PREFACE: I’m doing the spring read-a-thon (like last October). If you want to check in and follow along with me you can see my hourly updates HERE. So, the annual spring Read-a-Thon created by Dewey starts tomorrow, at 6am my time (lucky me), and continues for 24 hours. I had a harder time this round [...]
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3 Mar
Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss
Today is Dr. Seuss’s birthday. How could this day not be great? In honor, I have volunteered to go read to children at a local school. Of course, the requirement is Dr. Seuss but I’m very excited to share the love of reading with kids. Today, I read the following by Dr. Seuss: Marvin K. [...]
26 Jan
Book to Film – The Reader
Book Review. This is one of the first movies I have seen that is almost identical to the book it was fashioned after. The Reader is about a 15 year old boy who has an affair with a woman twice his age. After a summer long romance she disappears, leaving the kid wondering what happened, [...]
17 Oct
Read-A-Thon
Tomorrow I’m joining in with an online 24 Hour Read-A-Thon. Since I keep a list hear, at least for now, of what I’ve been reading, I figured this would fit in. If you’re interested to see progress or read the hourly updates I will hopefully be doing, you can check it all out HERE. My [...]
25 Sep
50 Book Challenge
I gave myself a new challenge: How many books can I read in one year? I’ll update here as I go. So far: #1: Beowulf#2: Persuasion by Jane Austen#3: Dawn by VC Andrews#4: Harry Potter: Prisoner of Azkaban#5: It’s Called a Breakup Because It’s Broken#6: A Short Guide to a Happy Life by Anna Quindlen#7: [...]
12 Sep
1,001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
The odds are I will never make it, but to my small effort currently. I think next year (2009) I will devote my reading to this list. In the meantime: #358. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas – Hunter S. Thompson#434. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich – Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn#456. To Kill [...]
18 Aug
lazy monday
I consider this past weekend to be a successful one, and I feel like I accomplished quite a lot for not really leaving the house. Friday I finished up the peaceful story of Siddhartha and caught up with some movie watching, including Smart People and The Philadelphia Story. Had to go help some family out [...]
22 Jul
reading comes from writing
I did it again. To keep personal and “professional” separate, I started a blog strictly for book reading and all future writing. Although I will probably continue posting here, the more detailed reviews and information and yada yada will be there. Gives me one more thing to keep track of. Reading Comes From Writing
21 Jul
New Moon
I admit to being a little sucked into the series, mainly in toward the end of each book only because the action picks up and I’m anxious to know what happens. The second book was not as good as the first, and probably not as good as third, but it was still great, with one [...]
14 Jul
Twilight
Twilight is the young romantic story of Bella Swan, who moves away from her mother in Phoenix to live with her father in a remote town in Washington. She falls for an unlikely boy by the name of Edward, who is more of an outcast than she is being new. As Bella begins to learn [...]
