At 5/7/25 05:02 AM, TurtleWaffle wrote:I finally read a book its called My Face For The World To See by Alfred Hayes. I got this at the library because it was only 120 pages but it still took me like 50 days to read it (I could only renew the book once, and once that due date came I literallly had to wait for the staff to restock the book before I could borrow it again lol.) Yeah I am not a fast reader. It was a pretty good book although I am a little dumb so I probably missed a lot of meaning and stuff. The caracters were well written though and the writing kinda reminded me of the great gatsby a little bit, so if you like that book check this one out :P
I remember those days; except I would always ask the library if it would be possible to recheck out after it got checked back in (if there's no waiting list). Speaking of such, I barely got thru my checkouts by the due date (which was 10min ago - digital).
12) The History of PC Gaming by Josh Gregory
Not what I was expecting, but an interesting read nonetheless.
13) PC Gaming: Beginner's Guide by Josh Gregory
Reads like the Building a Gaming PC book. Though it covers some aspect of playing games, majority of the focus is on building a PC.
14) Stardew Valley: Beginner's Guide by Josh Gregory
A nice change of pace compared to the PC Gaming and History of PC Games books. The author gives a short and to the point introduction of the game Stardew Valley. It was compiled together by a single person and improved upon using feedback from the community. It's like a simulation game of sorts but different from some of the ones most of us are familiar with (Farmville, the Sims Social, etc).
Last of the books by Josh Gregory that I had set aside.
15) The Mütter Museum by Anna Dhody
While being familiar with the Mütter Museum myself thanks to episodes of Mysteries at the Museum and documentaries, I was pleasantly surprised with the presentation. Still not sure why there's no filters for adult non-fiction books on Hoopla but a lot of juvenile titles surface in the search results.
Any way, I got the book out of curiosity since not all kid friendly versions of certain topics convert well. The book is done in the way of a tour by a young assistant who happens to be a young child. He explains the museum's history and purpose, along with introduces the readers to some of the specimens on display.
Despite the juvenile category, the vocabulary and information provided is advanced. As an added bonus, the writer gives readers additional information on the specimens featured in the book. In addition to this, they introduce one of their latest additions named Carol Orzel of whom requested to be donated to help further research and study on her FOP [fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva] condition - similar to Harry Eastlack one of the other skeletons on display at the museum.
Worth the read and well worth the rabbit hole you're likely to dive into to do additional research.
16) Not What I Was Expecting - Lump Post
Bonsai for Beginners by Naoki Shizen, Succulent Gardening by Jacob Wells, The Crochet Crowd by Michael Sellick and Food for Life by Laila Ali. I'm lumping them all under one because it was difficult to get through the books. The cook book wasn't typical for day to day (mainly the recipes aren't something I can prepare at any given moment).
The bonsai and succulent books were informative but it felt like some information was missing or they were targeting a specific group of readers (certainly not the beginner gardener as some of their titles suggest). The Crochet Crowd book threw me off a bit.
I was expecting something specific for the crochet hobby; like tips and tricks. While there are some crochet patterns, there's not much that grabbed my attention in regards to this book. Which in itself is disappointing especially considering my experience with the Crochet Crowd doing the impossible and creating a walk thru video for a nightmarish vest pattern that was wrongly tagged as beginner friendly.
17) Mosasaurus by Grace Hansen
You would think I would have learned my lesson by now; however, in my defense, there was no clear indicator on the description page. This is a juvenile category book where I some how checked out the Spanish (language) edition of the book. Fortunately, my rusty lessons of French and Spanish came back enough for me to go through the book.
As explained by the book and my nephew while looking at the Dr Pepper can, Mosasaurus is not a dinosaur. They're a marine reptile. And despite being an aquatic creature, it breathed air (much like whales and dolphins, to name a few). It lived during the Cretaceous Period, its range was the North Atlantic Ocean.
Fossils have been found in parts of North America, Africa, Japan, France and Nederlands. Oy! Thank goodness for pictures.
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Had to do some research about Hoopla Digital to understand how it works in terms of book searches. Majority of the books I look for outside of the hobby and crafting categories have turned up a lot of books from the juvenile sections. There are no filters, outside of the book description page, that allows you to narrow your search.
Though, even if there were, the selection of books isn't there. I have three more Hoopla books to go before I switch over to the back burner books from...a while ago.
