December 31, 2010 – 11:20 am
Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective
To say I loved Encyclopedia Brown would be quite the understatement. I was a little bit obsessed. What I loved about these books was that they weren’t really set up like a story, they were more like a collection of “cases” so I didn’t have to read the whole book every time [...]
December 30, 2010 – 11:44 am
The Book: The Passage, by Justin Cronin
The Story: So I started typing a summary and realized that this is a giant 800 pager. A few paragraphs aren’t really enough to go into what happens, but pretty much we’re looking at a government-created zombie/vampire apocalypse. The only “savior” is an 8 year old girl who ages [...]
December 29, 2010 – 10:49 pm
So this isn’t exactly book related, but it’s reading related, so that counts, right? Right.
I am a magazine reader. So is Shaun. They frigging pile up. Cooking magazines are especially bad and they end up piling up after a while.
I was looking for ways to store them and came across this blog entry.
She has some [...]
December 28, 2010 – 4:05 pm
Hey guys! I wasn’t really sure if I’d be able to blog over the holidays, and it turned out I couldn’t. Not only was there not a spare second, the computer at my parents house is old and slow and my husband has made me a computer snob.
Anyway, we got back late last night and [...]
December 23, 2010 – 7:36 pm
We’re literally on our door on the way to head to spend Christmas with our families in Southern Ohio. We’ve had a busy day getting everything together and running all over town. So fun.
Anyway, I saw this post last week sometime and thought in the spirit of Christmas, I would share these literary themed Christmas [...]
December 22, 2010 – 12:00 pm
You guys know I’m a sucker for a list.
Everyone and their mom is coming out with a “Best Books of 2010″ list and I’m going to compile them here. If you come across a good one (or write one if you’re a blogger), leave me a link in the comments and I’ll update. Fun, fun!
EW’s [...]
December 21, 2010 – 8:28 am
The Book: The Lottery, by Patricia Wood
The Story: Perry is just slow. He’s not retarded. Retarded is an IQ of 75 or lower and he has an IQ of 76. His nuclear family has totally failed him but he is being raised by his spunky Grandma who keeps him on the right track and lets [...]
December 20, 2010 – 11:24 am
The Passage, by Justin Cronin
So this is one of those books that I have had my eye on since the second it came out. I finally remembered to request it from the library, finally got an email saying it was my turn… and promptly forgot about it. Two weeks later I remembered and had to [...]
December 19, 2010 – 9:47 am
A reader sent me this one last week.
So true:
“Definitely a book, from cover to cover.” Ha.
This came from DoghouseDiaries, which I wasn’t familiar with before but seems pretty fun.
December 18, 2010 – 7:03 pm
Unfortunately, this site is not accepting orders anymore but I just wanted to share some drool-worthy pictures.
There are a whole bunch of other ones at their flickr site. Click here to check it out.
I particularly love the first one with the cursive “read.”
What I love is the story behind these. They were house hunting and [...]