I had baby showers last weekend and this weekend, and since everybody knows I’m a reader, I got a ton of books for Superfast Baby. In fact, the theme of the shower my mom & my high school friend threw was “books” and everybody brought a book to put in this really cute basket. [...]
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No, not books TO movies, books IN movies, used as props or set dressing. Whenever I see a character reading, I want to know what they’re reading. All too often you can’t tell, but when you can, it’s usually informative.
The AMC series “Mad Men” has had some fun book cameos. [...]
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I upgraded to Wordpress 2.3 this morning, and after a few hours of hacking I think I managed to get everything up and running smoothly. If you’re interested:
You’ll now find tags at the bottom of each post, instead of at the top.
I am still using Categories as a section in the sidebar. I [...]
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Thanks largely to BookMooch, I have accumulated quite a massive TBR stack, which I thought I’d share with you in honor of the book I read for work today, which was a good story but just made me want to reread Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. But no re-reading for Superfast anytime soon…
If you’ve read [...]
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Your Score: House Targaryen
72% Dominant, 54% Extroverted, 72% Trustworthy
Ancient. Noble. Passionate to the point of insanity. Transcending lesser beings, you are of House Targaryen.
You are a dominant personality—in fact, you are the most dominant of all eight house types. You will not [...]
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I’m a few days late with this but I loved the question, and decided to use it after finishing a work read about a rather lonely little girl.
When growing up did your family share your love of books? If so, did one person get you into reading? And, do you have any family-oriented memories with [...]
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Updated–for more on the nominations, check out this thread at Scanners.
Here are the movies I submitted to Eddie on Film for the quest to determine who will be America’s Favorite 25 Non-English Language Films. I’ve bolded the ones which didn’t make the final selection, which was chosen from films which received at least 3 [...]
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Updated: Thanks to everyone who helped. The site seems to be working fine.
Apparently the scripts I’m running on the far right are breaking my site in IE. Because I have a new Mac, I can’t check this out for myself. I’m told that when I remove the scripts the site works fine [...]
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I realize this is not a blog about dance. In fact, dance and reading couldn’t be more disparate activities. You definitely can’t do them at the same time.
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Synopsis:
A small boy deals with the death of his mother by setting his imagination free.
Review:
Up High in the Trees is a beautifully written book about a most engaging child, but it failed to move me. I’m not really sure why. Sebby, his brother Leo, his sister Cass, and his father are all dealing [...]
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