Posted in Uncategorized on January 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
January was a very productive month and a great start to a new year. Last year in January I read 1 book, so this is extreme progress.
Books Read:
The Secret (from TBR)
Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz
Trunk Music (from TBR)
You Know You’re a Writer When (from TBR)
Moby Dick
One Fifth Avenue
Spiderwick Chronicles: The Field Guide
Then He Ate [...]
Posted in Non-Fiction, adapted to film on January 31, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Title: Persepolis I
Author: Marjane Satrapi
Finished: January 30, 2009
Pages: 153
Challenges: Book to Movie Challenge, A-Z Challenge, 999 Challenge, 50/100+ Challenge, Support Your Local Library Challenge, New Authors Challenge, 1st in Series, Book vs Movie Challenge
Read this in little over a day. Very quick and easy to read, especially after viewing the film which was not in [...]
Posted in Non-Fiction on January 28, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Title: If You Want to Write
Author: Brenda Ueland
Finished: January 28, 2009
Pages: 163
Year Published: 1938
Challenges: Decades, A-Z Challenge, 999 Challenge, 50/100+ Challenge, Support Your Local Library Challenge, New Authors Challenge
First published in 1938 and again more recently in the 1980s, Brenda Ueland created a great book for struggling authors who may have hit a roadblock.
This book [...]
Posted in tuesday thingers on January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Prior to today, were you aware of Open Shelves Classification? Have you helped to classify any books yet? Is this something you are interested in? Did you know that if you classify any books, it will also show you who else has classified the book?
I’ve been hearing more and more about this lately, but honestly [...]
