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darkestwings · 7 years

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2017 TBR Shame Book Tag

I saw a post for this on the ThriceRead blog and suddenly had the urge to shame myself. Which works well because I also intend to participate in the 2017 Mount TBR Challenge and this would make a handy list for that as well.

The gist of it is, these are the books currently on my shelves that I still haven't gotten around to reading! (I won't be counting the few books I started and gave up on for whatever reason.)

Home: A Memoir of My Early Years by Julie Andrews

Wolfcry (The Kiesha'ra, book 4) by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

Wyvernhail (The Kiesha'ra, book 5) by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

The Juvenilia of Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte by Jane Austen & Charlotte Bronte

Lady Susan, The Watsons, Sanditon by Jane Austen

Anything Goes by John Barrowman

Papa's Wife (The Franzons, book 1) by Thyra Ferre Bjorn

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague by Geraldine Brooks

Thousand Words by Jennifer Brown

Evelina by Frances Burney

Thank Heaven: A Memoir by Leslie Caron

The Girl of Fire and Thorns Stories (Girl of Fire and Thorns Novella) by Rae Carson

Graceling (Graceling Realm, book 1) by Kristin Cashore

The Adventures of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

Postcards from No Man's Land by Aidan Chambers

Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements

The Joker is Wild by Art Cohn

They Never Came Back by Caroline B. Cooney

And Furthermore by Judi Dench

Bleak House by Charles Dickens

Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens

Eva by Peter Dickinson

The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas

The Chemical History of a Candle by Michael Faraday

Seven Tears into the Sea by Terri Farley

The House of the Scorpion (Matteo Alacran, book 1) by Nancy Farmer

Darkhenge by Catherine Fisher

Incarceron (Incarceron, book 1) by Cathrine Fisher

Sapphique (Incarceron, book 2) by Catherine Fisher

Midnight Blue by Pauline Fisk

The Ruins of Gorlan (The Ranger's Apprentice, book 1) by John Flanagan

The Burning Bridge (The Ranger's Apprentice, book 2) by John Flanagan

The Icebound Land (The Ranger's Apprentice, book 3) by John Flanagan

The Battle for Skandia (The Ranger's Apprentice, book 4) by John Flanagan

The Unquiet by Jeannine Garsee

Lies (Gone, book 3) by Michael Grant

Plague (Gone, book 4) by Michael Grant

Fear (Gone, book 5) by Michael Grant

Light (Gone, book 6) by Michael Grant

Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare by Stephen Greenblatt

Gifts (Annals of the Western Shore #1) by Ursula K. Le Guin

Double Identity by Margaret Peterson Haddix

101 Things You Didn't Know About Jane Austen: The Truth About the World's Most Intriguing Romantic Literary Heroine by Patrice Hannon

The Making of the Wizard of Oz by Aljean Harmetz

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

My Life in Three Acts by Helen Hayes

North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley

The Eagle Has Landed by Jack Higgins

The Evolution of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer Trilogy, book 2) by Michelle Hodkin

Kissinger: A Biography by Walter Isaacson

Touched (Sense Thieves, book 1) by Corrine Jackson

The Opposite of Hallelujah by Anna Jarzab

Surrender (Possession, book 2) by Elana Johnson

Need (Need, book 1) by Carrie Jones

The Exchange by Graham Joyce

The Word Museum: The Most Remarkable English Words Ever Forgotten by Jeffrey Kacirk

At Home in Mitford (The Mitford Years, book 1) by Jan Karon

A Light in the Window (The Mitford Years, book 2) by Jan Karon

A New Song (The Mitford Years, book 5) by Jan Karon

A Common Life: The Wedding Story (The Mitford Years, book 6) by Jan Karon

In This Mountain (The Mitford Years, book 7) by Jan Karon

Shepherds Abiding: A Mitford Christmas Novel (The Mitford Years, book 8) by Jan Karon

