Tag: Books
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Book Fact: Her Wrist Was so Tired
Tolstoy’s handwriting was notoriously difficult to read, making his manuscript a tangled mess of drafts. Sofia Tolstaya undertook the laborious task of rewriting the manuscript by hand, turning his chaotic scribbles into a readable text.. She completed the full, seven-time-hand-copied manuscript before Tolstoy considered it ready for publication. This demanding work often took place late…
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Book Fact: Chess is Fun
And I don’t know how to play chess. Book fact #7 there are over 20,000 books written about chess. Love & Light, Lori
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Book Fact: Children are better than Books
Book Fact #5 Roosevelt read an average of one book per day. Here are President Roosevelts rules for reading. 1. “The room for choice is so limitless that to my mind it seems absurd to try to make catalogues which shall be supposed to appeal to all the best thinkers. This is why I have…
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New Blog Series: Book Facts
Hello friend, I’m going to start a new series today called Book Facts. This will be a series of random facts about a book, reading, writing, libraries, or any other interesting book related subject. I plan to post every day. However life happens. If I miss a day, don’t hold it against me. I will…
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Audiobooks are Real Books
What do you listen to while you work? I listen to audiobooks when I am working on something mundane. Audiobooks are my go to when driving and doing housework. Don’t let anyone shame you for the format you choose to read or the content you enjoy to read! Love & Light, Lori
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Release Announcement
Available for purchase July 1 2025 Music of the BonesSome songs aren’t heard with the ears—they echo in the soul. Johan never asked to be a hero. A former dockhand with a haunted past, he only wanted to survive. But when he’s thrown into the company of a quiet paladin, a runaway sorcerer, and a…
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It’s been awhile
I know you’re probably thinking, “I haven’t seen a post from those O’Garas in a bit.” Life has a way of distracting and taking over. We have been avoiding the chaos of media in general. It’s depressing. What we have been doing is writing. Music of the Bones (Necromancer’s Song Book 2) is in the…
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Sh*t Cassandra Saw by Gwen E Kirby
Incase you want to read my bookcase right along with me, I am starting way out of my comfort zone with Shit Cassandra Saw. I don’t even remember how I acquired this book. Maybe it was the cover. Here we go.
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Today is my Day!
Today is my birthday! As tradition, I make a resolution to myself. Last year I decided to take a social media fast for a year. The year of no social media was not easy at first. It got easy fairly quickly. I spent significantly less time scrolling. I allowed myself to go directly to my…
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It’s Almost Time
Every year on my birthday in March I make a resolution to myself. Last year I decided to take a social media fast for a year. I’ll tell you about that later. For this year I’m considering only reading books from our home library. That would mean an entire year of not buying new books,…
Brendan & Lori O'Gara 