August 31, 2010 – 9:33 am
The Book: Superfreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance, by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner
The Story: Just like the original Freakonomics, this second book is pretty much story-less. They kind of just take these different ideas and combine bits of information that don’t seem like they go together to [...]
August 30, 2010 – 11:12 am
It can be done! I still manage to crank out a couple books a week, which is pretty exciting for me. I read while he naps, while I feed him and while Shaun loves on him. I don’t have as much reading time, so I’ve been finding myself being pickier about what I read, but [...]
August 29, 2010 – 10:22 am
These are from a beautiful little comic (can it be a comic if it isn’t drawn? I went with yes.) called a softer world.
This one’s titled “They almost make a person want to read a book.”
Bookish girls are hot like that.
August 28, 2010 – 9:19 am
The Book: Mockingjay, by Suzanne Collins
A Note: I don’t usually fangirl and I don’t usually buy books the day they are released. I did both in this time around and I’m oh, so glad. Because I love the Hunger Games series and I want you to read it too, I want to give you this [...]
August 27, 2010 – 6:38 am
After doing my flashback on Forever Angels last week, it got me thinking about how I really did have a thing for sad, twisty books when I was middle school aged. I’m not really sure why. I had a pretty normal family life, didn’t know a ton of people who had died, [...]
August 26, 2010 – 9:20 am
The Book: Heart-Shaped Box, by Joe Hill
The Story: Judas Coyne (a stage name…. get it?) is kind of this aging “hardcore” rocker guy. He wears black clothes, has facial hair, has girlfriends that are 20, 30 years younger than him, and has this collection of gross/scary stuff, a used noose, a snuff film, a skull [...]
August 25, 2010 – 3:47 pm
This guy is pretty inspirational.
He started an organization called Room to Read with the goal of getting books to kids around the world, kids who would normally never get the chance to learn to read. He’s really making some advances and it’s pretty incredible.
Here’s the link.
August 25, 2010 – 10:47 am
Julie, over at Book Hooked is one of my absolute favorite book bloggers out there. If you don’t follow her blog, please get on that for your own sake. She reads a totally diverse selection of books, shares great bookish news, and has lately taken to book-related crafting. Not to mention she and her [...]