{"id":7036,"date":"2014-07-22T05:00:09","date_gmt":"2014-07-22T09:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/?p=7036"},"modified":"2014-07-22T08:17:54","modified_gmt":"2014-07-22T12:17:54","slug":"summer-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/summer-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"
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My bookshelf in the summer studio.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

It’s been a while since I last updated this blog. \u00a0I’ve been busy. \u00a0Mostly, I’ve been drawing my cartoon features for print syndication. \u00a0The other past-time keeping me from this blog has been summer reading. <\/span><\/p>\n

As many readers know, I’ve posted about my love of reading and the books contained on my Kindle. \u00a0Since relocating, I’m once again closer to a local library ( I was previously living way out in the sticks). \u00a0And the library, once more, has opened up the world of books to me. \u00a0Whoever said, “Too many books, so little time” was certainly correct. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This local library has a wonderful collection of hardbound books and Ebooks. \u00a0You can borrow for 21 days and renew via the internet. \u00a0It’s a terrific system.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The television sits quietly in the room.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Since the warmer weather moved in, I’ve traveled around the world with Mark Twain in his “Following the Equator.” \u00a0Next up was “The Gold Coast” by Nelson DeMille. \u00a0 Because Gatsby is referenced in this book, I followed with “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“Butch Cassidy the Lost Years” by William W. Johnstone was a terrific “What if” western. \u00a0Then came “tell all” biographies “Johnny Carson” by Henry Bushkin and “Mr. S. \u00a0My Life with Frank Sinatra” by George Jacobs.<\/span><\/p>\n

So far, it’s been a full summer of reading. \u00a0And reading also recharges the creative juices for cartooning. \u00a0I guess having all this input allows for new comic material.<\/span><\/p>\n

I’m about to begin a fantasy book much in the mold of Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings.” \u00a0Fellow Linux users recommended “Eragon” by \u00a0Christopher Paolini.<\/span><\/p>\n

The television sits quietly in the room.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s been a while since I last updated this blog. \u00a0I’ve been busy. \u00a0Mostly, I’ve been drawing my cartoon features for print syndication. \u00a0The other past-time keeping me from this blog has been summer reading. As many readers know, I’ve posted about my love of reading and the books contained on my Kindle. \u00a0Since relocating, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[171,1140,425,172,179,1139],"class_list":["post-7036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-books","tag-fantasy","tag-library","tag-reading","tag-summer","tag-westerns"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7036"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7057,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7036\/revisions\/7057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}