read by a different person, that had one reader who invariably pronounced the author's last name as "Mill-knee," which was excessively annoying, but they almost always have more than one version. The really good ones are done like radio dramas, with voice actors for all the characters.
Lately, I have been listening to audiobooks. I listened to Les Miserables and also Phantom of the Opera. I really love this!
My cats are cuddling in between me and my fiance. They love being under the covers. Weirdos.
This is what I'm thinking about doing. There would be so much paperwork and complication out of the way if I could get married before the wedding. Also the person were using to perform the ceremony is a friend who hasn't ever done something like this before, so I feel like it would be a good plan not to worry him with paperwork.
@NewYork1303 In answer to your wedding question: I didn't (as I never married) but someone I know did. They had a registrar's legal wedding which only a few relatives and close friends knew about and then several months later they had a big party with additional marriage vows and 'hand binding'.
My favourite childhood book was The Wombles, closely followed by 5 Children and It. I loved the illustrations as much as the stories. I loved poetry too, esp silly stuff by Edward Lear (who wrote The Owl and The Pussycat).