Mary Roach has a gift for making science accessible and–dare I say it?–even funny. In this book, she tackles the digestive system. Covering topics ranging from thorough chewing (as in 700+ chews for One. Freaking. Bite.) to the miraculous properties of spit, from being eaten alive to the possibility (or not) of chewing your way Continue Reading…
Welcome to my weekly update for January 19, 2015! It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Posted […]
I adore musicals. And that’s probably all I need to write. But here goes. My husband made a point of showing me this trailer a month or so ago (I usually have no idea what’s going on in the movie world). He knew I would be excited by it and I was. Fairy tales, a Continue Reading…
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Posted: My Top Ten Books of 2014 2014 Reading by the Numbers Review: The League of Seven by Alan Gratz–4 Stars My sign-up post for the 7 Continents, 7 Billion People, 7 Books Reading Challenge Read: Curtsies & Conspiracies by Gail Carriger Continue Reading…
Life as a Journey is hosting the 7 Continents, 7 Billion People, 7 Books challenge 2015. She has asked us to read seven books meeting seven different geographical criteria. A book from…. This should push me out of my comfort zone! I’ll track my progress here. You can find lists and links, as well as Continue Reading…
It’s 1875 and Archie Dent’s parents belong to The Septemberists, a society dedicated to remembering the damage caused by monsters called the Mangleborn and to preventing them from rising again to destroy civilization. On a routine trip to the Septemberist headquarters, the older Dents are taken over by Manglespawn, children of a Mangleborn, and forced Continue Reading…
It appears that I didn’t write this recap post last year. What a shame. No one else may be interested but I like looking back over my reading year! The StatsI set my GoodReads goal at 75 books for the year but I finished up with 90. Yay for me! That was largely due to Continue Reading…
I hate to say it, but 2014 was by and large just an average reading year for me. I read a lot of books I liked, some of them quite a lot, but I didn’t actually rate anything five stars. I’m not sure what that means. Is my taste changing and my book choices aren’t Continue Reading…
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Posted: Meeting the Authors: Kate DiCamillo Meeting the Authors: Rick Bragg Movie Review: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies–2 Stars I also posted my sign-ups for the Eclectic Reader Challenge, European Reading Challenge, and Banned Books Challenge. Read: Maus: A Continue Reading…
My husband and I went to see the new Hobbit movie Saturday night. It’s been 20+ years since I read the book so I haven’t been plagued with the urge to compare it to the movies, which has been pretty nice. I’ve been able to just sit back and enjoy the spectacle. Then we got Continue Reading…
I’m signing up for the Banned Books Challenge hosted at Buckling Bookshelves again. Obviously, the idea is to read banned or challenged books. I always read several for Banned Books Week anyway, so this is a natural fit for me. For more information or to sign up yourself, visit Buckling Bookshelves. I’m signing up as Continue Reading…