For a long time I didn't want to see United 93. I didn't want to go back to all the insanity and fear surrounding 9/11 and I certainly didn't want to sit in a theater and watch it on the big screen. I finally got it through Netflix, mostly because of the awards buzz. I like the see all the films with buzz, so I knew I needed to break down and see ( Read more... )

Last night I had dinner with my cousin, who's a freshman in college, going to one of the big universities in town. The wrong university if you ask me, but no one did. So we're at Borders doing some shopping and she's trying to find a card for a cousin on her dad's side who just had a baby. She pick up this card that's got two cartoon drawings on it ( Read more... )

Started holiday cards last night. How in the WORLD did my list get over 300? This is insane! Must cut back drastically next year. Perhaps the handwritten note in each is what's taking so long? I did about 30 last night. Determined to get them out Monday at the latest, so guess what I'll be doing this weekend? I had a huge guilt thing last year when ( Read more... )

A few of these I posted in my October Update, I apologize for the repeats.

Just Listen by Sarah Dessen ( Read more... )

Cross My Heart by Carly Phillips ( Read more... )

Eva Underground by Dandi Daley Mackall - ( Read more... )

from many ...

( banned books I've Read )

The summer is over, as is Kat's Summer reading program, but since I like reading, I'm going to continue reporting. So ...

Charmed Thirds (Sloppy Firsts, book 3) by Megan McCafferty - ( Read more... )

Summer Reading Program!

My Thirty-Third (and Final) Review

The Secret Sister by Lowell, ElizabethNew York : HarperCollins ; Enfield : Hi Marketing [distributor], 2005 ( Read more... )

Summer Reading Program!

My Thirty-Second Review

The Book Thief by Zusak, Markus New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2006.
ISBN: 0375831002 (trade) : 0375931007 (lib. bdg.)
Description: 552 p. ; 22 cm.

From School Library Journal on Amazon ( Read more... )