41. "Guerilla Learning" by Grace Llewellyn and Amy Silver. 40. "Don't Burn This Book" by Dave Rubin. 39. "The Madness of Crowds" by Douglas Murray. 38. "The Case of the Gypsy Good-bye" by Nancy Springer. 37. The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline" by Nancy Springer. 36. "The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan" by Nancy Springer. 35. "The Case of the Bizarre Bouquet" by Nancy Springer. 34. "The Case of the Left-Handed Lady" by Nancy Springer. 33. "Stuff Matters" by Mark Miodownik. Audible Book. 32. "Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World" by Sy Montgomery. Audible Book. 31. "Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism" by Barry M Prizant. Audible Book. 30. "A Long Walk to Water" by Linda Sue Park. 29. "The Kidnapped Prince: The Life of Olaudah Equiano" by Olaudah Equiano, adapted by Ann Cameron. 28. "Journey to Jo'Burg" by Beverley Naidoo. 27. "United States of Socialism" by Dinesh D'Souza. 26. "For the Love of Europe" by Rick Steves. 25. "Animal Farm" by George Orwell. Audible book. 24. "The Case of the Missing Marquess" by Nancy Springer. 23. "Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisen" by J.K Rowling. Audible book. 22. "Blackout" by Candace Owens. 21. "An Excellent Mystery" by Ellis Peters. Audible book. 20. "The Pilgrim of Hate" by Ellis Peters. Audible book. 19. "Dead Man's Ransom" by Ellis Peters. Audible book. 18. "4:50 from Paddington" by Agatha Christie. Audible book. 17. "Man in the Brown Suit" by Agatha Christie. Audible book. 16. "The Mysterious Mr. Quin" by Agatha Christie. Audible book. 15. "I Will Repay" by Baroness Orczy. Audible book. 14. "Dead Man's Ranson" by Ellis Peters. Audible book. 13. "The Scarlet Pimpernel" by Baroness Orczy. Audible book. 12. "The Devil's Novice" by Ellis Peters. Audible book. 11. "The Sanctuary Sparrow" by Ellis Peters. Audible book. 10. "The Virgin in the Ice" by Ellis Peters. Audible book. 9. "Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?" by Caitlin Doughty. 8. "Law and Disorder: The Legendary Profiler's Relentless Pursuit of Justice" by John Doublas and Mark Olshaker. Audible book. 7. "The Leper of St. Giles" by Ellis Peters. Audible book. 6. "The Cases That Haunt Us" by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker. Audible book. 5. "From Here to Eternity: Travelling the World to Find the Good Death" by Caitlin Doughty. 4. "Not a Day Care: The Devastating Consequences of Abandoning Truth" by Dr. Everett Piper. Audible book. 3. "The Innocence of Father Brown" by G.K. Chesterton. Audible book. 2. "St. Peter's Fair" by Ellis Peters. Audible book. 1. "The Mysterious Mr. Quin: A Harley Quin Collection" by Agatha Christie. Audible book.

Whoopsie! It looks like it's been two months since I posted books. I got to read the second Enola Holmes book when my "hold" turn finally came up, and the others were just on the shelf. The last one was slightly unsatisfactory, as it seemed sort of abrupt. 38. "The Case of the Gypsy Good-bye" by Nancy Springer. 37. The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline" by Nancy Springer. 36. "The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan" by Nancy Springer. 35. "The Case of the Bizarre Bouquet" by Nancy Springer. 34. "The Case of the Left-Handed Lady" by Nancy Springer. 33. "Stuff Matters" by Mark Miodownik. Audible Book. 32. "Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World" by Sy Montgomery. Audible Book. 31. "Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism" by Barry M Prizant. Audible Book. I really liked the idea that it's important to ask why individuals on the spectrum do what they do, rather than just viewing their behavior as undesirable behavior that needs to be fixed. 30. "A Long Walk to Water" by Linda Sue Park. I've read it myself, and we are half through as a read aloud for our Africa study. 29. "The Kidnapped Prince: The Life of Olaudah Equiano" by Olaudah Equiano, adapted by Ann Cameron. I've only read this to myself so far, but it's in our queue. 28. "Journey to Jo'Burg" by Beverley Naidoo. A little short for our list, but I did read it twice: once to myself and once aloud to the kids, since we are studying Africa right now. 27. "United States of Socialism" by Dinesh D'Souza. 26. "For the Love of Europe" by Rick Steves. 25. "Animal Farm" by George Orwell. Audible book. 24. "The Case of the Missing Marquess" by Nancy Springer. 23. "Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisen" by J.K Rowling. Audible book. 22. "Blackout" by Candace Owens. 21. "An Excellent Mystery" by Ellis Peters. Audible book. 20. "The Pilgrim of Hate" by Ellis Peters. Audible book. 19. "Dead Man's Ransom" by Ellis Peters. Audible book. 18. "4:50 from Paddington" by Agatha Christie. Audible book. 17. "Man in the Brown Suit" by Agatha Christie. Audible book. 16. "The Mysterious Mr. Quin" by Agatha Christie. Audible book. 15. "I Will Repay" by Baroness Orczy. Audible book. 14. "Dead Man's Ranson" by Ellis Peters. Audible book. 13. "The Scarlet Pimpernel" by Baroness Orczy. Audible book. 12. "The Devil's Novice" by Ellis Peters. Audible book. 11. "The Sanctuary Sparrow" by Ellis Peters. Audible book. 10. "The Virgin in the Ice" by Ellis Peters. Audible book. 9. "Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?" by Caitlin Doughty. 8. "Law and Disorder: The Legendary Profiler's Relentless Pursuit of Justice" by John Doublas and Mark Olshaker. Audible book. 7. "The Leper of St. Giles" by Ellis Peters. Audible book. 6. "The Cases That Haunt Us" by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker. Audible book. 5. "From Here to Eternity: Travelling the World to Find the Good Death" by Caitlin Doughty. 4. "Not a Day Care: The Devastating Consequences of Abandoning Truth" by Dr. Everett Piper. Audible book. 3. "The Innocence of Father Brown" by G.K. Chesterton. Audible book. 2. "St. Peter's Fair" by Ellis Peters. Audible book. 1. "The Mysterious Mr. Quin: A Harley Quin Collection" by Agatha Christie. Audible book.

