Check out this poem by my husband Rodd Whelpley that was just published.
heroinchic.weebly.com/blog/a-tangle-of-spirea-by-rodd-whelpley
You can read more about Rodd here: roddwhelpley.com
Lisa's By The Book Blog
I enjoy reading, scrapbooking, and cooking from recipes.
Tuesday, September 4, 2018
Sunday, December 31, 2017
My 2017 Year in Books
Thanks to GoodReads, I know my book stats: 78 books totaling 19,786 pages.
Check it out here: https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_in_books/2017
Check it out here: https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_in_books/2017
Friday, November 4, 2016

My rating: 4 of 5 stars
My master's degree is in leisure studies, so this graphic novel, about play and the way our brains work when doing games and puzzles, was fascinating to me. That's only part of this book -- the main topic is the development of Tetris, and the battle for the games' rights.
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Friday, October 21, 2016
Book Review: The Invoice

My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Kind of like Kafka. A quick read and interesting.
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Friday, October 14, 2016
Review: As Far as the Heart Can See: Stories to Illuminate the Soul

My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Thought-provoking short and very short essays/stories, with questions and meditation suggestions following each one.
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Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Review: Sewing in a Straight Line

My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This was a fun book of hip, cool projects that I can really imagine making.
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Wednesday, March 16, 2016

I really wish that when you mark something as "to read" that Goodreads had a field where I could add info about who recommended this book, or where I heard about it. I have no idea how I heard about this biography. I typically don't read biographies. Perhaps it's because I read media about the new musical "Empire" that premiered off-Broadway in January. Perhaps it was in an industry publication I read, since John Raskob did some very early and innovative fundraising in the first few decades of the 20th century. Or, maybe at one point Amazon offered it free on Kindle and I downloaded it. I don't know.
Through this book, you learn a lot about the US and how, even in 1901, there were so many systems not yet written into existence. John Raskob worked his way up and into extreme wealth, even withstanding the Great Depression. I think it's worth a read.
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