🌟 uni art museum shows: U ALBANY ft. BethanyCollins, DemianDinéYazhi’, GeneralIdea, JeffreyGibson, EdgarHeapOfBirds, CoritaKent, GlennLigon, KameelahJananRasheed; SUNY NEW PALTZ ft DawoudBey, ChristinaFernandez, RichardMosse, RickSilva
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I love exploring small college campus galleries and art museums. I’m glad they exist. SUNY New Paltz’s Dorsky Museum has a nice show about language and miscommunication, ft Gala Porras-Kim, Christine Sun Kim, Frédéric Bruly BouabréC Carmen Argote, and others!
February 1, 2025 at 3:36 AM
🌟 uni art museum shows: U ALBANY ft. BethanyCollins, DemianDinéYazhi’, GeneralIdea, JeffreyGibson, EdgarHeapOfBirds, CoritaKent, GlennLigon, KameelahJananRasheed; SUNY NEW PALTZ ft DawoudBey, ChristinaFernandez, RichardMosse, RickSilva
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My review of Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/6827...
Review by ricksilva - Parable of the Sower
Extraordinary story that is one of the most realistic depictions I've read of a future economi...
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February 21, 2026 at 2:28 PM
My review of Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/6827...
My review of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/ae19...
Review by ricksilva - Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
This had less Zen than I was expecting, although there was a bit. It also had less motorcycle ...
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July 2, 2026 at 1:26 AM
My review of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/ae19...
Continuing my reading of vintage series books. My review of Tom Swift in the Caves of Nuclear Fire by Victor Appleton II. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/6896...
Review by ricksilva - Tom Swift in the Caves of Nuclear Fire
Continuing my sampling of vintage series books. So, this is Tom Swift Jr., son of the original...
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June 10, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Continuing my reading of vintage series books. My review of Tom Swift in the Caves of Nuclear Fire by Victor Appleton II. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/6896...
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Deep/Disco/Funky House 2025 - Club M.O.C. February 1, 2025
Digital Crate Digging Continues as we come through on this Saturday morning / afternoon O-Dog Day Partying but the science dropped is app...
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February 1, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Continuing with my reading of vintage series books this year. My review of the 1935 edition of the Nancy Drew story, The Mystery of the Ivory Charm. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/3c23...
Review by ricksilva - The Mystery of the Ivory Charm
Continuing through my stack of vintage series books. This is the 1935 edition of this Nancy Dr...
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July 3, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Continuing with my reading of vintage series books this year. My review of the 1935 edition of the Nancy Drew story, The Mystery of the Ivory Charm. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/3c23...
My review of Well Met by Jen DeLuca. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/ab44...
Review by ricksilva - Well Met
Romance set at a small renaissance faire. Emily, new in town and staying with her older sister...
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August 7, 2026 at 2:09 AM
My review of Well Met by Jen DeLuca. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/ab44...
Another in my readings of vintage series books this year. My review of Trixie Belden and the Mysterious Code by Kathryn Kenny. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/3d00...
Review by ricksilva - Trixie Belden and the Mysterious Code
Continuing my reading of vintage series books this year.This story begins as what is essential...
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August 4, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Another in my readings of vintage series books this year. My review of Trixie Belden and the Mysterious Code by Kathryn Kenny. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/3d00...
My review of Iggie's House by Judy Blume. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/6870...
Review by ricksilva - Iggie's House
Judy Blume addresses racism in what was one of her early novels.Eleven-year-old Winnie is dete...
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July 29, 2026 at 3:03 AM
My review of Iggie's House by Judy Blume. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/6870...
I've been delving into reading vintage series books all year, and while I'm more interested in the less known series, I figured I had to include one Hardy Boys book. My review of the 1952 edition of Secret of Wildcat Swamp. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/aae1...
Review by ricksilva - The Secret of Wildcat Swamp
All this year, I've been reading some vintage series books. I'm most interested in some of the...
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July 27, 2026 at 9:35 PM
I've been delving into reading vintage series books all year, and while I'm more interested in the less known series, I figured I had to include one Hardy Boys book. My review of the 1952 edition of Secret of Wildcat Swamp. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/aae1...
My review of Thoughts and Occurrences: The Journal of Thomas Cole by Thomas Cole. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/aa97...
Review by ricksilva - Thoughts and Occurrences
Landscape painter and founder of the Hudson River School movement, Thomas Cole, kept this jour...
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July 25, 2026 at 12:14 AM
My review of Thoughts and Occurrences: The Journal of Thomas Cole by Thomas Cole. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/aa97...
Continuing my reading of vintage series books this year. Here's my review of Trixie Belden and the Mystery of the Emeralds by Kathryn Kenny. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/ab40...
