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• The Hunger Games Series

  

  Title: The Hunger Games Trilogy1. The Hunger Games2. Catching Fire3.MockingjayAuthor: Suzanne CollinsThe Hunger Games movie came out on Netflix and my husband... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Sleepless is a Groggy Reader…

  

  Title: The Heart is a Lonely HunterAuthor: Carson McCullersPublisher: Bantam BooksGenre: FictionLength: 307 pagesThe first half of the book blew me away. Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Weekend With Super Heroes

  

  Half Price Books Humble just celebrated May the Fourth Be With You in serious style.  There was a costume contest, a raffle, Comicpalooza tickets to give away,... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Bitch Factor

  

  Title:Bitch FactorAuthor: Chris RogersGenre: Mystery/SuspensePublisher: BantamLength: 293 pageTo be honest, I probably wouldn’t normally pick a up a book... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Coming of Age…

  

  Coming of Age always references that adolescent stage.  But, the real coming of age, I have found, is when you’re creeping toward 30.  It’s when things really... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• May 2013 Events

  

  At Half Price Books HumbleDon’t forget, we also do Book Club on the first Monday of the month, Poetry Night on the first Thursday of the month, and Journaling o... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Homeschooling Agendas

  

  Title: Lessons LearnedAuthor: Andrea SchwartzGenre: Homeschooling, Education, ChristianityI have mixed feelings about this book.  On one hand everything she sai... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Where Curiosity Comes to Stay

  

  One of my favorite shops put out a short film.  The shop is called Good Books in the Woods, I credit them for inspiration in the bio on the back of my first... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Space… the Final Frontier

  

  We tackled our next Magic Tree House adventure this week… the one on Space! Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Falling in Love with History…

  

  Title: The History of the Ancient WorldAuthor: Susan Wise BauerPublisher: NortonGenre: HistoryLength: 868 pagesI enjoyed history in school, but only when it... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, HISTORY

• Discovering the Ice Age

  

  Magic Tree House Adventures in my library with my toddler.  I can’t wait to take her to the Natural Science and History museum!  I think it’s about time for... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• 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