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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