Isaac isn’t even here yet and he has quite the little book collection!
Everyone knows that I love to read and that I plan on reading to Isaac until he does too, so I’ve gotten so many great books as gifts for him. One of my friends even started collecting books for him when I first [...]
I know that some of you don’t use the internet at home and just save all that fun for work hours. I totally get it. However, you may have missed my little announcement over the weekend. I’ve got a giveaway going on for a shiny, new Mockingjay pin. Just a couple of days until I [...]
The Book: A Reliable Wife, by Robert Goolrick
The Story: It’s early-ish 1900’s and Ralph Truitt puts an ad in the paper looking for a reliable wife. He gets a lot of answers, but one of them really strikes him. Through letters and pictures, he and Catherine Land decide to get married. We meet both of [...]
Got this one from superpoop. So funny:
(I started that book about 10 times before I goodwilled it. Sorry David Foster Wallace, you were much too cool for me.)
Yes, this is another Toothpaste for Dinner comic. I love them. This one was titled “Baby Book Club.” How irresistible is that?
Another one from Superpoop. Pretty good advice:
Lookie what I found during my move!
Want it?! I know that you do!
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My plan is to pick and announce the winner (which I’ll just pick from a [...]
The last couple of days have been sort of great. Shaun and I have been a one-car-family for the whole time that we’ve been married. We have had a lot of car “issues” lately and had to borrow my parent’s truck to move, so we’ve both had a car for the last couple of weeks, [...]
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, by Roald Dahl
After reading and being absolutely obsessed with Matilda in elementary school, I made quick work of Roald Dahl’s other books. I am fairly certain that I read all of them and can’t think of one that disappointed. His kind of dark humor and belief that kids are smarter [...]
The Book: The Preservationist, by David Maine
The Story: You know this one, I’m sure. Noah builds a boat. Noah gets the animals in two-by-two. Big flood comes and washes everything away. Noah & his family are the only survivors. They re-populate the Earth. There ya go.
This book bounces from perspective to perspective: Noah, his wife, [...]
I read about this on Publisher’s Weekly today and just have to share!
Rumpus is a site that I’ve accidentally happened upon a few times. I kind of have a thing for web comics (nerd alert!) and they have good ones. They also have reviews of more under-the-radar books and Google has led me over there [...]
Somehow I had missed any news of the Barefoot Bandit until just today when there was a story on him on CNN.
I was shocked at how similar his story is to the Whiskey Robber story that I just reviewed yesterday.
Sometimes it seems like after I read about something, I notice it everywhere, but this is [...]