The 26-Book 2017 Reading Challenge

I have such good friends. Carol, Life With Nin, kindly (or sadistically?) suggested another reading challenge for me to join in 2017. Hannah Braime has two reading challenges, a 26-book challenge and an ultimate 52-book challenge.  I’m going to take on the 26 book challenge, mainly because many of them will dovetail with the 100 Books … Read more

2016 Update – Part Three

It’s been quite some time since I posted any sort of update.  I’ll try to give some highlights from the past few months.  (Part One and Part Two were posted earlier in the week) October We replaced the downstairs toilet with a low-flow toilet. We had the house appraised, as part of the refinance process. … Read more

The Bestseller Code: Anatomy of the Blockbuster Novel

A couple of weeks ago, Roberta over at It’s A Mystery Blog shared with me a book that she had recently read, The Bestseller Code: Anatomy of the Blockbuster Novel, by Jodie Archer and Matthew L . Jockers.  The authors created a computer model to evaluate whether books would become bestsellers.  Doesn’t that sound intriguing?  … Read more