A new books and reading publication now open for your submissions — A while back I decided to create a publication for my articles about books as a way to separate those from the other random articles I write. When I created the publication I wasn’t sure I would ever ask for submissions from others. …

Hello, I’m Alan aka Tater, Nice to Meet You An Introduction to Me Updated 12/8/21 About Me I am a 52-year-old semi-retired/on sabbatical librarian. I left my job of 25 years one year ago this week because it was destroying my mental health. I am one of those writers who…

A look at my week in life, viewing, and reading — I can’t believe it is already December, This year has flown by. We need to get busy watching our regular Christmas shows and movies. Now, on to the week in review. As expected, I did not watch a movie this week. I did finish one book. It helps when you…

Short reviews of the books I read this month — When I first looked to see what I read this month, I was surprised to see that I only finished four books. Then I remembered I started the month reading a 600-page horror book I subbed more this month and had less reading time I read a thriller I thought…

My wife has been in “spring” cleaning mode for a few weeks. She has been going through the house cleaning, sorting, and organizing. Feeling guilty, I decided I should go through my very small collection of things to see what I could throw out. …

A look back at my week in life, viewing, and reading — I didn’t just watch a movie this week. I went to the theater to watch a movie. To balance things out, I did not finish a book this week. Life The school was closed all this week so I had a week off from sub calls. …

I stumbled on a thread on X last night where people were posting(what do we call it now that it isn’t tweeting?) the athletes who are terrible people. There were a few new ones. but people kept hitting on those old favorites of ‘Ray Lewis killed two people” and “Michael…

We are back to Saturday for the week in review post. It seems like this will be the norm, especially if I sub on Thursday. We did watch a movie this week, but I slept through so much of it I can’t say if it was good or not. …

I know that is a groundbreaking title there. Anyway, this post is a personal illustration of connecting with book characters because they are like me. Before anyone else can point it out — yes, I am a white guy. Yes, I am a white, heterosexual male. Yes, there are many…