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Book review: The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus by Margaret Atwood Canongate U.S. (2006), Paperback, 224 pages It was wise and witty, an excellent concept, a brilliant idea. When I first heard that Margaret Atwood had written a book about The Odyssey, but told from Penelope’s point of view, I was [...] Just two entries, but random.org chose commenter Karin Abell as the winner of Marie Brenner’s Apples and Oranges: My brother and me, lost and found! Thanks, guys, for participating! Edited to add: I forgot to mention, but I’ll be giving away more books in the weeks to come, so keep watching. [...] From time to time I plan on giving away books, etc., on this blog — these will all be new items, not hand-me-downs, unless explicitly stated otherwise. The winner is under no obligation to read or review this book, though if you wish to do so I would be happy to share your thoughts [...] PBS’s Reading Rainbow, hosted by LeVar Burton is going off the air after 26 years. Apparently, the higher-ups think we need to teach kids about phonics and forget about getting them to *want* to read. IMO, nothing makes a child, or an adult, learn something faster than the desire to do so. [...] I’m not entirely convinced about this whole ebook thing anyhow. I have, though, been playing around with Stanza on my iPhone. It’s a free app from Lexcycle (terrible name choice, for an IT company; it makes me think about exercising, not computers), and you can also download Stanza Desktop, and convert files on your [...] I’m leaving in a few short minutes to go see Julie & Julia. I don’t expect a quick stopover at Barnes & Noble afterward; my diet can’t handle all that butter, that’s for sure. But apparently a lot of movie-goers can’t resist the urge to own their own copy of Julia Child’s famous book [...] Review of: The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger Broadway Books (2004). 368 pages. Sometimes, I read the book after I’ve seen the movie. Mostly this happens because I’ve never heard of the book until after the movie is released, and this was the case with Lauren Weisberger’s The Devil Wears Prada. I didn’t [...] By way of The New Yorker’s The Book Bench, a book vending machine in Seattle, Washington: Uploaded on September 8, 2008 by bckspcr Yeah, so they’re not likely to catch on, what with ereaders and such making more sense for your instant reading needs. But… it’s pretty cool, isn’t [...] As I posted a few weeks ago and you have surely read about in the news (when you weren’t watching town hall meetings turn into bizarro-world, that is) Google Books negotiated a legal settlement recently that isn’t sitting well with a lot of folks. Apparently the Other Big Three are weighing in. From AP, [...] |
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