Light from Heaven (The Mitford Years, book 9) by Jan Karon

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

Ophelia by Lisa Klein

Wildefire (Wildefire, book 1) by Karsten Knight

Dreamhunter (Dreamhunter Duet, Book 1) by Elizabeth Knox

Dreamquake (Dreamhunter Duet, book 2) by Elizabeth Knox

Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen

The Oxford Book of Royal Anecdotes by Elizabeth Longford

Out of Control by Mark Lowry

Allan Pinkerton: The First Private Eye by James Mackay

Uninvited by Amanda Marrone

Stories I Couldn't Tell While I Was a Pastor by Bruce McIver

Cryer's Cross by Lisa McMann

Dead to You by Lisa McMann

Gone (Dream Catcher, book 3) by Lisa McMann

Lovely, Dark and Deep by Amy McNamara

The Secret Service: The Hidden History of an Enigmatic Agency by Philip H. Melanson

Moby Dick by Herman Melville

Her Husband: Hughes and Plath, a Marriage by Diane Middlebrook

Zeus Grants Stupid Wishes: A No-Bullshit Guide to World Mythology by Cory O'Brien

Inheritance (The Inheritance Cycle, book 4) by Christopher Paolini

Hangman's Curse (The Veritas Project, book 1) by Frank Peretti

The Pact: A Love Story by Jodi Picoult

The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language by Steven Pinker

The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature by Steven Pinker

Starters (Starters, book 1) by Lissa Price

Siren (Siren, book 1) by Tricia Rayburn

A Place to Grow: Women in the American West by Glenda Riley

The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus, book 1) by Rick Riordan

The Son of Neptune (The Heroes of Olympus, book 2) by Rick Riordan

On My Own: The Years Since The White House by Eleanor Roosevelt

How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff

Four: A Divergent Collection by Veronica Roth

Lady Bird: A Biography of Mrs. Johnson by Jan Jarboe Russell

Glow (Sky Chasers, book 1) by Amy Kathleen Ryan

The Dead-Tossed Waves (Forest of Hands and Teeth, book 2) by Carrie Ryan

Vesper (Deviants, book 1) by Jeff Sampson

Doctor Who: Who-ology by Cavan Scott, Mark Wright

Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott

Miracle by Elizabeth Scott

Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare

Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

King Lear by William Shakespeare

Macbeth by William Shakespeare

A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare

A Paradise Called Texas by Janice Shefelman

The Safe-Keeper's Secret (Safe-Keepers, book 1) by Sharon Shinn

The Dream-Maker's Magic (Safe-Keepers, book 3) by Sharon Shinn

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

Some Girls Are by Courtney Summers

Undone by Brooke Taylor

Doctor Who FAQ: All Thats Left to Know About the Most Famous Time Lord in the Universe by Dave Thompson

Jane Austen: A Life by Claire Tomalin

Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss

Exposed by Susan Vaught

A Little Friendly Advice by Siobhan Vivian

Orfe by Cynthia Voigt

Burnout by Adrienne Maria Vrettos

Elizabeth: The Life of Elizabeth Taylor by Alexander Walker

Where the Truth Lies by Jessica Warman

Partials (Partials Sequence, book 1) by Dan Wells

Fragments (Partials Sequence, book 2) by Dan Wells

Peeps (Peeps, book 1) by Scott Westerfeld

The Last Days (Peeps, book 2) by Scott Westerfeld

The Secret Hour (Midnighters, book 1) by Scott Westerfeld

Touching Darkness (Midnighters, book 2) by Scott Westerfeld

Blue Noon (Midnighters, book 3) by Scott Westerfeld

A Certain Slant of Light (Light, book 1) by Laura Whitcomb

Sandpiper by Ellen Wittlinger

Shadow: Five Presidents and the Legacy of Watergate by Bob Woodward

All These Lives by Sarah Wylie

Blood Red Road (Dust Lands, book 1) by Moira Young

Eleanor Roosevelt: A Personal and Public Life by J. William T. Youngs

Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin

What's Left of Me (The Hybrid Chronicles, book 1) by Kat Zhang

Prophecy of the Sisters (Prophecy of the Sisters Trilogy, book 1) by Michelle Zink

Dylan Thomas: A Collection of Critical Essays

Total: 141 books unread of 441 books owned!

Have you read any of the books on this list? Let me know what you thought of them, please!

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punalavaflow · 5 years

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Vacation rental rules updated

After taking community input during two public hearings last month, the county Planning Department last Wednesday published what may become its final draft of rules regulating short-term vacation rentals.

