You guys! I have previously discussed how the Mary Poppins books are some of my all-time faves. Just wanted to point out that they are the Kindle Daily Deals today and are on sale for 99 cents apiece, including my most favoritest, Mary Poppins In The Park. If you are interested!

13 days of happy things, day 12! Today, some non-fiction books recs. I haven't read much fiction lately, because I have the attention span of a gnat. Non-fiction is easier because I can read it in small chunks, and I don't have to try to remember plot or character names. Also, non-fiction is good brain food. Here are a few things I enjoyed ( Read more... )

13 days of happy things, day 9! Today I'm going to list twenty of my favorite books from my childhood. (I read most of these books before I turned 10, though some were written for middle-school kids or teens.) Many of these books featured a strong female protagonist, which I didn't realize until I was much, much older. (My sneaky mom and her sneaky ( Read more... )

I ordered a (rather pricey) used copy of Rosemary Sutcliff's Blood Feud from a seller on Amazon. As it turned out, the book came to me from the UK. It's an Oxford University Press edition (1976), and in its former life, it was a library book - from the Tredegar Branch of the Gwent County Library, which Google has helpfully informed me is in Wales. ( Read more... )

This is really all my iPad's fault. Once I was able to read my Nook library on my iPad using the app, I began reading a great deal more in my short spare moments. For one thing, the iPad is backlit. For another, I can swipe or tap to turn the page. (Poor first-gen Nook. How I hated its clicky-clicky page turning. I read so fast that I was clicking ( Read more... )

I spent Saturday running the streets stairs at the LA Times Festival of Books (held on the UCLA campus) and came back with a tote bag full of loot. ( Behold! )