Archive for December, 2008
December Jacket-Flap-a-Thon
Submitted by Book Nut
Last one for the year. I’ve enjoyed thinking about jacket-flaps this year, and have learned that mostly it’s personal taste whether they “work” or not. In general, though: shorter is better, without giving away important (or near the end of the book details), while keeping to the style of the book all [...]
Interesting People, Amazing Places, and Good Food
Submitted by Book Nut
This is a sticky post; scroll down for newer posts…I’ve been thinking about whether or not I want to do the Expanding Horizons Challenge again next year. And… I think not. Before you get all depressed (like you would. Really.), I’m not doing away with it entirely. I just came up with [...]
Just Because….
Submitted by Book Nut
I can’t hijack Hubby’s blog, like he did mine…
(His bachelor’s graduation — he had two more over the years; we were engaged at the time.)
I need a filler for today…
(He’s the cutie on the far right.)
(He’s standing second from the back. The really amazing thing about this picture is that his older [...]
Tuesday Teasers
Submitted by BOOKS ON THE BRAIN
Miz B and Teaser Tuesdays asks you to:
Grab your current read. Let the book fall open to a random page. Share with us two (2) sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.
You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that [...]
My Best of — Cybils Middle Grade Panel Edition
Submitted by Book Nut
We’ve hashed, discussed, chatted, pleaded, and, in the end, came up with a shortlist, which we turned into our panel organizer today. The official lists are scheduled to go up on the first of January, so you’ll have to wait until then to find out what they are. As is to be [...]
The Sunday Salon
Submitted by BOOKS ON THE BRAIN
We’ve made it to the last Sunday of 2008! I hope you are enjoying a relaxing holiday season with your families.
Sk8tr Grlz
The last week has been a blur for us. Christmas was a wild rumpus of paper and squeals. Suffice it to say that the girls were very happy with [...]
The Best of My 2008
Submitted by Book Nut
I had so much fun doing this last year, that I had to repeat myself.
By the Numbers:
Middle Grade Fiction: 72 (being on the MG panel really shot the numbers through the roof!)
Young Adult Fiction: 53
Graphic Novels: 16
Non-Fiction: 14
Fiction: 42
Grand Total: 197
Challenges Completed: 9
And it wouldn’t be the same without the [...]
Yellow Star
Submitted by Book Nut
by Jennifer Roy
ages 9-12
This is not a happy book. Then again, what book about the Holocaust is a happy book? Granted, this one has a happy ending — it’s a story based on the life of the author’s aunt, and she survived — but getting there is harsh, depressing, and painful. Which [...]
A Very Public (And Enthusiastic) Thanks
Submitted by Book Nut
I had the good fortune to have two secret Santas this year. First, my online book group did a gift exchange, and my Scret Santa sent me this:
Inside… was this:
I’m not sure if you click on the image whether or not you can read all those words, but it’s all the books [...]
May All Your Days Be Bookish and Bright
Submitted by Book Nut
The two things we do well around here are books and blogs, so here’s our bookish bloggy Christmas letter!
K is our little spitfire, two and half years old, bouncing off the walls (when she’s not drawing on them), watching TV, going anywhere her older sisters go. Her favorite things are climbing (trees, [...]
Literature and the internet could have beat Hitler
Written by Michael Vass
The Nobel Prize is an accomplishment of great order and a source of pride for any winner. Often an entire lifetime of work is summed up in this one award. And there is no question that colleagues respect those that have won.
For those of us in the general populace the Nobel Prize [...]
