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 in IE. I can tell from looking at the stats that people like the Librarything, BookMooch, and Google Reader features, so I don’t want to get rid of them. But I don’t…
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.
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 with a grievous loss, each choosing to isolate themselves in a different way. The overall story shows a family splitting apart then coming back together because of the choices…
I just spent the last 90 minutes hacking the Cutline Theme to bits to create what I think is a much more user-friendly layout. It feels much cleaner to me. Of course, it still features my kickass banner by Hevan Chan. I’d definitely love feedback/suggestions…
In the Series vs. Recurring Characters post, a comment from Imani yielded this tantalizing fragment: Maybe that’s why I disagree Thank you! I feel like this is a sign that I’m doing something right over here at Reading is my Superpower. I might blog like I’m right about everything, but I know I’m not. (Just don’t tell my husband.) Generally speaking, the discussions in the comments threads have been marvelous. There’s nothing quite like discussing books and reading with kindred spirits. I’ve gotten book recommendations,…
My last On Reading post, How Much Trouble Can One Teen Get Into, Anyway? was a synopsis of a fake YA book, not the actual book I read, which was chock-full of troubles, but not quite as outlandish as what I posted.
After reading today’s work read, I think what I really need to do with my life is write the mother of all teen novels. MY LIFE SUCKS WORSE THAN YOURS by SUPERFAST READER Our girl is an overachiever from a broken home who was molested by a family friend when she was young. She keeps a journal chronicling her struggles with bulimia and anorexia. After a wild crystal meth-fueled party gets out of control, she ends up dating one of the boys she had sex…
Synopsis: An overview of the “giftedness complex,” from Baby Einstein to kid Scrabble tournaments.
Thanks to commenter Ian, who pointed out that the “recommended” feed wasn’t working. I’ve changed it & moved to the far left, so please check out the articles I’m linking to. Also, if any of you HTML savvy commenters can tell me what code I need to put in to keep the left column from butting up right underneath my banner, I’d greatly appreciate it. Should I put something after td valign=”top”? I just finished reading a new book by one of the great writers…
I just added a section to my sidebar where you can check out recent articles and blog postings I’ve come across and found worth sharing. For the most part, I’ll be sharing links about books and reading. But I might go off on the occasional tangent into related areas, but I won’t stray very far from the mission of this blog, which is to celebrate the written word. If you want to be a Superfast Groupie, you can subscribe to my shared items feed here.