Hamster's Wheel (Free subscription) | 09/21/2009
LGBT people born today: 1898 – Pavel Tchelitchew – Russian / US Painter – Died 31st July 1957 1902 – Luis Cernuda – Spanish Poet / Literary Critic – Died 5th November 1963 1926 – Don Dunstan – Australian Politician – Died 6th February 1999 1944 – Fannie Flagg – US Actress / Author 1945 – Kay Ryan – US Poet / Teacher 1967...
Life must be filled up (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
I spent much of the weekend reading Standing in the Rainbow by Fannie Flagg. Five hundred pages and I didn’t want to finish it. I’d already enjoyed Can’t Wait to Get to Heaven and written about it here . I didn’t realize that it was really an afterthought to Rainbow , about the same characters.* Standing in the Rainbow follows a set of small town Americans from the 1940s to...
Life must be filled up (Free subscription) | 08/29/2009
This comes from _lethe_ and it's really hard to do without hundreds of books to choose from. Using only books you have read this year (2009) answer the questions, without repeating a book title. Describe yourself: How do you feel: Singled Out, Virginia Nicholson Describe where you currently live: A House in the Country, Jocelyn Playfair If you could go anywhere, where would you go? The Proper Place,...
being emily (Free subscription) | 08/26/2009
I love books. I love reading. I love lists. Over at So Many Books, So Little Time I saw this list of "NPR's 100 Best Beach Books Ever". I'm bolding the one's I've read, and reading the one's I haven't. 1. The Harry Potter series , by J.K. Rowling 2. To Kill a Mockingbird , by Harper Lee 3. The Kite Runner , by Khaled Hosseini 4. Bridget Jones's Diary , by Helen Fielding 5. Pride and Prejudice...
Joystory (Free subscription) | 08/21/2009
see more Lolcats and funny pictures H/T for this idea to Bonnie Jacobs I spent the last week focusing on getting done with as many library books as I could to make room on my card for the ones I had ordered. I went to the library today and now want to hang out with the newest bag of books. So I'm leaving you with this list of 100 Best Beach Books ever as voted on by NPR's audience . I've bolded the...
The J-Walk Blog (Free subscription) | 08/19/2009
At NPR: 100 Best Beach Books Ever . Almost 16,000 of you cast some 136,000 votes in our Best Beach Books Ever poll. Whether such a vote can determine literary quality, who can say? But there's one thing a multitude of book-loving NPR types can most definitely do, and that's pick a list of books that will appeal to... book-loving NPR types. I'm not exactly sure what distinguishes a beach book from a...
The Kindle Reader (Free subscription) | 08/16/2009
NPR recently polled its book-loving audience for their favorite beach reads. Their response was an eclectic mix of new and classic favorites. I thought it would be interesting to see how many of these books - chosen by recreational readers rather than book critics - are available for our favorite reading device. As the list is long - one hundred titles - I'm dividing it into two parts, with the first...
The Velvet Blog (Free subscription) | 08/15/2009
--fannie flagg topless --what you need for a trip to the moon --metaphors and similes for orgasm --orb that electrocutes you --yogurt poop --printers in basements --this is the universe. big, isn't it? --what's wrong with karl rove --who buys malkin's book
The Written World (Free subscription) | 08/14/2009
I needed something 'uncomplicated' to talk about, and Bonnie posted this list and bolded the ones that she has read. I decided to see how many I have read. 1. The Harry Potter series, by J.K. Rowling (I didn't read all of them) 2. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee - On my TBR 3. The Kite Runner , by Khaled Hosseini 4. Bridget Jones's Diary , by Helen Fielding 5. Pride and Prejudice , by Jane Austen...
Healthy Gopher (Free subscription) | 08/13/2009
The top 100 beach blanket books , according to NPR. I've read 29 of them (in bold) - and several (in blue) are on my "next time I'm lounging on the beach/Bavarian Alps/Minnesotan Lakeshore/... ..." 1. The Harry Potter series, by J.K. Rowling 2. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee 3. The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini 4. Bridget Jones's Diary, by Helen Fielding 5. Pride and Prejudice, by...
Qwerty Queen (Free subscription) | 08/06/2009
Going on holiday, a proper, dossing holiday, made me realise how exhausted I am after the last emotionally hectic year. So much has happened, no part terribly momentous in itself, but the sheer quantity of stuff I've had to deal with seems immense. Right now I feel as if a year's holiday wouldn't be enough to redress the balance, although I'm sure that will change with time. For the first day and a...
Musings of a Bookish Kitty (Free subscription) | 08/02/2009
The summer season is not all that different for me than the rest of the year. I go to work every day just as I always have. The weather is warmer, certainly. And the sun is out longer. I may take a vacation or I may not. My reading pretty much stays the same regardless of the season. I suppose that is why I have never fully appreciated the term "beach read". When I first heard it, I took...
Whistlestop Cafe Cooking (Free subscription) | 08/01/2009
Bill and I are excited to be doing a cooking demo at Birmingham Bake and Cook Co . Susan Green and I have been waiting for tomato season... and now we are ready. We will be showing how simple it is to fry up a mess of green tomatoes using our Fried Green Tomato Batter Mix . We are also going to marinate and grill chicken and vegetables, then finish the evening with a cobbler using fresh berries and...
Loving True Blood in Dallas (Free subscription) | 07/30/2009
Sookie and Charlaine do make the list, Dead Until Dark is #94 If you are looking for a great fiction list -this is a really good one.... People talk a lot about the wisdom of crowds, but the truth is that large packs of people are better at judging some things than others. Almost 16,000 of you cast some 136,000 votes in our Best Beach Books Ever poll. Whether such a vote can determine literary quality,...
MuggleNet.com (Free subscription) | 07/30/2009
J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series has topped National Public Radio's poll of the 100 Best Beach Books Ever ! Here are the top ten books on the list: 1. The Harry Potter series, by J.K. Rowling 2. To Kill a Mockingbird , by Harper Lee 3. The Kite Runner , by Khaled Hosseini 4. Bridget Jones's Diary , by Helen Fielding 5. Pride and Prejudice , by Jane Austen 6. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood...
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