Litsy

Dear Writer, Are You In Burnout? | Becca Syme

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I‘m not in burnout, nor am I concerned I may be approaching it. (How could I be when I‘m barely even writing?) (Don‘t answer that.) But a lot of this is familiar from the past two years going through cancer treatment. In fact, I read this while recovering from the latest (and hopefully last) surgery, hence the picture with my trusty recliner. I hope that if I ever do approach burnout, having read this book will help me recognize and deal with it.

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CoffeeK8

Building Your Book for Kindle | Kindle Direct Publishing

Here‘s my #readyourkindle for January!

mariaku21 What app are you using for this that has that spinner? 5d

CoffeeK8 @mariaku21 hey, I‘m not sure @CBee organizes this. She will know! (edited) 5d

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julieclair

Nonfiction Matters: Reading, Writing, and Research in Grades 3-8 | Stephanie Harvey

Happy New Year, fellow #MonthlyNonfiction readers! What will everyone be reading in January? And do you plan to go through the Dewey classifications in numerical order, or just jump around each month?

I‘ll be reading The Ride of Her Life, by Elizabeth Letts. (600‘s)

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Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I figure a new year is a good reason to read this one. I'll jump around as the mood strikes me.

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IriDas I will likely go in order because that‘s how my brain works. 😂 My first book is 002.09 HOUST The Book by Keith Houston. 1w

willaful I'm reading Floored, which is pretty interesting.

Floored: A Woman's Guide to Pelvic Floor Health at Every Age and Stage

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TheAromaofBooks The vast majority of my NF books are from the 600s, so this year I think I am mostly going to focus on that section. I could use as much landscaping and gardening advice as I can get here at our new house 😂 1w

TimEW @IriDas I‘m going through the DDC in order, as with you that is how my brain works. I have spent the last week looking for books. I used Open Library openlibrary.org for searching through books by the DDC numbers. What a treat that was. I looked through hundreds of books from 010 to 090 that they have listed on their web site, I had to stop and pick a book. Some of the books are offered as ebooks for borrowing or free download. 7d

TimEW So the book I picked for my January read is The Library Book. It is a compilation of library stories by various authors curated by Rebecca Gray. 7d

IriDas @TimEW Thanks for the info about the site. I don‘t think I‘ve used it to read a book before. Also, love your choice of book. Sounds interesting. 7d

TimEW @IriDas Your welcome. The OpenLibrary site is part of the Internet Archive. I think it was set up as just a lending library to stop copyright litigation. Along with Project Gutenberg it has become my go to place for books. 7d

TimEW @IriDas Just looked at a review of the book you picked and that sounds interesting to me. 7d

TimEW @TheAromaofBooks I‘ve also picked out a book from the 600s for month July called “A History of Garden Design”. Combining my love of history and my desire to create a nice garden. 7d

TheAromaofBooks @TimEW - That one sounds super interesting!! 6d

TimEW @julieclair I wanted to see what your #monthlynonfiction pick was about. I used Open Library and tried the locate function connected to the book. It sent me to search.worldcat.org and on the page for The Ride of Her Life, it listed all the libraries that had copies and retail outlets with prices and links. This is my escape, I have a new avenue to hunt down books. 🤓🎉🙏 P.S. The Ride of Her Life is going on my reading list. (edited) 6d

julieclair @TimEW I have never heard of Open Library before. Just checked it out. What a find! I can totally see myself spending lots of happy browsing time there. Thanks for sharing! 6d

KT1432 Finally decided on my January pick! I‘m going to do a George Washington biography to overlap with the #USPresidents challenge this month. I‘ll probably be bouncing around the Dewey decimal system each month. 4d

do-re-mi I'll be mostly reading from the Social Science, Natural Science and Applied Science categories, as that covers the majority of the NF books I own. 16h

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Dear Writer, You Need to Quit | Becca Syme

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Well, I feel like Becca Syme just crawled inside my head. And then shook me hard. Yes, from inside. She‘s just that good.

I just decided to do a Kobo Plus subscription for at least a couple of months, and most of her books are available there, so I‘m definitely going through them. (Actually, I just started a free trial and after seeing how many Syme and T. Kingfisher books are on it, I‘ve decided it‘s well worth paying for.)

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merelybookish

A Horse at Night: On Writing | Amina Cain

This slim reading/writing memoir was my favourite book of January!

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TheEllieMo This looks interesting, I‘ve not heard of it before! 2w

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Journalkeeping | Carl Koch

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