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The Best of Foodie Memoirs
Title: Lunch in ParisAuthor: Elizabeth BardPublisher: Back Bay BooksGenre: Travel/Memoir/CookingIf you are looking for Eat, Pray, Love or Julie & Julia at the... Read more
Posted on 03 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Newspaper Clippings On Chesil Beach
Or IN On Chesil Beach, rather…Title: On Chesil BeachAuthor: Ian McEwanI love used books mostly because of the crap you find inside them. Receipts, plane... Read more
Posted on 02 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Afternoons on the Amazon
Our Magic Tree House AdventuresAs part of our Magic Tree House regimen, the kiddo and I read through everything and anything we could get our hands on... Read more
Posted on 30 March 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Homeschooling / Life With a Toddler
Tea Time We have tea parties with our geography lessons. She knows her southern states and can identify North America on a world map. Read more
Posted on 28 March 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING -
Word Love
Photograph by Maureen F, click to visit her Flickr page.I have a strangely inappropriate love for certain words. One of them is wafted. Read more
Posted on 25 March 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
April 2013 Events
In addition to Book Club (first Monday of the Month) and Poetry Night (first Thursday of the Month), this is what’s going on at Half Price Books Humble in April... Read more
Posted on 22 March 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Nowhere Near Almost There
Title: Almost ThereAuthor: Nuala O’FaolainI love reading for holidays. Around Christmas, I choose appropriately wintery titles. Read more
Posted on 21 March 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
M.G. King: the New Voice of Young Adult Fantasy
Title: Fizz PeppersAuthor: M.G. KingGenre: Young Adult/Fantasy/Adventure“Sometimes great ideas are so genius and unlikely they fall from the heavens; but... Read more
Posted on 21 March 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
A Two Year Old Reads The Lorax
I sat down at the breakfast table with my daughter who will be two and a half in a month. It’s St. Patty’s Day, so I thought I would read something... Read more
Posted on 17 March 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
The Wild Girls – A Review
Title: The Wild GirlsAuthor: Pat MurphyPublisher: Speak (an imprint of Penguin Group)Genre: Young AdultLength: 288 pagesDear Publishing Companies,Allow me to... Read more
Posted on 14 March 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Great Books to Read Outside With Kids
Weekly Low Down on Kids Books – March 12, 2013Title:The LoraxAuthor: Dr. SeussYou know you’ve read The Lorax a few too many times when your two year old steps... Read more
Posted on 13 March 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Eden’s Outcasts – A Review
Title: Eden’s OutcastsAuthor: John MattesonGenre: Biography/ HistoryPublisher: W.W. Norton & CompanyLength: 497 pagesI knew I wanted to read this book the... Read more
Posted on 10 March 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
A Life With Poetry
Title: God’s Love Spiritual Liberation through the Emancipation of VirtueAuthor: Calvert TynesGenre: Poetry/ ReligionLet me premise by saying I don’t review a... Read more
Posted on 10 March 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Spoken Word and Live Poetry!
For those that used to frequent EB5 off Aldine Westfield, Half Price Books Humble is the new place to be every first Thursday of the Month at 7pm: Read more
Posted on 08 March 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
The Secret of Lost Things – A Review
Title: The Secret of Lost ThingsAuthor: Sheridan HayPublisher: DoubledayGenre: FictionLength: 354 pagesI have a shelf in my house dedicated to what I’d like to... Read more
Posted on 07 March 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
HPB Humble Book Club Meeting March 2013
Lords of Finance Discussion Part Three (to read parts one and two, start here)Title: Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the WorldAuthor: Liaquat... Read more
Posted on 06 March 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
The Froggy Books
Weekly Low Down on Kids BooksTitle: The Froggy BooksAuthor: Jonathan LondonIllustrator: Frank RemkiewiczIf I never have to read another one of these books that... Read more
Posted on 04 March 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Liebster Blog Award!
The rules for the Liebster Award are very simple: You are required to thank the person who nominated you, answer the 11 question they have asked you, nominate 1... Read more
Posted on 04 March 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Liebster Blog Award!
Reblogged from Socially Oxward: Guys! Look! Guys! Project Southsea nominated us for the Liebster Blog Award! We broke out of our robotiness enough to get reall... Read more
Posted on 04 March 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Coloring Contest!
Everyone loves a good coloring contest. At least I did as a kid. I entered them all, every one I could get my hands on. I even won a few. That’s why I’m... Read more
Posted on 03 March 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE