October 3, 2011 – 5:01 pm
I love fall book season. This is when publishers release their big books of the year. Book Beast has put together a very good list of what they feel are the stand out books of the season. Click here and take notes. Book Beast’s Must Read Books of the Fall
September 28, 2011 – 11:10 am
Was Banned Book Week invented by the American Library Association (ALA) as a way of using reverse psychology on reluctant readers? Don’t laugh. I can see why a book listed as ‘subversive’ might be an attractive read for an adolescent. Earlier this month, I read USA Today contributor Jonah Goldberg’s opinion piece Column: Banned Book Week is just hype. [...]
September 17, 2011 – 10:58 am
Save the date! Northwest BookFest 2011 is only a few weeks away…and for the first time ever, the Eastside will host. This year’s theme (giving us hope there will be many more years to come) is It’s Raining Books! By the looks of the program schedule there is lots to choose from. Readers can [...]
September 12, 2011 – 12:16 pm
My Facebook friends know that I have been chronicling a backyard vegetable garden project that a friend and I collaborated on. Of course, all summer long we’ve been bragging to friends that we would host a harvest garden party to celebrate all the wonderful produce we were sure to grow. What we didn’t expect was [...]
September 8, 2011 – 5:52 pm
Shop Indie Bookstores My son and daughter have been out of college for several years now, but I still love to see what schools are asking their incoming freshman to read. I found this list on the College Confidential Forum. Rebecca Skloot’s The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks looks to be the favorite pick this year. Do [...]
September 5, 2011 – 9:23 am
Shop Indie Bookstores The top five reasons to read this book. 1. You’re a big fan of Tina Fey, SNL or 30 Rock. 2. You like books that are laugh out loud funny. 3. OK, I can only think of 2…but for those of you that have read this book, you’ll GET this format. Book [...]
August 15, 2011 – 10:17 am
Are you looking for an end of summer bookish project or a literary fashionista pining away for one of those cute book clutches ala Olympia Le-Tan or Kate Spade? Then this DIY project is for you. Courtesy of See Kate Sew, the directions look fairly easy. The hardest part is apparently finding the right size purse [...]
August 7, 2011 – 12:56 pm
So what goes into bringing a number one best seller like Kathryn Stockett‘s The Help to the big screen? A good script is essential but set design is certainly the biggest component to transporting an audience back in time to the deep south of the sixties. According to Cinema Style, the inspiration for many of [...]
Shop Indie Bookstores Put yourself in this woman’s place. Each morning you wake up and find yourself sleeping next to a complete stranger. You are reminded each day by a phone call from a doctor you don’t remember to read your journal, the one and only connection you have with the past. This taut paced [...]
Shop Indie Bookstores In case you missed Vendetta, last night’s premier episode of PBS Masterpiece Mystery’s new ZEN series, you’re still in luck. Based on the wonderful mysteries of Michael Dibdin, Cabal airs next Sunday night, July24th followed on the 31st by Ratking (which was actually the first book written in the Zen series). Not sure what I loved watching [...]
