This week’s question from Karen: Weekend Assignment #229: Tell us about a nickname – yours, or someone else’s. Did you come up with it, or was it bestowed by someone else? Is it still in use? And most of all, has it benefited the nicknamed person, or caused them grief, or both? Extra Credit: Have you ever tried for a nickname that just didn’t take off? Karen notes in her own Assignment that “(I came […]
Bulletin Board – the shameless self-promotion edition(I usually use this section to mention events around the blogiverse, but this time it’s [almost] all about me :-).)*******Have you been to the Bookworms Carnival yet? If not, please add it to your weekend calendar :-)! To those of you who found your way here because of the Bookworms Carnival – WELCOME! Thanks for coming by, and I hope you’ll visit often. Also, I’d also like to give […]
Tuesday Thingers (hosted at The Boston Bibliophile) Today’s question: Favorite bookstores. What’s your favorite bookstore? Is it an online store or a bricks-and-mortar store? How often do you go book shopping? Is your favorite bookstore (or bookstores) listed as a favorite in LT? Do you attend events at local bookstores? Do you use LT to find events? A similar question was asked in a recent Booking Through Thursday, and I said: (E)ven if Amazon.com disappeared […]
The Great Man Kate Christensen Anchor Books, 2008 (paperback) (ISBN 0307277348 / 9780307277343) Fiction, 320 pages First Sentence: “It’s amazing how well you can live on very little money,” said Teddy St. Cloud to Henry Burke over her shoulder as she strode into the kitchen of her Brooklyn row house. Book Description: Oscar Feldman, the renowned figurative painter, has passed away. As his obituary notes, Oscar is survived by his wife, Abigail, their son, Ethan, […]
Welcome to the August 2008 Bookworms Carnival (Edition #14)! This month’s theme is “You’re Never Too Old,” and it’s based on children’s and young-adult literature. While we’re all adults here(chronologically, at least), many of us embraced reading early in our lives, and some of our fondest memories of childhood involve the books we loved then – and, in many cases, still do. I reminisced about some of my own favorites in this Weekly Geeks post […]
Someday I’ll probably have to go back to writing my own responses to Ten on Tuesday, but not just yet. This week’s topic, “10 Favorite Villains From the Movies,” is another one tailor-made for my husband the movie maven, so here’s another guest post from Tall Paul. Interestingly, a couple of them also made an appearance in his earlier guest post naming “10 Favorite Movie Characters.” Is that support for the idea that the bad […]
This submission to the Bookworms Carnival was written by Emily Cullen. Emily doesn’t have a personal blog (yet) – which is why I’ve published it here as a guest post – but you can read her contributions at the New Jersey Moms Blog. Consider this a preview – the Bookworms Carnival is coming on Wednesday! I found out very early on in my pregnancy that I was going to have a little boy. I won’t […]
It’s been awhile since I posted a Blogthings quiz, and it’s a bit ironic that I agree with the results of this one, since my eyesight is so bad: You are the Sense of Sight You are a very observant, detail oriented person. You are able to take in a lot of information at once. You often see things that other people never notice. You have a good eye for design and aesthetics. You love […]
Bulletin Board ********THANK YOU to everyone who submitted posts for the Bookworms Carnival! Stay tuned here, and I will post the Carnival in the next few days.********We’re a little ways into the month now, but have you been Blogging the Recession? I’ve encountered a few bloggers who are, and I’ve been trying to do my part, although I haven’t officially signed up for it. It’s the brainchild of Kristen from Motherhood Uncensored, and it goes […]
Tuesday Thingers (hosted at The Boston Bibliophile) Today’s question is only marginally about LibraryThing but I thought it might be a fun question anyway. It’s more about blogging. Everyone who participates in Tuesday Thingers has a blog- some have a book blog, some have several, some have blogs that are more personal, etc.- and we’ve all chosen to participate in this particular way of networking to build traffic, get to know each other, etc. So […]
(Disclaimer: This review was based on an Advance Reading Copy [ARC] provided directly to me by the author.) No One You Know Michelle Richmond Delacorte Press, 2008, hardcover (ISBN 0385340133 / 9780385340137) Fiction, 320 pages First sentence: When I found him at last, I had long ago given up the search. Book Description: No One You Know is the story of Ellie Enderlin, a woman who has spent the last two decades trying to rebuild […]
I chat online with one of my girlfriends pretty regularly – usually on Wednesdays – but we’ve missed a few weeks recently, and I hadn’t spoken with her since before my family went on vacation. When she asked about that, I responded “Too much to tell here, but there’s a lot about it on my blog.” I got the impression she was a bit amused by that. Even though some of my offline friends and […]