Unfortunately, that seems to just steer back around to the same bot I can't get through.

The WTM is the biggest community I'm part of, so I thought I'd ask. I got hacked, and FB disabled my account "for my security," but not before the hacker changed my email, password, etc. Now I can't get past the FB help bot to fix it, because it wants to send the authentication to the email that's not mine. I need a real person! Grrr!

I've started a lot of books since I last posted, but didn't finish many. So many books back to the library half read! 26. "For the Love of Europe" by Rick Steves. I read the actual, physical book this year, so I could enjoy the pictures. 25. "Animal Farm" by George Orwell. Audible book. We did "1984" in AP English back in the day, but I never got around to Animal Farm until now. 24. "The Case of the Missing Marquess" by Nancy Springer. 23. "Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisen" by J.K Rowling. Audible book. 22. "Blackout" by Candace Owens. 21. "An Excellent Mystery" by Ellis Peters. Audible book. 20. "The Pilgrim of Hate" by Ellis Peters. Audible book. 19. "Dead Man's Ransom" by Ellis Peters. Audible book. 18. "4:50 from Paddington" by Agatha Christie. Audible book. 17. "Man in the Brown Suit" by Agatha Christie. Audible book. 16. "The Mysterious Mr. Quin" by Agatha Christie. Audible book. 15. "I Will Repay" by Baroness Orczy. Audible book. 14. "Dead Man's Ranson" by Ellis Peters. Audible book. 13. "The Scarlet Pimpernel" by Baroness Orczy. Audible book. 12. "The Devil's Novice" by Ellis Peters. Audible book. 11. "The Sanctuary Sparrow" by Ellis Peters. Audible book. 10. "The Virgin in the Ice" by Ellis Peters. Audible book. 9. "Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?" by Caitlin Doughty. 8. "Law and Disorder: The Legendary Profiler's Relentless Pursuit of Justice" by John Doublas and Mark Olshaker. Audible book. 7. "The Leper of St. Giles" by Ellis Peters. Audible book. 6. "The Cases That Haunt Us" by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker. Audible book. 5. "From Here to Eternity: Travelling the World to Find the Good Death" by Caitlin Doughty. 4. "Not a Day Care: The Devastating Consequences of Abandoning Truth" by Dr. Everett Piper. Audible book. 3. "The Innocence of Father Brown" by G.K. Chesterton. Audible book. 2. "St. Peter's Fair" by Ellis Peters. Audible book. 1. "The Mysterious Mr. Quin: A Harley Quin Collection" by Agatha Christie. Audible book.

Thanks, all! I'll pass them on to her.

All Knowing Hive, My niece is about to start Advance Life Support training, and is just finishing up a pre-course through the Red Cross. She says she had a hard time learning the material, "especially for ECG and arrhythmia." She's looking for something other than quizlet she can use to help her study. Any suggestions? Thanks.

