Hello, world.
I didn’t get much reading done in February, but I did average a book a week, so that’s good. Here is the list and some words about my favorite.
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Reading Goals for the Year and January Review
As someone who loves books and hates clutter, I find myself in a bit of a pickle. I have a lot of unread books that are taking up space, and I seldom reread books (especially fiction). That is why I made “read everything” one of my 2020 goals. So far, it’s both going well and failing spectacularly. Let me explain.
Continue reading “Reading Goals for the Year and January Review”My 2019 In Books
Time to dust off the cobwebs. One of my 2020 goals is to keep my blog more active. What better way to do that than by talking about some of the stuff I read last year?
Keep in mind that this is not a list of everything I read, just the stuff I remembered to log on Bookmeter (Another resolution of mine is to be better about keeping track of what I read).
Continue reading “My 2019 In Books”Language Learning Resource: NFLC Learning Portal
The National Foreign Language Center (NFLC) has an amazing online language learning resource called the NFLF Learning Portal. It contains instructional modules in over 30 languages.
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和製英語の罠 その１：コインパーキング
Have you ever heard of “coin parking”?
I hadn’t, until I started learning Japanese. I don’t remember ever using the phrase “coin parking”. Metered parking? Parking meter? Sure. I haven’t seen one in a while, but sure, I’ve said it. Coin parking?! コインパーキング！？Not so much.