Sunday Salon: Currently in February

February 21, 2016 by Christina

Last weekend, I spent a couple of days up in Vermont visiting a friend of mine from college. The polar vortex and temperatures dropping to -35F with the wind chill forced us to largely cancel all our outdoor plans and stick to indoor activities — wine and chocolate samplings, visiting the Ben & Jerry’s factory, shopping at the local bookstores, and cuddling with my friend’s dog. (I so want a dog of my own now.) I also accompanied my friend and her […]

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Sunday Salon: Currently in November

November 8, 2015 by Christina

   Hello! It’s been a while, I know. Mainly thanks to the fact that the past four months were one of the worst reading slumps of my life. The ten or so books I did pick up were largely mediocre – neither bad enough nor fantastic enough to encourage me to post at length about them – and a horrific cough zapped my energy the entire month of October. Lots of television watching; lots of sleeping fourteen to sixteen hours […]

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Sunday Salon: Currently in May

May 24, 2015 by Christina

Visiting | Since Memorial Day weekend is the “unofficial start of summer”, I took public transportation to the beach and enjoyed an ice cream cone as I walked in the sand. The weatherman kept warning about crushing heat, but it ended up being a beautiful day so I came back home via the river stopping along the way to see the Memorial Day commemorative flags. We supposed to have similar weather tomorrow, which I’m sure will bully me into putting aside the remote […]

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Sunday Salon: Currently in April

April 5, 2015 by Christina

Celebrating | I spent much of yesterday celebrating my birthday with a trip to the library’s used book sale (more about that later), an exhibit at the art museum, a play, and dinner out with friends. With Friday being the start of Passover and today being Easter, only a two of my friends were available to celebrate with me, but we had a wonderful time together and I was reminded of how blessed I am to be surrounded by such […]

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Sunday Salon: Currently in March

March 1, 2015 by Christina

Wintering | New England was slammed by four terrible winter storms in three weeks so I’ve been “wintering” a lot – staying inside, drinking hot tea, working from home, and reading or watching television. Getting anywhere has been next to impossible thanks to an often closed public transit network, but I did manage to go cross-country skiing twice and snowshoeing once so all this snow hasn’t been a total loss. Visiting | The newly renovated second floor of my public […]

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Sunday Salon: Currently in November

November 16, 2014 by Christina

Participating | As I mentioned earlier this month, I’m participating in Nonfiction November hosted by Kim of Sophisticated Dorkiness, Leslie of Regular Rumination, Katie of Doing Dewey, and Rebecca of I’m Lost In Books. So far, I’ve been the expert on food politics, become the expert on Japanese internment during World War II, and reviewed three titles so far – I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, The Child Catchers by Kathryn Joyce, and As Texas Goes by […]

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Sunday Salon: Currently in September

September 14, 2014 by Christina

Recuperating | I was hit by a car door while riding my bike a little over two weeks ago and was pinballed into another car before coming to a stop. I was very fortunate in that I did not break a bone nor did I hit my head, but I spent all night in the ER waiting to be seen and received several lacerations and two very large contusions that made it difficult to walk, sit, or stand. I also […]

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Sunday Salon: Currently

June 15, 2014 by Christina

Borrowing | I’m borrowing the format I’ve seen Kim of Sophisticated Dorkiness and Vasilly of 1330v to write my first Sunday Salon post in over a year and a half. Yikes! Has it really been that long? Updating | After walking at graduation this past May, I planned to move home and finish my masters thesis in order to receive my degree in August. A week after moving home, I received a job offer, which I accepted, and am now […]

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Sunday Salon: Stephanie Laurens

January 6, 2013 by Christina

I recently discovered Laurens’ Regency period romance novels in the public library at home. I read three of her novels in December and have read an additional four so far this month. I started with her Bastion Club series, but have since moved on to her Lester Family series and the Cynster series. So far, I appear to either really enjoy or think her books are just okay. There seems to be little middle ground for me. The four reviewed […]

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Sunday Salon: Fall Textbooks (Updated)

September 30, 2012 by Christina

Remember back at the beginning of the month when I shared my textbooks for this semester? Yeah. I ended up dropping one of the classes thus changing my assigned reading. Less gender, more economics. Rather than reiterate what I already shared, I thought I would highlight only those books that I missed last time. It’s a much smaller list this time around! Economic Analysis for Ecosystem-Based Management (Daniel S. Holland, James N. Sanchirico, Robert J. Johnston, and Deepak Joglekar) — […]

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Sunday Salon: Fall Textbooks

September 2, 2012 by Christina

It’s that time of year again where I share the books that have been assigned to me for my classes this semester. If the pile looks small, it’s because I’m reaching the end of my time as an undergraduate student and my classes are either incredibly theoretical or self-directed. In other words, I’m responsible for coming up with my own book lists like I’m doing with the Honors Project. I am also still missing three books — one has yet […]

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Sunday Salon: Summer’s End

August 26, 2012 by Christina

With classes starting tomorrow I must finally admit that summer is over. I’ve spent the last two weeks on campus trying to remain in denial about this fact, but a combination of on-campus job training and a rapidly filling inbox makes it obvious that summer vacation slipped through my fingers. My lovely time living in Seattle and my few weeks at home probably constituted my best summer on a personal, professional, and bookish level. I won’t go into all the […]

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