Ann Y.

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Free ebooks and reader software for Read an Ebook Week 2011

Ann Y. posted an article on - Mar 6, 2011, 12:49 am
Photo from UMPCPortal via Flickr If you got an ereader for Christmas (or bought yourself one just because), you can’t miss Read an Ebook week. And if you don’t have an ereader, then you might be able to win one from some of the giveaways going on this week. Even if you don’t have an ereader, ...
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Mini-Reviews: Beading Books

Ann Y. posted an article on - Feb 17, 2011, 12:22 pm
I came across a beading community over on LiveJournal, and remembered my box of craft supplies gathering dust in the corner. The box with about 50 vials of seed beads in it, a beading board, and various beading accoutrements. Oh. I used to do crafts? Cue obsessive sifting through the library catalo...
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The Exile by Diana Gabaldon (Review)

Ann Y. posted an article on - Feb 11, 2011, 12:06 pm
(WordPress published this post before I was finished editing it. Oh well. Now some of you know what my drafts look like. Sigh.) I have read all of Gabaldon’s Outlander series, so I put The Exile: An Outlander Graphic Novel on hold at the library. It came in a couple days ago and to be honest? Meh...
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January Bead Journal

Ann Y. posted an article on - Feb 10, 2011, 11:00 am
One of this year’s projects is to do a bead journal every month. It’s loosely based on The Bead Journal Project (I missed registration so I’m not an official participant). Basically, you choose a format/size and make a bead project of that type every month, for a year. Why am I telling you th...
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Cookbook Project Week #2 & #3

Ann Y. posted an article on - Feb 9, 2011, 12:39 pm
Somehow last week got away from me so I’m smooshing two weeks together. Next week it’s Sambuca truffles, echte (real) Black Forest cake, vanilla ice cream, and stuff for dinner (probably). Also, I once again neglected to take pictures. Baby steps. The recipes came from The Moosewood Restaurant ...
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Cookbook Project Week #1

Ann Y. posted an article on - Jan 24, 2011, 11:02 am
In case anyone missed it, this project is to work through my cookbooks and try the recipes I haven’t tried yet. If the recipes are available online, I link to them. If the recipe is one passed on through family, I’ll post the recipe. If the recipe comes from a cookbook, I won’t publish the rec...
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We have a little bunny standing guard …

Ann Y. posted an article on - Jan 23, 2011, 5:19 pm
Since the weather has warmed up these last few days, we’ve started opening the blinds in the front room to let in the sun. Much to our surprise, when we opened the blinds yesterday there was a bunny hanging out on the snowbank in front of our main window. Today, he was back again and has been sit...
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The Cookbook Project

Ann Y. posted an article on - Jan 19, 2011, 4:30 pm
Every year around this time, I promise myself that I will make an effort to systematically go through my cookbooks trying recipes instead of continually cooking the same few recipes that I’ve tried by poking through the books and seeing what appeals to me. I have cookbooks that I haven’t even tr...
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Dear Mother Nature: Message Received (You Can Stop Now)

Ann Y. posted an article on - Jan 18, 2011, 8:43 pm
Dear Mother Nature, I know snow is part of the seasonal cycle here in Canada. And I know that living in a Prairie province that we’re going to get a fair dump of it every winter. I’m okay with that. I really am. There’s even some good uses for snow. It’s not all bad. But do you think you co...
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Free ebook: Wishcraft

Ann Y. posted an article on - Aug 1, 2010, 12:21 pm
We were discussing business plans on one of the freelancing email lists that I’m on and talk turned to life plans. Someone mentioned Wishcraft as being a book that they found really useful and reread every few years. Despite the cheesy name, I decided to check it out since it is now a free downlo...
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Free Ebook: The Painted Darkness by Brian James Freeman

Ann Y. posted an article on - Jul 6, 2010, 11:39 am
It’s been ages since I’ve posted a link to a free ebook (mostly because I don’t have time to go looking for them anymore), but I did find this one as I was perusing the Early Reviewers list over at LibraryThing. Apparently you can download The Painted Darkness by Brian James Freeman in ebook ...
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Wanna see my desk? Sure you do.

Ann Y. posted an article on - Apr 21, 2010, 11:18 am
If you’ve been to the Kittling Books blog, you’ll know that every Wednesday Cathy features the desk of a book blogger. After months of procrastination and thinking that I’d one day have a clean desk, I sent Cathy a picture of my desk the way it is. Those who’ve ever seen my desk will wonder...
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The Big Picture by Kevin Coupe and Michael Sansolo (Review)

Ann Y. posted an article on - Apr 19, 2010, 12:08 pm
One-line review Movies are used to illustrate various business lessons, which makes the lessons easier to learn for those of us whose eyes glaze over when faced with learning business concepts. What drew me to the book I work for myself online–much of it related to writing, editing, and web sit...
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Dexter by Design: A Novel by Jeff Lindsay (Review)

Ann Y. posted an article on - Mar 22, 2010, 1:57 pm
One-line review Lindsay takes a chance by breaking the covenant with the reader that Dexter is a “good monster”; the result doesn’t really work and leaves me wondering if I should continue reading the series. What drew me to the book Once I start reading a series, I continue until it no lon...
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Selling book reviews on Amazon.com?

Ann Y. posted an article on - Mar 17, 2010, 1:55 pm
This was supposed to be a book review, but I was distracted by something that is, to me, completely incomprehensible. I’m hoping someone will be able to make sense of it for me. I went to Amazon to get the book cover for the review I was writing and while searching for the paperback release date, ...
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Quick Fixes for Business Writing by Jim Taylor (Review)

Ann Y. posted an article on - Mar 16, 2010, 12:23 pm
One-line review An indispensable book on editing for the layperson that applies to more than just business editing–the cover does not do the content justice. What drew me to the book Jim Taylor, the author of Quick Fixes for Business Writing, was giving a workshop on his eight step editing pro...
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