Anna Casey’s Place in the World

2 Comments / 2007, Books in Bed, Children's Literature, Fiction /

Yes, another book blog post. Sorry! Once I made it through Cellophane, the reading has just come so much easier. I don’t expect I’ll slow down since I’ve got two Harper Collins review books to read plus a bunch of A to Z list books due back to the library this month. So you non-readers just hang tight for a bit longer. (What do you want me to blog about that isn’t related to books? I’ll take requests, just this once. Carmen, don’t say ELFF Diet, I’m getting to that – I swear!)

So, about Anna Casey’s Place in the World it’s juvenile fiction (not even young adult fiction) and I have no idea how it landed in my ClubMom library bag. Did it win a Cybil? Did sassymonkey blog it? Did TW pick it up from the shelf while we were wandering around the stacks? Who knows, my library reading list is always a bit of a mystery and that’s ok.

The book was nice. A “problem book” but not an overwhelming problem book. There was a surprise involving Eb at the very end. I did not expect that. If you have a 10 year old reading the book, and your 10 year old is a sensitive being, you might want to read it first (or drop me an email and I’ll tell you what happens).

I love the neighborhood. I want to live in that neighborhood, homeless dudes and all! Does that neighborhood exist in the USA? If it does, are there any really big houses for sale?

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The Broke Diaries!

3 Comments / 2007, Books in Bed, Favorites, Non-Fiction, Women /

How did that happen? I almost forgot to blog The Broke Diaries. Crazy since it’s one of the better books I’ve read over the last week or so. In fact, I’m going to toss it into the “favorites” category because I really loved it.

It reads like a blog, or an online journal, which is just how it should read since Nissel is an online kind of woman and started posting her “broke diaries” online. I love a book that reads like a blog rather than one that TRIES to read like a blog.

I’m off to reserve her latest book, Mixed, from the library now. Anyone read it? Is it as good as Broke Diaries? It is, isn’t it?

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Brutally Honest, That’s Me

Family Funk, Homeschool /

hahahaha besides being nominated in the Blogger’s Choice Awards, Fast Times @ Homeschool High has been nominated for a Homeschool Blog Award… in the “Nitty Gritty” category. ‘Cause I’m brutally honest… particularly about making mistakes. Hahaha, if that doesn’t sum me up I don’t know what does.


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Cellophane

2007, Books in Bed, Fiction /

I had a difficult time getting into Cellophane. Maybe it was trying to read it in busy airports when flights were being canceled all around me. Or maybe it just starts really slowly. I was about to give up on it when Don Victor discovered he could make cellophane and things got interesting. Very interesting.

The first 75 pages, boring. The last 75 pages also not great. Everything in the middle, fabulous.

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Obsessions

4 Comments / Daily Dose, Memes and Quizzes, Personality /

Skeet tagged me because I made her feel guilty about the stranded on an island meme. I think this is my punishment for being whiny. I am not sure if I really have any obsessions. I have things that I’m very interested in or that are really important to me. I do get fixated on stuff occasionally but are those things obsessions? Things like white cotton panties, toilets, TW and flamingos are really not obsessions.

So what am I obsessed about, since Skeet is sure everyone is obsessed about something. Oh man, five things? I thought it was three! OK OK fine, let’s give this a try:

1) Lists. I am obsessed with lists and obsessive about lists. I make lists for everything. I don’t necessarily use the lists, follow the lists or ever look at them again. But I make them and I read other people’s lists too. I like lists. I need lists. I could not live without lists.

2) Coffee. I am obsessed with coffee. It really doesn’t matter what kind of coffee or whether the coffee is good or not. I have been known to crave bad Burger King coffee and I continue to order the worst coffee in the world when we go to Farah’s for dinner.

3) My library. I love my library. I love my library more than any other library except the one I grew up going to (that is no longer a library but has rave parties in it). I love my library more than any bookstore (even Foyles, The Tattered Cover and The Strand). I go to my library website at least once everyday. When my library website is down, I am a lot more jittery than I am when my work website is down or when Bloglines is down.

4) My hairbrush. Or the “perfect hairbrush” to be specific. The pink Goodys hairbrush is the perfect hairbrush. I only have one left, still in the package and I would love to open it and use it but I’m terrified that I’ll wear it out (or lose it!) and will never find another one. (Or TW will never find me another one!)

5) TW says I am obsessed with not spending money on trivial and unnecessary items. She’s probably right, though I don’t feel obsessed by this. Maybe I’m a little like Mir, other people notice my obsession but I don’t notice it so much? Or it doesn’t feel like obsessive behavior to me?

OK there you go – my five obsessions which don’t really feel like obsessions to me. Do I have to tag people? Hmmm let’s see… Nickie, Zan and Carmen. Obsess much, ladies?

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Daily Dose of Cupcakes

1 Comment / Cupcake Toppers, Daily Dose /

cross.jpgEaster cupcake toppers are difficult. They are difficult because there are too many choices. There are mini eggs and bunnies in plastic, wood (paint your own!) or flocked. There are chicks. There are jelly beans and tiny Easter themed chocolates. So many to choose from, I almost boycotted the Easter theme entirely. Just grab some peeps and plop them onto your cupcakes. Leave off the icing though, a peep on a cupcake is all you need – especially when the peep starts to get a little dry and crunchy on the outside. That’s the perfect Easter cupcake. Unless you’re Nuthinfancy then it’s all about the resurrection. Nail crosses (remove the cord) are the perfect Easter cupcake topper!

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101 Things Update

2 Comments / 101 Things, Daily Dose /

I think this is the latest I’ve ever been with the 101 things update. That doesn’t mean I’m losing interest, it means my life is crazy!

* A coffee with Leona, finally!
* More money saved, surprisingly!!
* A college visit in the can!
* Didn’t I read a classic? I thought I did but if I did, I am not seeing it on my list. Weird. Almost finished with another audio book but it’s very boring so it’s taking a very long time to get through.
*I have had NO time to fiddle with blogrolls or bookmarks/spurls. I really have to do a better job with that in April.

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I love New York

Family Funk, Travel Log, Work /

Some quick thoughts about our trip to “the city” (I still call it that, at least in my head. Years of living in Jersey will do that to you, I guess.)

1. Gas should not be cheaper in NYC than it is in Florida.

2. Pastis has great breakfast.

3. This was our first trip since 9/11 and it was much more difficult to get our bearings without the Twin Towers. I didn’t expect that.

4. I love corner delis where you can get two egg & cheese sandwiches on a hero with two cups of coffee for $5.

5. S’mac makes excellent macaroni & cheese. I had the goat cheese, spinach and olive. TW had the four cheese. Awesome.

6. The Point Knitting Cafe folks weren’t snobby at all!

7. The Gansevoort has great robes and an interesting mini bar (mile high club sex kit!). They also had nice toiletries and decent sheets. The room, however, was cold even before the weather turned cold. The video screen in the elevator – crazy weird. I finally decided it is some sort of tribue to Alex Grey and then I was ok with it. Sort of.

8. 36 hours in The City is not enough time, particularly when 5 hours of that is spent in an office!

I love New York

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