IWSG and a Few Other Things

Posting first Wednesday of every month YOU can sign up HERE to find out more about the purpose of the Insecure Writer's Support Group, the brainchild of Alex Cavanaugh.

Let's give our co-hosts  a warm welcome!
 L.G. Keltner, Denise Covey, Sheri Larsen, J.Q. Rose, Chemist Ken, and Michelle Wallace! 

Man spreading. :)

In an effort to keep these posts short I will be sharing a quote. Today's quote is from:

Sherlock Homles whose birthday is today, born in 1854

“It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but that you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it.”

***

Today is also Pepe Le Pew's birthday, born in 1945. Happy Birthday to you both, who have made our world a more interesting place.

***

This is also Three Kings Day, The Epiphany, The Twelfth Day of Christmas, The Adoration of Magi. In Puerto Rico Three Kings Day is still celebrated. As a child my mother and her brothers put straw and water under their beds for the camels and when they woke in the morning found... presents! I still think this is the day we should be opening our gifts as it is the day Christ received his. 

***

Lastly...

I thought this would also be a good day to review the rather eclectic list of books I read last year

1.               A Chain of Evidence by Carolyn Wells

2.               The Railway Children by E. Nesbit

3.               Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs

4.               The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg

5.               The Magic City by E. Nebit

6.               Mysterious Traveler by Mall Peet

7.               Letters from Rifka by Karen Hesse

8.               Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson

9.               Woven by Michael Jensen

10.            The Great Time Lock Disaster by C. Lee McKenzie

11.            The Thing About Luck by Cynthia Kadohata

12.            Death Comes for the Archbiship by Willa Cather

13.            The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

14.            Connecting the Dots by Sharon Jennings

15.            The White Woman on the Green Bicycle by Monique Roffey

16.            Politically Correct Bedtime Stories by James Garner

17.            Once Upon a More Enlightened Time by James Garner

18.            In Darkness by Nick Lake

19.            Esperanza Rising by Pan Munoz Ryan

20.            Coraline by Neil Gaiman

21.            Replay by Sharon Creech

22.            The Wonder Clock or, Four and Twenty Marvelous Tales by Howard Pyle

23.            Living Beautifully with Uncertainty and Change by Pema Chodron

24.            Under the Wide and Starry Sky by Nancy Horan

25.            Native Tongue by Carl Hiaasen

26.            Healing Anger: The Power of Patience from a Buddhist Perspective by The XIV Dalai Lama

27.            Inner Revolution by Robert A. F. Thurman

28.            Natural Radiance by Lama Surya Das

29.            The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

30.            Shambhala by Chogyam Trungpa

31.            Awakening the Buddha Within by Lama Surya Das

32.            The Secret Files of Fairday Morrow by Jessica Haight

33.            Hot Pink in the City by Medeia Sharif

34.            After the Ecstasy, the Laundry by Jack Kornfield

35.            Questions from the City, Answers from the Forest by Ajahn Sumano Bhikkhu

36.            The Dhammapada by Eknath Easwaran

37.            A Work of Art by Melody Maysonet

38.            The Wisdom of Imperfection by Rob Preece

39.            The Heart Attack Sutra by Karl Brunnholzl

40.            The Last Continent by Terry Pratchett (currently reading.)

***

What's your favorite Sherlock story? What do you think of the quote? Are you a Pepe Le Pew Fan? What do you think about opening presents on the 6th of January instead of December 25th (extra shopping days!) Did you read any good books in 2015? Do share!