September 30, 2011 – 9:03 am
1. And I broke down and bought Lola and the Boy Next Door. When I was pre-ordering for Kayla (the winner of my giveaway!) I felt totally ok with waiting. Then yesterday all the fun hype on twitter and from Tameka and Jessica was too much for me. I caved. We went to the [...]
September 29, 2011 – 8:31 am
The Book: The Story of My Father: A Memoir, by Sue Miller
The Story: Sue Miller, a well known novelist, is taken totally off guard when her reliable, wonderful father is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. It’s a hard pill to swallow for any child, but for Sue it seemed especially hard because he had always been the [...]
September 28, 2011 – 8:12 pm
I’ve had sort of a crazy couple of days and blogging has not been totally on my radar, but oh Pintrest, I always have time for thee.
Tomorrow I’ll pull it together and get a review out there for you guys, but for now, just something I found via Pintrest a couple of days ago [...]
September 26, 2011 – 6:53 am
Goodbye, Old Tippecanoe: William Henry Harrison and His One Month Presidency, by Keith W. Norris
If people even remember who William Henry Harrison is it’s only because everyone learned in school that he was stupid enough to give his inauguration speech in the rain with no coat and then died one month later. He [...]
September 26, 2011 – 6:21 am
I love pushing the little button on the random number generator. So exciting!
I’m happy to announce that the random number was 4 which makes the winner of the Anna/Lola giveaway
KAYLA!!!!
I love it because the comment that won was Kayla’s made up book title. What did she pick?
Kayla and the Soulful Musician. That’s amazing! You [...]
September 25, 2011 – 8:19 am
Today is the last day to enter my Anna/Lola Giveaway! I’m going to draw late tonight and let you know early tomorrow so I can get Lola pre-ordered!
Get over here and sign up!
September 25, 2011 – 8:16 am
Oh, Natalie Dee, I think we are twins.
Not only do I love a good Choose Your Own Adventure book, I also end up in my PJs most of the day pretty often. So often it is scary. Guess it’s just a perk of the job, huh?
September 23, 2011 – 1:27 pm
1. This has been an exhausting week. For whatever reason, when I have time to sleep I can’t sleep, and when I’m busy, I’m exhausted. I’ve been only halfway functional and it’s getting OLD.
2. I love Twitter and Facebook and social networking and whatever, but lately it’s been making me [...]
September 22, 2011 – 7:13 pm
So, I know I brag about my shelves all the time. I love them.
But I’m thinking about changing them.
I’ll pause for the gasps.
Ok, ya back with me?
Great. I love them being organized by color, and I’m going to keep them organized by color, but sometimes I think that the shelves don’t totally look [...]
September 21, 2011 – 3:20 pm
The Book: Desperation, by Stephen King
The Story: This is the companion novel that goes with The Regulators. They aren’t a “series” exactly and can be read in any order, but the do have some characters that overlap and a similar storyline. Just so ya know.
Desperation is a town in in-the-middle-of-nowhere Nevada. [...]