Good Reads

My Twitter friend @invisiblecircus recently introduced me to a website called GoodReads, and I am all but addicted!

You can post status updates, what you're currently reading and what page you're on, and you can "add" friends, but my favorite part is browsing the books and rating them. I think of it as an amalgam of Facebook and Netflix for bookworms. (FaceWorms.net? Probably not as viable a name.)

I'm not as much about collecting friends on GoodReads as I'm using it as a catalogue for my extensive reading list, past and future. But I love seeing what other people are reading and rating, so I'm sure that will change. I'm "following" Neil Gaiman's posts on there as well, which is pretty cool. And there are other features I've not yet tried, such as a place to post your musings/poetry/stories/whatever, but since I already do that here, who knows. (OK, I don't post poetry.) You can also join groups, take quizzes, answer trivia, add events, vote on themes like "Best Books Ever." A big bonus for me was that GoodReads includes graphic novels in its database.

I'm really starting to sound like an ad now, so I'll enter one minor complaint. I had to sign up to really get a good look around. Also bear in mind that I've only been on for a few days--pretty far from qualifying as a power user. But if you consider yourself a power reader, I think it's worth checking out.

Ugh. I concluded with an entirely unintentional library pun. [::facepalm::] I'm leaving it there anyway. :)

Milwaukee Art Museum

Some photos from the beautiful Milwaukee Art Museum.

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A view of the unusual architecture--the Quadracci Pavilion--designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava. The sail-like extension is known as the Burke Brise Soleil and is opened and closed on a regular (though subject to change) schedule.
















Inside the foyer, Windhover Hall, a 90-foot-high glass ceiling directly under the Burke Brise Soleil:





















A very cool glass sculpture in Windhover Hall.






















A hallway connecting Windhover Hall to the permanent collection exhibits. The left side is a wall of windows facing east, looking out onto Lake Michigan. Special exhibits are housed to the right.