“I think this first go-round on a very complex situation, we really tried to find a balance point between vacation rentals and residential uses,” Planning Director Michael Yee said Friday.

The department has scheduled a final public hearing for 6 p.m. April 2 at Aupuni Center in Hilo to air the changes before approving the draft, located at https://ift.tt/2urxFZ2.

Those suggesting further changes to the language should send or deliver them by Friday (March 29) so they can be considered in time to have a final draft complete before the meeting, Yee said.

Suggestions can be emailed to [email protected] or delivered or mailed to Aupuni Center, 101 Pauahi St., Suite 3, Hilo, HI 96720.

The most notable change is the removal of language that would have required the planning director to help restore the number of vacation rentals if a significant number of them are lost during a declared emergency. This was language added to the bill by former Puna Councilwoman Eileen O’Hara, who worried that vacation rental owners operating with a nonconforming use certificate wouldn’t be able to rebuild if their building was lost to lava or some other disaster.

While Yee had resisted adding the language to the bill, telling council members it would best be handled in the rules, he has since reconsidered that stance and said last Friday the rules can’t provide for every eventuality. Instead, he said, that issue can be addressed as needed under emergency proclamations.

Other changes, in addition to a number of housekeeping measures and reorganization of sections of the rules, include an attempt to address specific cases where a vacation rental owner in a nonconforming zone has temporarily ceased operations during an emergency and then reverted back to a vacation rental operation.

Some regulations were tightened to give the planning director less discretion by spelling out rules relating to the handling of complaints and processing of applications.

Airbnb, one of several vacation host platforms operating on the island, was active in submitting testimony as the bill creating the vacation rental ordinance wended its way through several years of council meetings, the Leeward and Windward planning commissions and eight drafts before becoming finalized.

“We are still reviewing the latest draft of the regulations for Bill 108 but appreciate the county’s efforts to update the rules.” Matt Middlebrook, Airbnb Hawaii public policy lead, said in a statement.

Some rules that were the focus of opposition during public hearings weren’t changed because they are required by existing state or county laws. For example, publishing the address of a vacation rental in a nonconforming zone and requiring notifications to neighbors and in the newspaper were left unchanged, as was the prohibition of vacation rentals in state-designated agricultural lands.

Yee said it’s a “slippery slope” to allow unchecked vacation rentals on agricultural land, judging from community opposition to many developments on the island.

“If there are folks that want agricultural land to be vacation rentals, I feel the way communities are voicing their concerns, it could be an interesting fight,” he said.

The county, as a next step, could establish “vacation destination zones,” asking the state Land Use Commission to rezone certain agricultural areas to urban, to allow vacation rentals in areas that don’t have hotels or resorts but are attractive to visitors, Yee said.

The county expects to collect $800,000 from vacation rental registration fees and fines during the fiscal year that starts July 1. The money is expected to be used to hire temporary workers and purchase software. The County Council is set to vote Thursday on Bill 41, appropriating the money.

In addition to fees and fines, the county coffers will benefit from the local surcharge on the general excise tax, which is one-quarter cent on the dollar until Jan. 1 and then goes up to one-half cent. Hawaii County doesn’t get a share of the transient accommodations taxes collected from the Big Island, although Honolulu does.

Vacation rentals are defined as dwelling units where the owner or operator does not reside on the building site, that has no more than five bedrooms for rent and is rented for a period of 30 consecutive days or less.

The bill prohibits short-term vacation rentals in residential and agricultural zones, while allowing them in hotel and resort zones as well as commercial districts. Existing rentals in disallowed areas would be grandfathered in after obtaining a nonconforming use certificate.

All vacation rental owners in existence as of April 1 will be required to register their property by Sept. 28 and pay a $500 fee, showing that transient accommodations taxes, general excise taxes and property taxes are paid in full. Short-term vacation rentals may be established only within a dwelling that has been issued final approvals by the Building Division for building, electrical and plumbing permits.

The nonconforming use certificate for those preexisting in disallowed areas must be renewed annually, at a cost of $250.

Email Nancy Cook Lauer at [email protected]. from Hawaii News – Hawaii Tribune-Herald https://ift.tt/2HQ8Gqd

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