Missed posting last week while I babied my dying computer along to preserve my data until my new computer arrived. Everything seems to be safely transferred over, and I'm back in business. Let's see if I can find all my reads and listens, two week's worth, probably not in correct order. Thanks to Audible, I've "read" more fiction this year than I have in years. 24. "The Case of the Missing Marquess" by Nancy Springer. I put a hold on this right after I saw the movie, and it finally came in. Hopefully the hold I just placed on the second book doesn't take as long. 23. "Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisen" by J.K Rowling. Audible book. Since the big genealogy project I'm working on is my German-Russian line, I figured it would be a good time to listen to this. Pleased to find my German is still good enough to follow the story. 22. "Blackout" by Candace Owens. She's very articulate, writes well, and provides lots of citations. I won't say anything more, since it's a political book. 21. "An Excellent Mystery" by Ellis Peters. Audible book. 20. "The Pilgrim of Hate" by Ellis Peters. Audible book. 19. "Dead Man's Ransom" by Ellis Peters. Audible book. 18. "4:50 from Paddington" by Agatha Christie. Audible book. 17. "Man in the Brown Suit" by Agatha Christie. Audible book. 16. "The Mysterious Mr. Quin" by Agatha Christie. Audible book. Not my favorite, but I think it was in part the reader. 15. "I Will Repay" by Baroness Orczy. Audible book. Considered a Scarlet Pimpernel book, but he only appeared minimally. 14. "Dead Man's Ranson" by Ellis Peters. Audible book. 13. "The Scarlet Pimpernel" by Baroness Orczy. Audible book. 12. "The Devil's Novice" by Ellis Peters. Audible book. 11. "The Sanctuary Sparrow" by Ellis Peters. Audible book. 10. "The Virgin in the Ice" by Ellis Peters. Audible book. 9. "Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?" by Caitlin Doughty. 8. "Law and Disorder: The Legendary Profiler's Relentless Pursuit of Justice" by John Doublas and Mark Olshaker. Audible book. 7. "The Leper of St. Giles" by Ellis Peters. Audible book. 6. "The Cases That Haunt Us" by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker. Audible book. 5. "From Here to Eternity: Travelling the World to Find the Good Death" by Caitlin Doughty. 4. "Not a Day Care: The Devastating Consequences of Abandoning Truth" by Dr. Everett Piper. Audible book. 3. "The Innocence of Father Brown" by G.K. Chesterton. Audible book. 2. "St. Peter's Fair" by Ellis Peters. Audible book. 1. "The Mysterious Mr. Quin: A Harley Quin Collection" by Agatha Christie. Audible book.

He's not sure what he wants to major in. He used to always say Mechanical Engineering, but he's not crazy about math. (He does okay with it, but doesn't like it.) We thought he might get started with General Studies and see what catches his interest most.

For those who might have done both, if DS18 (2E) and I want to see if he's got the executive skills to handle college classes (we are looking at an online degree), would working through an open courseware class or two give us a realistic feel?

I didn't know there were so many! I read "El Dorado" years ago, and I'm just finishing "I will repay." I find it funny every time she describes her heroines as having "tiny" hands. Even though I am a short woman, I have to buy gloves in the men's department to get them to fit. But the mobs in the street don't sound as foreign as they did when I first read her books 25 years ago. This line from "I will repay" sounded a little too real: "One word from Déroulède now would have caused an open riot, and in those days of self defence against the mob was construed into enmity against the people."

More audio books this last week! 14. "Dead Man's Ranson" by Ellis Peters. Audible book. 13. "The Scarlet Pimpernel" by Baroness Orczy. Audible book. 12. "The Devil's Novice" by Ellis Peters. Audible book. 11. "The Sanctuary Sparrow" by Ellis Peters. Audible book. 10. "The Virgin in the Ice" by Ellis Peters. Audible book. 9. "Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?" by Caitlin Doughty. 8. "Law and Disorder: The Legendary Profiler's Relentless Pursuit of Justice" by John Doublas and Mark Olshaker. Audible book. 7. "The Leper of St. Giles" by Ellis Peters. Audible book. 6. "The Cases That Haunt Us" by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker. Audible book. 5. "From Here to Eternity: Travelling the World to Find the Good Death" by Caitlin Doughty. 4. "Not a Day Care: The Devastating Consequences of Abandoning Truth" by Dr. Everett Piper. Audible book. 3. "The Innocence of Father Brown" by G.K. Chesterton. Audible book. 2. "St. Peter's Fair" by Ellis Peters. Audible book. 1. "The Mysterious Mr. Quin: A Harley Quin Collection" by Agatha Christie. Audible book.

A few more for the week. I'm beginning to realize how many hours I spend on the computer -- doing genealogy mostly -- but now it's twice as productive! 10. "The Virgin in the Ice" by Ellis Peters. Audible book. This was the very first Cadfael book I ever read, years ago, the one that got me hooked! 9. "Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?" by Caitlin Doughty. Awesome questions and great answers! 8. "Law and Disorder: The Legendary Profiler's Relentless Pursuit of Justice" by John Doublas and Mark Olshaker. Audible book. These are mostly cases where they were able to prove the innocence of people already convicted. 7. "The Leper of St. Giles" by Ellis Peters. Audible book. 6. "The Cases That Haunt Us" by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker. Audible book. 5. "From Here to Eternity: Travelling the World to Find the Good Death" by Caitlin Doughty. 4. "Not a Day Care: The Devastating Consequences of Abandoning Truth" by Dr. Everett Piper. Audible book. 3. "The Innocence of Father Brown" by G.K. Chesterton. Audible book. 2. "St. Peter's Fair" by Ellis Peters. Audible book. 1. "The Mysterious Mr. Quin: A Harley Quin Collection" by Agatha Christie. Audible book.

