Quiknote

I've had Bookpedia as the application that I use to keep track of my book collection for a number of years. I think the developers have done a great job with this app and find it indispensable for keeping track of what I own. I've also been looking for a companion iPhone and iPad app for years and have never found it. Well, surprise, I wasn't looking at the right websites or searching for the right thing. Last week, purely by accident I found the Bookpedia iOS compatible app - it's found under the "Pocketpedia" suite - and it is oh so sweet to finally have my book collection available to review on my iPhone when I'm shopping. No more buying duplicate copies!!!

I recommend the Bookpedia app and the Pocketpedia iPhone app to everyone.

Palm Springs Reading List

Off to Palm Springs on Saturday for an 8-day vacation with good friends. Perfect time to go with Portland's weather turning rainy and cold.

I've loaded my Kindle up with some fun reads:

The Last Thing I Saw (The Donald Strachey Mystery Series) by Richard Stevenson.

Dead Santa! (A Jesse Ashworth Mystery) by Stephen E. Stanley.

A Vintage Affair by Josh Lanyon.

Murder at Pride Lodge: A Kyle Callahan Mystery by Mark McNease.

First You Fall (Kevin Connor Mysteries) by Scott Sherman.

None of these are new authors for me, but they are five of my favorite poolside reading companions.

My Personal Library Statistics

I finally added all of the additional Kindle editions that I've purchased lately to my Bookpedia data set and here are my current statistics.

• Total Library: 1965
• Art: 132
• Biographies: 107
• Children's: 71
• Cooking: 149
• Gay: 623
• Germany: 79
• History: 90
• Kindle Editions: 111
• Literature & Fiction: 629
• Mysteries: 164
• Reference: 99
• Women Religious: 52
• In German: 210

 Sadly, the majority of books that I've purchased lately have been Kindle editions. I have picked up a couple of great hard copy cookbooks lately, but they are the only ones. As much as I love my Kindle and my iPad (which I usually use to read for pleasure), I still love the feel and smell of a, dare I say it, "real" book. The sheer feel of the physicality of the book brings pleasure. I guess I will always keep buying the real thing as long as I can.

Quiknote

You've got to be kidding!
Wisconsin DA Lisa Riniker, according to a report on AMERICAblog, charged a 6 year old boy with a felony for playing doctor with a 5 year old girl.  What has happened to this country? What has happened to common sense? Basta!

James Lear

James Lear is the nom de plume of Rupert Smith. To Mr. Smith, I say: thank you for introducing Edward 'Mitch' Mitchell and Boy Morgan to the world. It is a hornier, funnier, and more delightfully decadent world with them in it.

Warning: reading these books in public might prove to be a wee bit embarrassing...

The Back Passage
The Secret Tunnel
A Sticky End