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!

I'm taking a break from revising/rewriting/editing my paperlegends story, which I must post on Wednesday. THIS IS MY ANXIETY FACE. So I bring you links and stuff, for distraction. (I'm not sure if it's for your distraction, or my procrastination.)

- Rolling Stone's article on The Most Awesomely '80's videos made me all nostalgic for the day we got MTV in my ( Read more... )

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 deleted an entire post just now regarding the hard couple of months I've been having, and why they've been hard, because the world has enough vicarious misery. Instead, let's talk about reading. Currently I have all of the Big Three reading apps on my iPad, for various reasons. Long story short, I have a Nook app because I received a Nook as a ( 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... )