I seem to be starting the year on a bit of a dark streak. Cathartic, maybe? 6. "The Cases That Haunt Us" by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker. Audible book. I think I read this in book form years ago. DH and I have been binge watching Criminal Minds, so it's cool to know they are at least using the correct terminology and basic concepts. 5. "From Here to Eternity: Travelling the World to Find the Good Death" by Caitlin Doughty. Fascinating! 4. "Not a Day Care: The Devastating Consequences of Abandoning Truth" by Dr. Everett Piper. Audible book. I assume his target audience is the parents of the students who attend his college? The last chapter is pretty specific to Wesleyanism, I thought. Otherwise, I thought he was spot on on many of the issues on campuses today, and his take is remarkably similar to Jonathan Haidt's "Coddling of the American Mind" from the other side of the political aisle. I've got a Junior and a Senior this year, and I'm beginning to wonder if college is the best option. 3. "The Innocence of Father Brown" by G.K. Chesterton. Audible book read by Frederick Davidson. 2. "St. Peter's Fair" by Ellis Peters. Audible book. 1. "The Mysterious Mr. Quin: A Harley Quin Collection" by Agatha Christie. Audible book.

Somehow, I didn't know about Audible's Plus catalog. Now that I do, I downloaded a whole bunch of cozy's to listen to while I sit at the computer doing a not very mentally challenging data entry project. I already have two for 2021: 2. "St. Peter's Fair" by Ellis Peters. Audible book read by Johanna Ward. Cadfael has always been my favorite fictional detective! 1. "The Mysterious Mr. Quin: A Harley Quin Collection" by Agatha Christie. Audible book read by Hugh Fraser. I found the narrator's voice made me a bit drowsy, but enjoyed the stories anyway.

I was just logging on to post almost the same thing! Something about the unusual circumstances of the year, I suppose, but I just have not had the focus to stick with a book all the way to the end. I haven't posted since June!!! And mostly because I didn't have much to post. But I have read or listened to a few others since June, so I'll add them. 38. "For the Love of Europe" by Rick Steves. I've listened to this while I I did a project on the computer and just finished it today. It has increased my wanderlust. 37. "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory" by Caitlin Doughty. DH and I have recently watched a bunch of her "Ask a Mortician" videos. I liked this. It would be unsettling to read if I'd recently lost someone, I think. DS18 has been fascinated with the coffin maker at our local, annual "Colonial Fest" since he was about six. A couple of years ago, he asked the guy if it's legal to use a wooden coffin, and it is in our state. So he got the guy's business card, and now he wants to know if he can get one for me when I die. (DS is on the spectrum, so he can think like that without being particularly morbid. He is just way more literal and practical than his peers.) I kept thinking about that as I read this book, because her underlying theme is how our modern society has distanced ourselves from our dead and handed all arrangements over to professionals. 36. "The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure" by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt. Very thought provoking. I think they are pretty correct in their assessment. I read about 2/3 of Jonathan Haidt's "The Righteous Mind," before turning it in very overdue and unfinished. 35. "The Tuttle Twins" by Connor Boyack. Not an adult book, but an 11 book children's series, and I just read all of them after our local library recently acquired them. What Boyack has done is to take adult books on economics or political theories and pull out a key theme, and then write a children's book on it. One is based on "Atlas Shrugged," for instance, and one is based on one of Ron Paul's books. I think we are going to read them as a family, with lots of discussion. I consider myself politically homeless, not quite buying into any one political stance, and Boyack is heavily Libertarian, but I think my kids are old enough to discuss pros and cons. 34. "I am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced" by Nujood Ali and Delphine Minoui. Read this all in one sitting, it was so compelling. 33. "The Brave Learner" by Julie Bogart. Lots of take-aways here. We are at a point in homeschooling where we need to repair some relationships and relax some expectations. 32. "Spook" by Mary Roach. 31. "The American Revolution (Guts & Glory)" by Ben Thompson. I'm going to read this one aloud to my kids! I really enjoyed it. 30. "Educated" by Tara Westover. 29. "Gulp" by Mary Roach. 28. "The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West" by Norma Baldwin Ricketts. 27. "Follow Me to Zion: Stories from the Willie Handcart Pioneers" by Andrew D. Olsen and Jolene S. Allphin (LDS). 26. "Sweetwater Rescue: The Willie and Martin Handcart Story" by Heidi Swinton and Lee Groberg (LDS). 25. "I walked to Zion: True Stories of Young Pioneers on the Mormon Trail" by Susan Arrington Madsen (LDS). 24. "The Journey of the James G. Willie Handcart Company, October, 1856" by Gary Duane Long. 23. "The Heavens are Open" by Wendy W. Nelson (LDS). 22. "Born to Change the World" by Brad Wilcox (LDS). 21. "I Saw the Lord" by Kerry Muhlestein (LDS). 20. "The Mormon Battalion" by B.H. Roberts. (LDS) 19. "Bright, Not Broken: Gifted Kids, ADHD, and Austism" by Diane M. Kennedy and Rebecca S. Banks with Temple Grandin. 18. "More Than Miracles" by T.C. Christensen with Jolene S. Allphin. (LDS) 17. "The Seven Storey Mountain" by Thomas Merton. 16. "Lifestyles of the Great & Spacious" by John Bytheway. (LDS) 15. "How to Think" by Alan Jacobs. 14. "The Road from Coorain" by Jill Ker Conway. Entry three from the Well-Educated Mind autobiography list challenge. 13. "All Rivers Run to the Sea" by Elie Wiesel. Entry two from the Well-Educated Mind autobiography list challenge. 12. "The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction" by Alan Jacobs. 11. "Whatever You Choose to Be" by Ann Romney. 10. "Five Little Pigs" by Agatha Christie. 2nd entry in the Agatha Christie challenge. 9. "Rethinking School" by Susan Wise Bauer. 8. "The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax" by Dorothy Gilman. 7. "The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax" by Dorothy Gilman. 6. "A Faithful Reply to the CES Letter" by Jim Bennett. 5. "Bamboozled by the "CES Letter"" by Michael R. Ash. 4. "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou. Entry one - the Well-Educated Mind autobiography list challenge. 3. "The Harlequin Tea Set" by Agatha Christie. Entry one - Agatha Christie Challenge. 2. "The Screwtape Letters" by C.S. Lewis. 1. "Unselfish: Love Thy Neighbor as Thy Selfie" compiled by Paul D. Parkinson.

