Well, my day at the Printer’s Row Book Fair got cancelled due to weather. I left church and it was pouring, but the wind was too strong to use an umbrella. It was like jumping into the shower with all of my clothes on. We have strong thunderstorm warnings for the rest of the day.
I [...]
Today may not end up being comprised of a lot of reading, but there are sure going to be a ton of books!
This afternoon I will be traveling to downtown Chicago to attend the Printer’s Row Book Fair. There are author events, booksellers, and exhibitors. I plan to focus primarily on the exhibitors and pretend [...]
Dewey is hosting a 24-hour Readathon on June 28th, 2008, beginning at 9 am Pacific Standard Time. People can sponsor the readers, giving X dollars for each hour (or hundred pages, or whatever, I’m sure) read. The proceeds will be going to Reading is Fundamental.
I’m contemplating doing this. The timing is really bad for me, [...]
Towards the end of my contest, I was essentially rationing my posts. I didn’t want the contest to end too soon, and I didn’t want to get stuck where I COULDN’T do Sunday Salon or Tuesday Thingers because that would be the 100th post. Because of that, I put off doing the memes I was [...]
“The Leper Compound“ by Paula Nangle
“The Leper Compound” is the story of Colleen, the daughter of a white Rhodesian settler. Colleen is growing up in Rhodesia around the time of the Rhodesian civil war and the creation of the state of Zimbabwe. This is Paula Nangle’s first novel and it is fantastic for [...]
Have your book-tastes changed over the years? More fiction? Less? Books that are darker and more serious? Lighter and more frivolous? Challenging? Easy? How-to books over novels? Mysteries over Romance?
My reading tastes have changed a fair amount, although I don’t always realize it as it tends to happen gradually. One major change is that I [...]
“Alive in Necropolis” by Doug Dorst
Available July 17th, 2008
Let me just begin with an exceprt of the publisher’s description of the book, as I don’t think I can describe the premise of “Alive in Necropolis” nearly as well as they do:
Colma, California, is the only incorporated city in America where the dead outnumber the living. [...]
I saw a huge increase in traffic in May over April (one week in particular had more views than the entire month of April!), so I wanted to thank everyone has visited. Of course, I don’t know who you are if you don’t comment, so thanks to the following people (in no particular order):
LisaLynne [...]
It is an absolutely gorgeous day here outside of Chicago. This is quite lucky, as our church met outside this morning. We don’t have our own building yet and generally meet in a local high school. However, this weekend said high school is having their graduation, so instead we met at the gazebo in the little [...]
“Have I Got a Guy for You” edited by Alix Strauss
Have you ever wished that “Sex and the City” was a book (okay, other than the actual book called “Sex and the City“)? If so, perhaps you would enjoy “Have I Got a Guy for You.”
“Have I Got a Guy for You,” is a collection [...]
