Favorite books read by the Muser in
2019
A Wizard of Earthsea, #1 in the Earthsea series by Ursula
Le Guin (The magic of Earthsea is primal, the lessons are potent, wise and
necessary as anyone can dream - Neil Gaiman)
http://www.ursulakleguin.com/Index-Earthsea.html
Big Sister by Gunnar Staalesen (Book 20 in the Private Investigator Varg
Veum series deals with family dynamics and the dark web in this thriller full
of twists.)
Life of Pi by Yann Martel (Student Piscine
Molitor Patel suffers slurs over his name, and changes Piscine to Pi, writing
on the blackboard π=3.14,
drawing a large circle--then sliced in two--evoking a basic lesson in
geometry.)
One More Thing by B.J. Novak (64 deadpan, sly, funny stories)
The Riddle of the Labyrinth, The
Quest to Crack an Ancient Code by Margalit Fox (linguistic
mysteries recounted) Read online at https://serchisbook.com/the-riddle-of-the-labyrinth-by-margalit-fox.html)
The Library Book by Susan Orlean (On April 29,
1986, fire raged for seven hours and thirty-eight minutes in the Los Angeles
Central Library; more than one million books were burned or damaged.)
Cosmicomics
by Italo Calvino (twelve short, offbeat
science-fiction tales) See Rushdie On Calvino's
Absurd, Charming Masterpiece at https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93376041
The Devil's Tickets:
A Night of Bridge, a Fatal Hand, and a New American Age by Gary M. Pomerantz
(Contract bridge explodes in popularity and is sometimes accompanied by
secret signals, self-promotion and violence.)
The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story by Douglas Preston An
expedition team uses lidar (light detection and ranging technology) trying to find
a legendary lost city in the uncharted wilderness of Honduras in the world's
thickest jungle.
The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb, a novel by Melanie Benjamin about the tiny
entertainer who toured before, during, and after the Civil War
Hope Never Dies,
mystery by Andrew Shaffer Zany
adventures and misadventures of post-White house team of Barack and Joe
Hotel
on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
by Jamie Ford, a love story about two
12-year-old friends, a Chinese boy and a Japanese girl, and the ethnic tensions
of the time and Japanese
internment during World War II.
Jamie Ford, born James
Ford (July 9, 1968), is an American author who gained notoriety with his debut
novel, "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet." He is ethnically half Chinese, and his first
two books focused on the Chinese-American experience and the city of
Seattle. Ford grew up in Seattle,
Washington. Although he no longer lives
in Seattle, the city has played an important role in both Ford's books.
Ford graduated from the Art Institute of Seattle in 1988 and worked as an art
director and as a creative director in advertising. Ford's great-grandfather immigrated from
Kaiping, China in 1865. His name was Min
Chung, but he changed it to William Ford when he was working in Tonopah,
Nevada. His great-grandmother, Loy Lee
Ford was the first Chinese woman to own property in Nevada. Ford's grandfather, George William Ford,
changed his name back to George Chung in order to gain more success as an
ethnic actor in Hollywood. https://www.thoughtco.com/jamie-ford-bio-361751
Best reviewed books of
2109 https://bookmarks.reviews/category/best-of-2019/
The Best
Reviewed Books of 2019: Graphic
Literature FEATURING GEORGE TAKEI, SETH, CHRIS WARE, LYNDA BARRY, AND MORE https://bookmarks.reviews/the-best-reviewed-books-of-2019-graphic-literature/
Winter Salad of Red Leaves,
Mackerel and Orange is a song of red cabbage, red chicory,
blood oranges, purple carrots, beets, and generous bunches of fresh herbs and
sturdy winter greens. Tossed with a
crème fraîche-sherry vinegar dressing and studded with smoky fish, it is one
gorgeous and delicious plate. Serves
4 Catherine Phipps https://www.splendidtable.org/recipes/winter-salad-of-red-leaves-mackerel-and-orange
Questions: If you could live anywhere in the world,
where would you choose? What’s the best
present you have ever received? If you
could only eat five foods for the rest of your life, what would they be? Are you making New Year’s Resolution this
year? If you could eat at only one
restaurant your entire life, which one would it be? The Buzz Book, A Guide to the Very Best in
Northwest Ohio Winter 2019-2020
Best and Favorite Books of
2019 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/dec/01/best-books-2019-picked-by-years-best-writers
and https://best-books.publishersweekly.com/pw/best-books/2019
and
https://www.nytimes.com
› 2019/11/22 › books › review › best-books and https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/entertainment/books/best-books-of-2019/
and https://www.npr.org/2019/12/03/784376769/maureen-corrigans-favorite-books-of-2019-here-are-10-unputdownable-reads
and https://lithub.com/our-50-favorite-books-of-the-year/
December 2019 Thesaurus
Linguae Latinae (abbreviated as ThLL or TLL)
is a monumental dictionary of Latin founded on historical principles. It encompasses the Latin language from the
time of its origin to the time of Isidore of Seville (died
636). The project began in 1894 and it
was scheduled to be completed around the year 2050. The last fascicle of the P-volume appeared in
2010, and work is currently under way on both N and R. The institution that carries out the work of
the dictionary is located in Munich, in the Bavarian
Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
Library of the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thesaurus_Linguae_Latinae See also https://www.thesaurus.badw.de/en/project.html
If I have seen farther
than others, it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants. - Isaac
Newton, philosopher and mathematician (25 Dec 1642-1727)
Let me tell you the secret
that has led me to my goal. My strength
lies solely in my tenacity. - Louis Pasteur, chemist and bacteriologist (27 Dec
1822-1895)
Word of the Day golden touch (plural golden touches)
(idiomatic) Synonym of Midas touch (“the ability to achieve financial reward (or, more generally, success) easily and consistently”) quotations ▼
http://librariansmuse.blogspot.com Issue 2202
December 27, 2019
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