It's getting very hot, very quickly here. We don't have much energy for useful things, so reading is nice. 34. "I am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced" by Nujood Ali and Delphine Minoui. Read this all in one sitting, it was so compelling. 33. "The Brave Learner" by Julie Bogart. Lots of take-aways here. We are at a point in homeschooling where we need to repair some relationships and relax some expectations. 32. "Spook" by Mary Roach. 31. "The American Revolution (Guts & Glory)" by Ben Thompson. I'm going to read this one aloud to my kids! I really enjoyed it. 30. "Educated" by Tara Westover. 29. "Gulp" by Mary Roach. 28. "The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West" by Norma Baldwin Ricketts. 27. "Follow Me to Zion: Stories from the Willie Handcart Pioneers" by Andrew D. Olsen and Jolene S. Allphin (LDS). 26. "Sweetwater Rescue: The Willie and Martin Handcart Story" by Heidi Swinton and Lee Groberg (LDS). 25. "I walked to Zion: True Stories of Young Pioneers on the Mormon Trail" by Susan Arrington Madsen (LDS). 24. "The Journey of the James G. Willie Handcart Company, October, 1856" by Gary Duane Long. 23. "The Heavens are Open" by Wendy W. Nelson (LDS). 22. "Born to Change the World" by Brad Wilcox (LDS). 21. "I Saw the Lord" by Kerry Muhlestein (LDS). 20. "The Mormon Battalion" by B.H. Roberts. (LDS) 19. "Bright, Not Broken: Gifted Kids, ADHD, and Austism" by Diane M. Kennedy and Rebecca S. Banks with Temple Grandin. 18. "More Than Miracles" by T.C. Christensen with Jolene S. Allphin. (LDS) 17. "The Seven Storey Mountain" by Thomas Merton. 16. "Lifestyles of the Great & Spacious" by John Bytheway. (LDS) 15. "How to Think" by Alan Jacobs. 14. "The Road from Coorain" by Jill Ker Conway. Entry three from the Well-Educated Mind autobiography list challenge. 13. "All Rivers Run to the Sea" by Elie Wiesel. Entry two from the Well-Educated Mind autobiography list challenge. 12. "The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction" by Alan Jacobs. 11. "Whatever You Choose to Be" by Ann Romney. 10. "Five Little Pigs" by Agatha Christie. 2nd entry in the Agatha Christie challenge. 9. "Rethinking School" by Susan Wise Bauer. 8. "The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax" by Dorothy Gilman. 7. "The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax" by Dorothy Gilman. 6. "A Faithful Reply to the CES Letter" by Jim Bennett. 5. "Bamboozled by the "CES Letter"" by Michael R. Ash. 4. "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou. Entry one - the Well-Educated Mind autobiography list challenge. 3. "The Harlequin Tea Set" by Agatha Christie. Entry one - Agatha Christie Challenge. 2. "The Screwtape Letters" by C.S. Lewis. 1. "Unselfish: Love Thy Neighbor as Thy Selfie" compiled by Paul D. Parkinson.

