So a few discussion questions for you readers out there because that’s why you’re here right? Because you love to read. Have you always read? Have you read since before you could remember or did reading come to you later in life? And are there periods in your life where reading takes a back burner?
For [...]
Halloween has been a month long event here at our house. We got dressed in our costumes no less than a billion times and attended at least half a dozen parties as well as hosting one for all of my little guy’s friends. I’m now raiding the boys candy stash and recovering by convincing my [...]
Herta Muller, a German, has been awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature for “who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed” Visit the Nobel Prize site for a full bio and bibliography.
I have not read anything by Muller and, even more embarrassing, am not familiar [...]
I just finished reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl tonight and couldn’t help but quickly post the Mike Teavee song lyrics as written by Dahl (who also wrote the screenplay for the Gene Wilder version).
First half of the song omitted. This is the second half:
“All right!” you’ll cry. “All right!” [...]
Banned Books Week!!! I love this week! (Although I wish we didn’t need it in the first place). Today is the beginning of Banned Books Week which runs from today, September 26th, to October 3rd.
From the American Library Association:
Banned Books Week (BBW) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment. [...]
