books

Summer mini book reviews

September 18, 2012

A few months ago, in honor of my 31st birthday, I wrote thirty-one short and sweet book reviews. It was so much fun to gather up the titles and authors and to think back about how I felt after reading each one. I also realized how much I enjoy writing – and reading – short […]

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Neato book-related find of the day! Underground New York Public Library From the blog’s About page: “The Underground New York Public Library is a visual library featuring the Reading-Riders of the NYC subways.” Every day the site posts a photo of someone reading a book while riding the New York City subway. It’s such a […]

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Well this is fun news: Oprah Announces Oprah’s Book Club 2.0 It’s the true story so fantastic Oprah launched a brand new, interactive book club to share the experience with readers everywhere! Watch to find out why Oprah says Cheryl Strayed’s Wild is truly a wild ride, and learn more about how to participate in […]

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The Weekend Millionaire’s Secrets to Investing in Real Estate by Mike Summey & Roger Dawson This book has been on my shelf for as long as I can remember. I’ve avoided it for years. For some reason last month, I finally plucked it off the book shelf and sat down to start skimming its contents. […]

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Hehee! So cute. I love books and I cannot lie, AS — (Thanks for this image to the Burning Through Pages organization, a non-profit that promotes children’s literacy out of the Denver, CO area. Neat!) —

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The Only72.com sale!

April 30, 2012

I don’t like to write about these types of things very often, but this one is too good to pass up. Are you familiar with Adam Baker of ManVsDebt.com? Or Karol Gajda of Gajda.com? Or their joint project, a massive digital information product sale that only comes around once or twice a year, Only72.com? Well, […]

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The lovely folks at the Half Price Book Store published an even lovelier list on their blog the other day: 40 Books Every Child Should Read. The books on this list are So Fun. Check ’em out: The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Love. Animalia! Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs! Had completely forgotten about those two. […]

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I recently celebrated birthday number thirty-one. How to honor that in a book-geekery appropriate way? Thirty-one reviews for thirty-one years, of course. Because…why not? Here we go, in no particular order. Enjoy! — Losing My Virginity: How I Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way, by Richard Branson Beyond fascinating. Damn […]

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