Now I'm trying to read too many books at once with all the books I grabbed a few weeks ago, but I finished two: 30. "Educated" by Tara Westover. 29. "Gulp" by Mary Roach. Simultaneously fascinating and gross! 28. "The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West" by Norma Baldwin Ricketts. 27. "Follow Me to Zion: Stories from the Willie Handcart Pioneers" by Andrew D. Olsen and Jolene S. Allphin (LDS). 26. "Sweetwater Rescue: The Willie and Martin Handcart Story" by Heidi Swinton and Lee Groberg (LDS). 25. "I walked to Zion: True Stories of Young Pioneers on the Mormon Trail" by Susan Arrington Madsen (LDS). 24. "The Journey of the James G. Willie Handcart Company, October, 1856" by Gary Duane Long. 23. "The Heavens are Open" by Wendy W. Nelson (LDS). 22. "Born to Change the World" by Brad Wilcox (LDS). 21. "I Saw the Lord" by Kerry Muhlestein (LDS). 20. "The Mormon Battalion" by B.H. Roberts. (LDS) 19. "Bright, Not Broken: Gifted Kids, ADHD, and Austism" by Diane M. Kennedy and Rebecca S. Banks with Temple Grandin. 18. "More Than Miracles" by T.C. Christensen with Jolene S. Allphin. (LDS) 17. "The Seven Storey Mountain" by Thomas Merton. 16. "Lifestyles of the Great & Spacious" by John Bytheway. (LDS) 15. "How to Think" by Alan Jacobs. 14. "The Road from Coorain" by Jill Ker Conway. Entry three from the Well-Educated Mind autobiography list challenge. 13. "All Rivers Run to the Sea" by Elie Wiesel. Entry two from the Well-Educated Mind autobiography list challenge. 12. "The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction" by Alan Jacobs. 11. "Whatever You Choose to Be" by Ann Romney. 10. "Five Little Pigs" by Agatha Christie. 2nd entry in the Agatha Christie challenge. 9. "Rethinking School" by Susan Wise Bauer. 8. "The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax" by Dorothy Gilman. 7. "The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax" by Dorothy Gilman. 6. "A Faithful Reply to the CES Letter" by Jim Bennett. 5. "Bamboozled by the "CES Letter"" by Michael R. Ash. 4. "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou. Entry one - the Well-Educated Mind autobiography list challenge. 3. "The Harlequin Tea Set" by Agatha Christie. Entry one - Agatha Christie Challenge. 2. "The Screwtape Letters" by C.S. Lewis. 1. "Unselfish: Love Thy Neighbor as Thy Selfie" compiled by Paul D. Parkinson.

It was weird! and lovely! Our library has two wings connected by a bridge, and three stories in each wing. So six departments. I had books I wanted from five of those, plus the "books on hold" area. (The only section I didn't visit was Media.) So the list I got ready was all color coordinated and everything, so I could get everything I needed from each department all at once. I took a wheeled sample case so I could just tuck everything in as I went. I got every book I wanted and walked out with a minute to spare, but there was no time to browse. So that was new for me. I get some of the best books that way, but no time for that. I did grab one book on dinosaurs that wasn't on my list, and it's a big hit with DD10. Also, usually when I bring a list, I open each book when I find it and skim a page or two to see if I really want it. This time, I just grabbed it and tucked it in the case, so I don't really know if I want everything I brought home. I was very efficient, but didn't really get my usual "I love books" fix, but we did get all restocked. There were only a few people, and they all had masks. The library is quarantining returns for three days, following the CDC guideline, so they had a librarian outside the library door, checking to make sure you really had an appointment, and carts for the returns, which were whisked away as soon as they were full.

I get to go to the library today! They are open by appointment, for 45 minutes, with masks. They recommend a prepared list so you can get your books before you have to leave. Mine is ready!!! 28. "The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West" by Norma Baldwin Ricketts. A little hard to read, since she choose to make it be like a great big master journal, rather than a narrative, but very detailed and informative. She collected every journal and account she could find, and correlated the entries to create a day by day account of the march. 27. "Follow Me to Zion: Stories from the Willie Handcart Pioneers" by Andrew D. Olsen and Jolene S. Allphin (LDS). 26. "Sweetwater Rescue: The Willie and Martin Handcart Story" by Heidi Swinton and Lee Groberg (LDS). 25. "I walked to Zion: True Stories of Young Pioneers on the Mormon Trail" by Susan Arrington Madsen (LDS). 24. "The Journey of the James G. Willie Handcart Company, October, 1856" by Gary Duane Long. 23. "The Heavens are Open" by Wendy W. Nelson (LDS). 22. "Born to Change the World" by Brad Wilcox (LDS). 21. "I Saw the Lord" by Kerry Muhlestein (LDS). 20. "The Mormon Battalion" by B.H. Roberts. (LDS) 19. "Bright, Not Broken: Gifted Kids, ADHD, and Austism" by Diane M. Kennedy and Rebecca S. Banks with Temple Grandin. 18. "More Than Miracles" by T.C. Christensen with Jolene S. Allphin. (LDS) 17. "The Seven Storey Mountain" by Thomas Merton. 16. "Lifestyles of the Great & Spacious" by John Bytheway. (LDS) 15. "How to Think" by Alan Jacobs. 14. "The Road from Coorain" by Jill Ker Conway. Entry three from the Well-Educated Mind autobiography list challenge. 13. "All Rivers Run to the Sea" by Elie Wiesel. Entry two from the Well-Educated Mind autobiography list challenge. 12. "The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction" by Alan Jacobs. 11. "Whatever You Choose to Be" by Ann Romney. 10. "Five Little Pigs" by Agatha Christie. 2nd entry in the Agatha Christie challenge. 9. "Rethinking School" by Susan Wise Bauer. 8. "The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax" by Dorothy Gilman. 7. "The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax" by Dorothy Gilman. 6. "A Faithful Reply to the CES Letter" by Jim Bennett. 5. "Bamboozled by the "CES Letter"" by Michael R. Ash. 4. "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou. Entry one - the Well-Educated Mind autobiography list challenge. 3. "The Harlequin Tea Set" by Agatha Christie. Entry one - Agatha Christie Challenge. 2. "The Screwtape Letters" by C.S. Lewis. 1. "Unselfish: Love Thy Neighbor as Thy Selfie" compiled by Paul D. Parkinson.

