Scholastic has banned a book from its school book fairs because one of the characters has gay parents.

OMG THE GAYNESS WILL INFECT OUR CHILDREN RUN FOR THE HILLS!

Also, "crap" and "sucks" and "geez" are bad words and should be omitted. You may not have known this, but NO CHILD ACTUALLY SAYS CRAP OR GOD OR SUCKS. Like ever. And we certainly don't ( Read more... )

Just kidding; I needed this emergency bookmark to save my spot as I told the dogs to stop yelling at the neighbor's dog.


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Since I failed to read more than four books in July, I combined July/August so I didn't embarrass myself ( Read more... )

Inputting Pride & Prejudice into my library search engine produces the following:


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July was a miserly month for reading and thus I will not be posting the FOUR books I read. FOUR. I hurt myself reading that.

Instead, July will be combined with August for an amazingly awesome Jauguly review. Be prepared.

In other news, this weekend is the annual USED BOOK SALE wherein each bag you stuff full of books is FIVE DOLLARS. Last year, I ( Read more... )

Eight books for June.

51. The Jane Austen Book Club - Karen Joy Fowler (6/1/09) - I really like this book (loved the movie, yes I'm a dork). I just like Fowler's writing style and sense of wit. Book is about finding yourself, romance, reading (yay for Le Guin plugs!), all things I find yay-worthy.

52. Wildwood Dancing - Juliet Marillier (6/6/09) - ( Read more... )

I need a good nonfiction book rec'd.

Requirements include:
- easy to read
- funny
- not too long
- not too short

Nonfiction authors who I have read and fit this description: Bill McKibben, Bill Bryson, Douglas Adams, Farley Mowat, Malcolm Gladwell

Nonfiction authors who I have read and do not fit this description: Jared Diamond, Thomas Friedman

Now featuring my "best/worst book of the month!" I'm sure you're excited.

Best May Book: The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins (which could have won worst book had it been a stand alone). Post-apocalyptic society set in the former United States. The country has been divided into 12 districts (and a mysterious, rebellious, now supposedly empty 13 ( Read more... )

Read lots of books in April because I don't know why.

21. Simply Alice - Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (4/1/09)
22. Patiently Alice - Phyllis Reynolds naylor (4/2/09)
23. Including Alice - Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (4/6/09)

24. Greywalker - Kat Richardson (4/6/09) - ended up really liking this book (thanks, yesididit ). Centers around a private investigator who dies ( Read more... )

In case you care. And you do.

8. Graceling - Kristin Cashore (3/1/2009) - read it b/c wirenth said it was good. And it was.

9. Feast of Fools - Rachel Caine (3/2/2009) - another vampire series, but one that I actually enjoyed. Take that, PC Cast!

10. Chosen - PC Cast (3/6/09) - noooo! i am NOT chosen. i am running for the hills, because this series takes a ( Read more... )