No, not for Twilight (err, New Moon? Pale Moon?). I hate Twilight. I thought the book was so poorly written that I found the movie — which I downloaded to watch one night while battling insomnia, then trashed immediately after viewing — to be better because at least all the pages full of "staring longingly into each others' eyes" were gone. "Both Rowling and Meyer, they’re speaking directly to young people...
Continue readingOne of my new favorite spiritual blogs, Devotional Christian, is giving away 22 Christian books! Go check out the promotion page for the full list of books. To enter for a chance to win, write a blog post, tweet, or post a note to your church's website about Devotional Christian. Then fill out this form, and that's it! A winner will be chosen via random.org on November 8th. Good luck to everyone who enters! ...
Continue readingWhen I first found out I was pregnant, the baby-preparation experience I looked forward to the most was not decorating the nursery or picking out the baby clothes. It was building the baby's first library. As a avid lover of books, I absolutely cannot wait to introduce my child to all the books I loved as a child. Where the Wild Things Are. The Giving Tree. The Velveteen Rabbit. The list goes on and on. (And if my child takes after J and does not like reading much, I'll just DIE. DIIIEEEEE, I tell you!) Yesterday, Wired's GeekDad introduced me to another book I must add to the list: An Awesome Book by Dallas Clayton. I immediately clicked on over to read the book...
Continue readingI have been a long-time fan of Neil Gaiman, whom I consider the contemporary master of fantasy literature. So today, when Boing Boing featured a picture of his personal library, I couldn't help but sit up straight and pay extra attention. photo by Shelfari I stared. I drooled. It was exactly how I pictured his bookshelves. And it's how I envision my future personal library - in a place and point where I have the space, time, and monetary funds to build something so magnificent. Because you see; I'd read my way out of a mountain of books, if I could. ...
Continue readingYesterday, I had written that we received a surprise gift in the mail: the book Oh, Baby, the Places You'll Go! A Book to Be Read in Utero. As I sidled into bed last night I decided to take the book with me so that I can read to Tater Tot for the very first time. The book itself is very similar to the one from which it was adapted - Dr. Seuss' Oh the Places You'll Go! - with a few changes here and there. I quite enjoyed myself, although occassionally stumbling over the funny words, colorful rhymes and frequent alliterations that is the trademark of the author. Then I reached the last spread. You'll find that this world'sa great place to begin,but...
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