I slogged through Small Gods by Terry Pratchett and in the end it managed to delight me and surprise me a little bit.  The Discworld books are always fun and almost always make me stop and think in the end.  This time it was about faith.  The religions in the book are contrived; mocking the type of religion a lot of people have, where faith is only ( Read more... )

A continuation from the previous post.  The YALSA YA Breakfast and the Newbery/Caldecott Banquet.

YALSA YA Breakfast
On Sunday my traveling companions and I went to the Young Adult Author Breakfast, sponsored by YALSA.  We had no idea what to expect and as we entered we saw that each table had two spaces with signs that said "Reserved For Author."  ( Read more... )

Is The Bomb.

Watch out for brain freeze, though.

They cancelled school today ( Read more... )

You know the saying "comfort food" that refers to those foods that make us feel comfortable and good?  It occured to me today that I have comfort clothing, too.  Certain things that I wear on a day like today--the first day back to work after a long weekend, a rainy, dreary, January-doldrums day.  When I got ready for work, I reached for my ( Read more... )

It has taken me forever to finish Undine by Penni Russon.  I kept putting it down for a day or two before I'd remember, "Oh, yeah, I'm reading a book.  I should finish it, I suppose."  It just didn't hold my interest, and although I liked aspects of it, on the whole I was disappointed.

The magic/fantasy part of the story was weak and I kept ( Read more... )

 I suppose if you spread peanut butter on your "100 Calorie Snacks" they no longer qualify as 100 calorie snacks.

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