“We’re going to get us some brides!” So declares Taran Ferguson the (drunken) laird of the Ferguson Clan on a winter’s night in Scotland, 1819. Only, perhaps he shouldn’t have meant it quite so literally, as he returns to his castle, in the midst of a snowstorm, bearing a carriage full of 4 young ladies (and 1 unexpected Duke), for his nephews to choose a bride from. The nephews – Byron, Earl of Easton, and Robin, Comte de Rocheforte and heir to Taran’s lands – […]
“He kissed her like she knew she was meant to be kissed.
He smelled of gardens, tricked her brain into believing she was irresistible, and made the idea of falling in love seem possible again. … Also, he turned out to be a jackass.” I’m having a slight difficulty writing this review because I saw the movie after I read the book (as is universally accepted practice), but I disliked the movie so much that I’m finding it’s clouding my impressions of the book somewhat. So I’m going to do my best to keep that bias out […]
Writer Friends Series
I’m going to be discussing a series of books – all part of Rachel Gibson’s Writer Friends series- and, naturally, the summaries for the next books might have spoilers for the previous books: just a brief warning before we start. Also, I may have cursed once or twice because one of the heroes royally pisses me off. In Sex, Lies & Online Dating, a crime-novelist using online dating to research her next book happens to overlap with an undercover cop on the lookout for a serial-dating, serial […]
Suggestipe: Read this book
I assume, at this point, that just about everyone on the Internets has seen at least one episode of My Drunk Kitchen, starring the lovely Hannah Hart. If you have not, may I suggest this banana bread episode, also starring Grace Helbig? (“We’ll find out!”) But, let’s just assume that you’ve seen an episode or two, or that -if you haven’t – my explanation that MDK is basically about a rambly, philosophizing, goofily drunk host who hangs out with her friends, LOVES TO USE PUNS, […]
“Never let a kitten sharpen claws on your balloon.”
Continuing our forays into new poetry, next up is Kids Pick The Funniest Poems, which is a collection of about 100 or so poems, selected by 300 elementary school children and collected for this book by Bruce Lansky. Aside from a handful of familiar names – Jack Prelutsky, Ogden Nash, Shel Silverstein, Dr. Seuss, the previously mentioned Judith Viorst – most of the poems come from new-to-me sources, but they’re almost all American or Canadian poets. Some names include Jeff Moss, Maxine Jeffris, Phlil Bolsta, […]
Ideas can be stubborn, too
Things I am a sucker for: Perfectly illustrated, gigantic concept encompassing, not-too-preachy, ‘I see what you did there’ picture books. Author’s notes that include the words “luckiest person on the planet.” Books you can give as gifts to both adults and children (so long as you have the right kind of friends). Well, What Do You Do With An Idea? by Kobi Yamada fits all three categories and manages to be sweet enough and powerful enough that I may have bought three additional copies the […]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 20
- 21
- 22
- 23
- 24
- …
- 28
- Next Page »