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This is the main blog of unfinishedperson, whose name is inspired by the quote by the late Dr. George Sheehan, "Each one of us is an unfinished person in an unfinished universe."
The purpose of the main blog is to serve as a portal into one unfini
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Poirot Loses A Client
Title: Poirot Loses A Client (aka Dumb Witness) Author: Agatha Christie Publication Year: 1937 Pages: 234 Genre: Mystery Count for Year: 53 How I discovered I have joined Kerrie from Mysteries in Paradise with her Agatha Christie Reading Chall...
I’m still reading (yeah yeah yeah)
Some of you may be wondering, “This guy calls himself a reading fool? Puh-leeaze. Who’s he kidding?” You’re right. However, I’d like to point to the title of my blog and the parentheses. Reading is within them, folks. B...
A belated Thanksgiving Midweek Review Library Loot Flashback Friday Review of Challenges post
Yep, I’m lazy and combining posts today… …from Thanksgiving to my “regularly scheduled” (ahem, if you’ve been here a while, it’s very “irregularly scheduled”) posts of Midweek Review and Flashback...
The call of Spenser and Cthulhu
This is a combination of the past two weeks’ Library Loot actually. You may say, “That’s sad.” However, I have been sick with the flu (swine maybe) for the past few weeks and so haven’t been reading anything. Plus as I ...
Out of my 50 books, 50 movies this year, my 20 must-see, must-read
I just tallied up the number of books I’ve read and movies I’ve watched for the year, and I’m at 50 for each. Last year I read 70 books according to this, which also lists this year’s books read, and watched 68 movies accordin...
Library Loot in reverse
Today I am returning a pile of books that I took out of the library earlier this month — unread. I write this as I sit on our couch with a bookshelf beside me. I turn 90 degrees to the right and can see in our bedroom another shelf with books,...
Of hunger, camels, adverbs and generations
Unlike previous weeks where my Library Loot was mainly Agatha Christie, this week I’ve mixed it up a bit with a random collection of whatever caught my eye on the shelf, for the most part. I say for the most part, because the first one on the l...
The handful of bloggers that are “outside my box” that I follow
Weekly Geeks 37 of this year woke me up this morning. Why? I’m not sure, but it did. The focus was on bloggers who are different from you, either in terms of race, ethnicity, religion, cultural background or age and came from Ali of Worducopia....
Feel burnt-out by blogging sometimes? You are not alone.
This was from a meme in which I participated last week and posted on my reading blog, Just A (Reading) Fool last week. However, after a discussion with a friend from Massachusetts this evening, I realized that I naturally should have included this he...
Lovely Blog Award to Bethany, Blake, Heather J., Jessica and Raych
Last week I received this award from Kerrie @ Mysteries in Paradise, and so I’m now passing this on to the bloggers I neglected to give praise during Book Blogger Appreciation Week. Without further adieu, they are: Bethany @ dreadlock girl Blak...
Cards on the Table
Title: Cards on The Table Author: Agatha Christie Publication Year: 1936 Pages: 197 Genre: Mystery Count for Year: 47 How I discovered I have joined Kerrie from Mysteries in Paradise with her Agatha Christie Reading Challenge and this is part of tha...
Murder In Mesopotamia
Title: Murder In Mesopotamia Author: Agatha Christie Publication Year: 1936 Pages: 213 Genre: Mystery Count for Year: 46 How I discovered I have joined Kerrie from Mysteries in Paradise with her Agatha Christie Reading Challenge and this is part of t...
The Week In Review: Remembering Agatha Christie and appreciating book bloggers
Earlier in the week, I mentioned how my life (reading-wise) was going to be split between two celebrations this past week, Book Blogger Appreciation Week (BBAW), Sept. 14-18, and Kerrie’s Agatha Christie Week Blog Tour (ACWBT, a much more unwie...
Murder, murder, murder, more murder; then a comedy (TSS)
So after more than a week hiatus because of computer being in shop, (the computer and) I am (are) back and am going to start with a series of Sunday Salon posts. In this first post, I’m going to give a quick overview of what I’ve been rea...
Books I keep nearby me
Above are photos of book that I keep nearby me, at almost all times, well, at least within the last few months. In the top photo are books I keep on my desk. From bottom to top are: The Catholic Bible: Personal Study Edition Dr. George Sheehan on Ge...
The Sign of the Four
Each Wednesday, I review my week in reading and look ahead to future reading with a review(s) of (a) book(s) and/or other posts in a feature I call Midweek Review. This week’s book review (only one this week) is: Author: Arthur Conan Doyle P...
This week’s Library Loot: File under D for Dresden
Today’s load of Library Loot (an activity sponsored by Eva and Marg) was a small batch since I still have so many left to read, including The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larrson, which I’m in the middle of. The ones retread this ...
Midweek Review: Killing Castro
Each Wednesday, I review my week in reading and look ahead to future reading with a review(s) of (a) book(s) and/or other posts in a feature I call Midweek Review. This week’s second book review (yes, on Thursday morning because I didn’t ...
Midweek Review: The Scarecrow
Each Wednesday, I review my week in reading and look ahead to future reading with a review(s) of (a) book(s) and/or other posts in a feature I call Midweek Review. This week’s first book review is: Author: Michael Connelly Publication Year: 20...
Midweek Review: A Study in Scarlet
Each Wednesday, I review my week in reading and look ahead to future reading with a review(s) of (a) book(s) and/or other posts in a feature I call Midweek Review. This week’s first book review was Murder on the Orient Express. Here’s the...
Midweek Review: From Killer Weekend to Killing Castro
Today’s load of Library Loot (an activity sponsored by Eva and Marg) includes a few leftovers and a few new ones. All the movies are new, but some of the books I might have mentioned in previous Library Loot posts. I also forgot to put in the p...
Midweek Review: Murder on the Orient Express
Each Wednesday, I review my week in reading and look ahead to future reading with a review(s) of (a) book(s) and/or other posts in a feature I call Midweek Review. This week’s first book review is: Title: Murder on the Orient Express Author: Ag...
Midweek Review: Thirteen At Dinner
Today continues the inauguration of a new feature here at an unfinished person (in an unfinished universe) called Midweek Review. Each Wednesday, I will review my week in reading and look ahead to future reading with a review(s) of (a) book(s) and/or...
Midweek Review: Peril at End House
Today begins the inauguration of a new feature here at an unfinished person (in an unfinished universe) called Midweek Review. Each Wednesday, I will review my week in reading and look ahead to future reading with a review(s) of (a) book(s) and/or ot...
Everybody wants a rock to wind a piece of string around
This post is from last year on my running blog, Just A (Running) Fool, and is in keeping with last week’s Challenge Week, which had the following posts: 10 minutes a day and 10 minutes a day (yet again). Challenge Week, which has been extende...
10 minutes a day (yet again)
This is from a journal entry from earlier this month, on July 9. This is part of what I’m calling Challenge Week here where I run and rerun several posts this week to help motivate me and also maybe, in turn, help motivate you. Two months ago, I pu...
2 rules to live by: Listen and keep your word
Because of funerals for relatives earlier in the month, the last real post I had here was on May 5, where I discussed taking 10 minutes a day to ask God what He wanted for me/you each day. This was based on the teachings of Matthew Kelly, a lay Catho...
Midweek Review: State of an unfinished person address
I saw a friend of mine, Michael, did this over at his blog, The Muskrat, although in a less serious way and I thought I’d do something similar, but of course in a more serious way. He was referring to the state of his blog. I also will be refer...
