I suppose I should post a third part to my Ubiquitous End of Year Pop Culture List, which would be movies and books, but honestly I don't watch too many movies nowadays. I'd much rather read about them in Entertainment Weekly than watch them. My attention span goes far better with things that don't take up as much time. TV shows are small 25-45 min ( Read more... )

I wasn't going to do this until I finished the last book in 'The Hunger Games', but my mind started coming up with ideas last night and then today I decided that I would post my dream cast for the eventual movies that are going to made of the three books. The more I thought about this cast (at work today, because my job is so mundane it's all I can ( Read more... )

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I just spent 2 hours engrossed in a book about the Columbine Shootings I'm reading. I don't read a lot of non fiction. I always have the best intentions to, but for the most part I stick with fantasy. I really only picked up this book, because it was on so many 'best of' lists for last year. It's just amazing how much is wrong with what we think ( Read more... )

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I don't usually watch reality TV, but one of Sam's co-workers is on 'The Biggest Loser' and so, I suppose I'll be watching that show for awhile now. It's the guy Darrel from Ann Arbor. Sam is watching it with me and he keeps getting excited every time he sees him. lol ( Read more... )

While at the library the other day I spied a book from my childhood while scouring the shelves of the children section -


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For her birthday Audrey received a book from my in laws titled Animalia. Basically it's a rather extensive ABC book. Inside each page is devoted to a letter of the alphabet with amazing drawings of things beginning with that letter to go along. Well, as I was reading the book to Audrey today look what I saw hiding in the background on the letter D' ( Read more... )

I'm tired tonight and just want to go curl up with a good book. Lately I've been reading a non fantasy book called 'Balzac and the Chinese Seamstress'.


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It's odd, but since reading The Twilight Saga back in July of '08 I have been unable to find a book that grabs me in such a way where I stay up late at night reading. I really liked 'The Host' and I guess that did pull me in, but not on the level the four books of Twilight did. Since reading The Host, which was my first attempt at reading a novel ( Read more... )