** I feel like I should start this post with warning that some people may find the material in this post offensive, I don’t think it is but I know that some people are very sensitive about this issue. So, you’ve been warned. **
Those Germans’ are at it again, this time it’s a little more [...]
Archive for April, 2008
30 Apr
An Article and Contest
29 Apr
The Canadian Book Challenge – Yukon Territory
For my seventh book in The Canadian Book Challenge I remained in the north. When I saw this book I couldn’t resist getting a copy for myself. This was a book that helped to propel me back to my childhood, a trip I would take every time the opportunity arises. Robert W. [...]
27 Apr
Weekly Geeks #1 – Greetings
Hello to all of you Weekly Geeks folks!
The idea of Weekly Geeks was concocted by Dewey over at The Hidden Side of a Leaf. The premise is that a new topic will be posted every Saturday and those participating will discuss the topic given, or do the suggestion for the week. It’s a great idea [...]
24 Apr
Wikipedia in Book Form?
Unless you’ve been living under a rock on a planet in an alternate universe you’ve probably heard of, in not repeatedly used, Wikipedia. The online “encyclopedia” has become as common place as Google, we just run there to find something out. The information may not be very accurate but that doesn’t seem to [...]
24 Apr
Booking Through Thursday #7
Do your reading habits change in the Spring? Do you read gardening books? Even if you don’t have a garden? More light fiction than during the Winter? Less? Travel books? Light paperbacks you can stick in a knapsack?
Or do you pretty much read the same kinds of things in the Spring as you do the [...]
23 Apr
The Canadian Book Challenge – Nunavut
Okay, so I stated right from the start of this expedition through Canadian literature that I was going to go cross country starting at British Columbia and working my way across to the Maritime provinces. Once I hit Quebec I realized that this may not have been the best plan. I have a [...]
22 Apr
Punch from Gaiman and McKean
I’m really glad that I came across The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean at What the Book? Unfortunately, it was like many graphic novels in this country (South Korea), and many other books, wrapped up in cellophane so you cannot skim the pages. But the images [...]
21 Apr
Listening to Books
I know there are generally two sides to the books on tape debate. There are those people that accept the idea unconditionally and then you have the other side that have no room for people that listen to books on tape. I’m still not sure when I fall into this debate, I’ve listened to books [...]
19 Apr
Flash to the Past
Here is my first post for The Pulitzer Project and the book I read, The Known World, is the first of a couple of books I’ll be reading for Bookleaves that are winners of this prestigious prize. Edward P. Jones won the Pulitzer for this novel back in 2004, I must say I haven’t [...]
