Posted by: J on: January 22, 2009
While waiting for the train last week, I was able to read Mary Poppins. Yes, it was a book way before Disney ever made it into a movie. The book is quite a bit different than the movie although all the same characters pop up. What I found most interesting was Mary [...]
Posted by: J on: January 10, 2009
The second book I’ve finished for the 52 books in 52 weeks challenge is the Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. This is another YA book, so it was a quick read. I enjoyed every page of this book.
Sure there were some incredibly sad parts in this boy’s life, [...]
Posted by: J on: October 20, 2008
It’s amazing how a cute outfit can make you feel good. I recently got a dark brown pencil skirt from Avenue. (Let me just say that I love Avenue. At least the online store.) Add a denim swing jacket with a floral tank underneath and my purple suede wedges and I [...]
Posted by: J on: August 11, 2008
My roommate at Ref Renaissance was kind enough to pass along her copy of Odd Hours, the latest installment in the Odd Thomas series by Dean Koontz.
As usual, it didn’t take me long to get through the book. I’ve really been enjoying the series. Something about a person who sees dead people interests [...]
Posted by: J on: August 1, 2008
I recently finished reading Without a Backward Glance by Kate Veitch. She will be doing a reading from the book at a bookstore during the time I’m in Denver. I’m planning to go and look forward to meeting her. I’ll share my review that I posted on Goodreads.
I really enjoyed this [...]
Posted by: J on: July 26, 2008
I never read just one book at a time. Well, I do read one at a time, but I usually have several books started at any given time.
I’m currently reading Plainsong and a few other books. For some reason, July has been a particularly prolific month of reading for me. It’s [...]