The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien
Oh, The Hobbit. Such fond memories. We had a great collection of the Lord of the Rings books while I was growing up. They were paperback and all fit in this tidy little box together. In fifth grade, we had to choose a book to do a book report on [...]
The Book: Horns, by Joe Hill
The Story: Ig (as in Ignatius…huh?) is kind of going through a rough patch. Last year, his long-time girlfriend, Merrin, was murdered and while he was never formally charged, everyone in his small town assumes that he was responsible. His brother is a famous talk show host and everyone loves [...]
Um. So, this has some language. A lot of language. If you’re at work, wear your headphones. And it really is a horribly done video, but it made me laugh until I cried a little bit, and I’m sure that you guys can appreciate how amazing this is.
For me the highlight is the spelling. I [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
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, [...]