So my tech-loving husband, of course, ordered an iPad just about the day that they were announced. I never really got it- seemed like a hybrid between the iPhone and a laptop. I’m still not totally sold, but I did get to play around with it today, specifically the iBooks app.
Here are my thoughts, laid [...]
The Book: The Girl Who Chased the Moon, by Sarah Addison Allen
The Story: After the death of her mother, Emily comes to the small town in North Carolina where her mother grew up to live with her Grandfather who happens to be a 8 foot tall giant. The house that he lives in has mysterious [...]
The Book: Freakonomics; A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
The Story: Yeah, not much of a “story.” They even say in the introduction that the information presented doesn’t really have particularly clear ties to any of the other information. Each chapter kind of takes on [...]
The Book: World Without End, by Ken Follett
The Story: Not entirely sure where to start with this one. This is the companion to Pillars of the Earth, which was another giant of a book. Really the similarities end at the fact that they take place in the same town, Kingsbridge. There were a few references [...]