If I can't return my library books, have I really finished them? I guess not, since it didn't even occur to me to come to the forum to report them.... Our Pioneer Trek has been postponed for a year, like all of life right now, but I couldn't get anything else from the library. 27. "Follow Me to Zion: Stories from the Willie Handcart Pioneers" by Andrew D. Olsen and Jolene S. Allphin (LDS). Each account from the trail ends with a brief follow up story about the survivors' lives after they settled in Utah. 26. "Sweetwater Rescue: The Willie and Martin Handcart Story" by Heidi Swinton and Lee Groberg (LDS). Most of the handcart companies came to Utah without incident, but two were caught by a late departure in a year with an early winter. When the news reached Salt Lake City, men were sent with wagons and supplies to rescue them. This book and its companion documentary came from accounts recorded by and about the rescue groups. It was interesting to see journal extracts from their point of view as I was also reading journal extracts from the company participants. 25. "I walked to Zion: True Stories of Young Pioneers on the Mormon Trail" by Susan Arrington Madsen (LDS). 24. "The Journey of the James G. Willie Handcart Company, October, 1856" by Gary Duane Long. This was a step by step retracing of the route taken, with maps. Mr. Long worked for the BLM in Wyoming for many years and was able to match journal descriptions to land features he knew well as part of his job. 23. "The Heavens are Open" by Wendy W. Nelson (LDS). 22. "Born to Change the World" by Brad Wilcox (LDS). 21. "I Saw the Lord" by Kerry Muhlestein (LDS). 20. "The Mormon Battalion" by B.H. Roberts. (LDS) 19. "Bright, Not Broken: Gifted Kids, ADHD, and Austism" by Diane M. Kennedy and Rebecca S. Banks with Temple Grandin. 18. "More Than Miracles" by T.C. Christensen with Jolene S. Allphin. (LDS) 17. "The Seven Storey Mountain" by Thomas Merton. 16. "Lifestyles of the Great & Spacious" by John Bytheway. (LDS) 15. "How to Think" by Alan Jacobs. 14. "The Road from Coorain" by Jill Ker Conway. Entry three from the Well-Educated Mind autobiography list challenge. 13. "All Rivers Run to the Sea" by Elie Wiesel. Entry two from the Well-Educated Mind autobiography list challenge. 12. "The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction" by Alan Jacobs. 11. "Whatever You Choose to Be" by Ann Romney. 10. "Five Little Pigs" by Agatha Christie. 2nd entry in the Agatha Christie challenge. 9. "Rethinking School" by Susan Wise Bauer. 8. "The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax" by Dorothy Gilman. 7. "The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax" by Dorothy Gilman. 6. "A Faithful Reply to the CES Letter" by Jim Bennett. 5. "Bamboozled by the "CES Letter"" by Michael R. Ash. 4. "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou. Entry one - the Well-Educated Mind autobiography list challenge. 3. "The Harlequin Tea Set" by Agatha Christie. Entry one - Agatha Christie Challenge. 2. "The Screwtape Letters" by C.S. Lewis. 1. "Unselfish: Love Thy Neighbor as Thy Selfie" compiled by Paul D. Parkinson.

You might be able to get the offense codes here: https://www.courtregistry.org/ (Scroll down to search a specific state.) Then you can google the code to find out what it is.

How much information are you after? If you just need an address, I know of two sites that will often get you that in their free sections: https://clustrmaps.com/ and https://www.familytreenow.com/ I use them both to try to keep an address list I'm in charge of up-to-date. My experience is that both usually give you a current address, but the phone number is iffy. I usually double check that at: https://www.whitepages.com/reverse-phone

