These are most of the books I read in September. Find out what I thought about them at bookfrogRiver Rats, Caroline Stevermer ( Read more... )

(Not-such) Fun hype

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These are the books I read in August. You can read my thoughts on them at bookfrogWho Can Save Us Now ( Read more... )

I love well-written travel narratives. Some of my favorite writers in this genre are Bill Bryson, Tony Horwitz, Peter Hessler, and J. Maarten Troost.

Anybody have any recommendations for other authors in this vein? Thanks!

New Bad Covers!

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These are the books I read in July (most of them). You can read my thoughts on these books over at bookfrogLord Sunday, Garth Nix ( Read more... )

His didactic materials
When story-tellers fail:
On Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials

I'll never forget the shocked silence that greeted my ingenuous kindergarten announcement that, "I don't believe in God".

My class-mates, and even my otherwise perfect teacher, Miss Matthews, simply didn't know how to process such a shocking proposition. In ( Read more... )

Amazon is offering a free 1 year subscription to Amazon Prime (Which usually costs $79 a year. Perks include free 2 day shipping, and $3.99 overnight shipping): http://amzn.to/bSH8jP (url shortened with bit.ly ( Read more... )

Are there any "classics", either older or modern, that you'd recommend?

Over the past few years I've read a few, and would love to read more. Right now, I'm reading Grapes of Wrath, and surprisingly, I love it! (I read East of Eden a few years ago, and hated it.)