The Book: A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Solider, by Ishmael Beah
The Story: Ishmael was just a boy when war swept through his country. While he escaped the attack on his village, the rest of his family did not. He joined with a group of boys who was also on the run from [...]
This is so smart. I need this by my bed. Shaun needs one in the bathroom. Awesome.
Not sure about the 34 dollar price tag, but I love it anyway!
Find it over here at Sleek Identity.
The Book: Keeping the Moon, by Sarah Dessen
The Story: Because of a situation that is far beyond her control, Colie ends up at her aunt’s house for the whole summer. Not only is her aunt a little… off… but also she lives in a podunk town with nothing to do. Colie is all set to [...]
Morning! Hope everyone had a great week. I was kind of off kilter all week and capped it off yesterday by shattering a picture frame off of the wall and my iPod Touch both in the span of about 3 minutes, no joke. Maybe it’s the weather (never ending rain) or how busy we’ve been, [...]
The Last Founding Father: James Monroe and a Nation’s Call to Greatness, by Harlow Giles Unger
Alright, there are a lot of little things that I want to talk about that have absolutely no relation to one another so bulleted list it is!
Harlow Giles Unger is maybe the best historian name I’ve ever heard of. And [...]
So, this is totally amazing.
This company called Blank Pages put together an online copy of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. They put words on one page and left the opposite page blank. As users submit artwork that goes with the words on the opposing page, the editors put them in and…. waaalaaaa… community art project.
Even [...]
The Book: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, by Jonathan Safran Foer
The Story: Oskar is this kind of “different” kid, living in New York during 9/11. His father is killed in the attacks and he and his mother are both just destroyed.
While looking through his father’s stuff one day, he finds a mysterious envelope with a [...]
I just had the craziest weekend ever, which afforded no time at all for the ol’ blog. I guess that is what happens when the sun *finally* comes out after 8 long months of hiding.
It did, however afford time for lots of car & outdoor reading, which was wonderful.
Anyway! I haven’t gone two days without [...]
Happy Friday! This has been an exhausting week and I am so, so looking forward to Shaun getting home from work tonight. The weekend is looking rather sweet this time around. Tomorrow we have a cornhole tournament with our small group from church and I’m really, really looking forward to it. I’m worse at cornhole [...]
Ok, so this is going to be one of the few non-book related posts that you’ll see around here, but I just heard about this and I’m so excited that I have to share.
If you don’t know who Rich Mullins is, please do a little bit of Googling and youtubing and listen to some of [...]