Doing one of my Hermoine Granger, "read everything I can find on a topic" things again. The teens from our Latter-day Saint ward (congregation) are going on Pioneer Trek this summer. This is our own special brand of wilderness survival/pilgrimage/cosplay insanity, where one dresses in pioneer era clothing, leaves all one's tech at home, and runs around in the Wyoming or Utah desert pulling a hand-cart. It's grueling, yet it's fun. DD15 is super excited. She gets along great with the other girls her age despite her autism and loves camping with them. DS17, not so much. He tolerates and is tolerated by the boys his age. So when he heard about Trek, he said, "I'll go if you go, Mom." This is not usually done. They call adult leaders, but they are usually younger, healthier adult leaders, so they can keep up and all that. They call them "Ma's and Pa's," and each pair is assigned about eight youth to supervise. But like all special needs moms, I try to enable my kids to have as many of the "normal" experiences that their peers would have as is possible. So, silly me, I approached our bishop and said, "DS17 said he'd go if I go, but not if I don't." And darned if he didn't say I could go. They'll call me an "Auntie," and I'll go both as a special needs aid and as a Family History expert. So now I'm busy trying to get my 54-year-old, 80 pound overweight, generally unfit self into shape, and I'm reading all I can about the handcart pioneers and -- just because they are in the same section at my library, and I know I had two ancestors who participated -- the Mormon Battalion. 20. "The Mormon Battalion" by B.H. Roberts. (LDS) A very interesting account, because B.H. Roberts was a pioneer, as a ten year old boy, so other than the journal of my own 2nd great-grandfather, this is the first account I've read from someone who would have known the men involved. He had some information I never knew, like that the Mormon Battalion were the first men to create the wagon route near the Gila river that later become the Southern Pacific Railroad, and that members of the battalion observed what I grew up knowing as "flood irrigating" as they passed through Mexican settlements, so they were probably the ones who introduced it to Utah. 19. "Bright, Not Broken: Gifted Kids, ADHD, and Austism" by Diane M. Kennedy and Rebecca S. Banks with Temple Grandin. Well, not pioneer themed, but it popped up as recommendation on audible, and I preferred to read it. It reflects our experience. Schools notice the disabilities, and ignore the giftedness. We were even looking at a charter school that specializes in Autism as a possibility for High School. Multiple people had recommended it to us, even one person from the homeschooling community, so we applied. DD15 was accepted, so we went in to tour it, and for testing. I asked what they did for the gifted kids, and it was clear from their answers that they did nothing, and didn't really even believe an ASD individual could be gifted. We stuck with homeschooling. 18. "More Than Miracles" by T.C. Christensen with Jolene S. Allphin. (LDS) A companion book to the movie "17 Miracles," which is on Amazon Prime. Most of our pioneers came in wagon trains, but 10 companies came in handcarts. Eight of those were successful, but two left later than the recommended departure date and were caught in winter conditions when an early blizzard hit Wyoming in October. The movie combines stories from the journals of those who survived from those two companies as if they were a single company, but otherwise all the stories came from real people, and the book discusses the sources used and what is known about what happened to the people in later years and that sort of thing. 17. "The Seven Storey Mountain" by Thomas Merton. 16. "Lifestyles of the Great & Spacious" by John Bytheway. (LDS) 15. "How to Think" by Alan Jacobs. 14. "The Road from Coorain" by Jill Ker Conway. Entry three from the Well-Educated Mind autobiography list challenge. 13. "All Rivers Run to the Sea" by Elie Wiesel. Entry two from the Well-Educated Mind autobiography list challenge. 12. "The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction" by Alan Jacobs. 11. "Whatever You Choose to Be" by Ann Romney. 10. "Five Little Pigs" by Agatha Christie. 2nd entry in the Agatha Christie challenge. 9. "Rethinking School" by Susan Wise Bauer. 8. "The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax" by Dorothy Gilman. 7. "The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax" by Dorothy Gilman. 6. "A Faithful Reply to the CES Letter" by Jim Bennett. 5. "Bamboozled by the "CES Letter"" by Michael R. Ash. 4. "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou. Entry one - the Well-Educated Mind autobiography list challenge. 3. "The Harlequin Tea Set" by Agatha Christie. Entry one - Agatha Christie Challenge. 2. "The Screwtape Letters" by C.S. Lewis. 1. "Unselfish: Love Thy Neighbor as Thy Selfie" compiled by Paul D. Parkinson.

Read one long one, and had to let it get very overdue to finish, but sometimes it's more convenient to pay the fine than to return it and find it again. 17. "The Seven Storey Mountain" by Thomas Merton. An extra, 4th autobiography from the Well-Educated Mind list. Of course, he's Catholic and I'm a Latter-day Saint, but I found it surprisingly relatable. We don't have anything remotely like monks or nuns, but the idea of "outgrowing" worldly concerns to focus on a spiritual life is something not so foreign. I kind of went through the same thing when my little family suddenly faced major mental health issues. Some things that occupied a lot of my time before, like keeping up with the latest Marvel movie, just seemed SO trivial and meaningless. They weren't even very effective distractions. Instead, in my limited "spare" time (didn't really have any spare time), I was more drawn to true stories of people overcoming challenges, and to my faith community. 16. "Lifestyles of the Great & Spacious" by John Bytheway. (LDS) The Great & Spacious building is a symbol from a parable in our faith that represents the "in" crowd, or the popular, worldly point of view. So it was an interesting coincidence that I picked this up to read in the middle of reading "Seven Storey Mountain." 15. "How to Think" by Alan Jacobs. Lots to think about here. 14. "The Road from Coorain" by Jill Ker Conway. Entry three from the Well-Educated Mind autobiography list challenge. 13. "All Rivers Run to the Sea" by Elie Wiesel. Entry two from the Well-Educated Mind autobiography list challenge. 12. "The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction" by Alan Jacobs. 11. "Whatever You Choose to Be" by Ann Romney. 10. "Five Little Pigs" by Agatha Christie. 2nd entry in the Agatha Christie challenge. 9. "Rethinking School" by Susan Wise Bauer. 8. "The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax" by Dorothy Gilman. 7. "The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax" by Dorothy Gilman. 6. "A Faithful Reply to the CES Letter" by Jim Bennett. 5. "Bamboozled by the "CES Letter"" by Michael R. Ash. 4. "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou. Entry one - the Well-Educated Mind autobiography list challenge. 3. "The Harlequin Tea Set" by Agatha Christie. Entry one - Agatha Christie Challenge. 2. "The Screwtape Letters" by C.S. Lewis. 1. "Unselfish: Love Thy Neighbor as Thy Selfie" compiled by Paul D. Parkinson.