Review by ricksilva - Trixie Belden and the Mystery of the Emeralds
Continuing my reading of vintage series books this year. I previously read Trixie Belden and t...
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July 16, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Continuing my reading of vintage series books this year. Here's my review of Trixie Belden and the Mystery of the Emeralds by Kathryn Kenny. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/ab40...
My review of Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/1655...
Review by ricksilva - Julie of the Wolves
Miyax is lost on the Alaskan tundra and she remembers the lessons of her father, a great hunte...
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July 13, 2026 at 3:14 AM
My review of Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/1655...
My Review of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/c791...
Review by ricksilva - The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
When Sam Clay's cousin, Joe Kavalier arrives in New York City after a harrowing flight from Na...
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June 23, 2026 at 3:55 AM
My Review of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/c791...
Continuing my reading of vintage series books this year: My review of The Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat by Laura Lee Hope. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/960d...
Review by ricksilva - The Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat
Continuing my sampling of vintage series books. I was aware of the Bobbsey Twins as a kid, but...
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June 16, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Continuing my reading of vintage series books this year: My review of The Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat by Laura Lee Hope. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/960d...
My review of For One More Day by Mitch Albom. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/31e9...
Review by ricksilva - For One More Day
A man whose life has fallen apart to the point where he tries to end it, is granted one day wi...
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June 13, 2026 at 2:13 PM
My review of For One More Day by Mitch Albom. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/31e9...
My review of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/4bd9...
Review by ricksilva - The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Precious Ramotswe has a bit of money she inherits when her father dies, and she uses it to ope...
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June 8, 2026 at 3:46 AM
My review of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/4bd9...
My review of Mobilizing the Community to Help Students Succeed by by Hugh B. Price. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/9039...
Review by ricksilva - Mobilizing the Community to Help Students Succeed
This was from the professional development shelf at my job. The focus here is on motivation to...
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June 1, 2026 at 1:37 AM
My review of Mobilizing the Community to Help Students Succeed by by Hugh B. Price. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/9039...
Continuing this year's stack of vintage series books, my review of Cherry Ames: Boarding School Nurse by Helen Wells. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/d1db...
Review by ricksilva - Cherry Ames, Boarding School Nurse
Part of the stack of vintage kids adventure books I'm reading this year.This is seventeen book...
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May 24, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Continuing this year's stack of vintage series books, my review of Cherry Ames: Boarding School Nurse by Helen Wells. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/d1db...
My review of Strixhaven: Omens of Chaos by Seanan McGuire. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/b492...
Review by ricksilva - Strixhaven: Omens of Chaos
Eula Blue of New Capenna (Magic: The Gathering's "mafia-world") gets the opportunity of a life...
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May 22, 2026 at 12:40 PM
My review of Strixhaven: Omens of Chaos by Seanan McGuire. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/b492...
My review of Sunlight and Shadows by Valerie Tripp, from the American Girls Beforever series. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/9654...
Review by ricksilva - Sunlight and Shadows: A Josefina Classic Volume 1
Set in New Mexico in 1824, the story begins with the arrival of Josefina's Tia Dolores, who co...
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April 15, 2026 at 11:25 PM
My review of Sunlight and Shadows by Valerie Tripp, from the American Girls Beforever series. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/9654...
My review of Always a Springtime: Poems of Hope and Renewal by Helen Steiner Rice. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/1af3...
Review by ricksilva - Always a Springtime: Poems of Hope and Renewal
I'm definitely not the target audience for this book, which belonged to my mother-in-law, so r...
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March 21, 2026 at 1:55 AM
My review of Always a Springtime: Poems of Hope and Renewal by Helen Steiner Rice. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/1af3...
Continuing my series of vintage teen adventure reads. My review of Cherry Ames: Student Nurse. I read a 1943 edition copy that was my mom's. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/1208...
Review by ricksilva - Cherry Ames, Student Nurse
Reading a 1943 edition of this, which belonged to my mom.Eighteen-year-old Cherry Ames leaves ...
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March 18, 2026 at 4:18 AM
Continuing my series of vintage teen adventure reads. My review of Cherry Ames: Student Nurse. I read a 1943 edition copy that was my mom's. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/1208...
My review of A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/1a02...
Review by ricksilva - A Song Below Water
Tavia is a mythical being in a version of our modern world where mythical beings walk among re...
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March 11, 2026 at 5:17 AM
My review of A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/1a02...
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The Friday Mix Vol. 116 (Part Two)
Digital Crate Digging Continues as we come through with this Saturday afternoon / weekend edition! First full day of Spring, Aries season!...
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