Mary (who had a little lamb) was from Somerville!
Apparently Mary was from Somerville! According to the article, Mary’s family owned a farm in Sterling, MA and one of the ewe’s had twin...
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Feb 27, 20101 min read
How to make a book (1947)
(via The Book Bench and via Book Patrol) #link #video
Feb 10, 20101 min read
New blog posts coming soon!
Sorry I’ve been pretty bad at posting lately but I have a good excuse: I just had a baby and am slowly getting back into the swing of...
Jan 22, 20101 min read
The Forsyte Saga
According to reviews online, the miniseries isn’t very faithful to the novels, but it has made me wonder why I’ve never heard of them...
Jan 20, 20101 min read
Lebowitz: Jane Austen is popular because she is misread and misunderstood
I seem to be in (yet another) Jane Austen kick these days. Author and Vanity Fair contributing editor Fran Lebowitz on Jane Austen (via...
Jan 18, 20101 min read
For Jane Austen Fans
Title Page from 1st ed. of Emma (Img from wikipedia) Hooray! My first blog post for the new year (and January is halfway done…oops). Some...
Dec 30, 20091 min read
Forcing yourself to read
In addition to critiquing each other’s writing every other week, my critique group has a monthly (published) book discussion. We read MG...
Dec 14, 20091 min read
Dan Humphrey’s Top Ten Book List
Have you seen this list of Gossip Girl character Dan Humphrey’s favorite books for 2009? I haven’t read any of them, but I have read...
Dec 14, 20091 min read
Best books of 2009 — of the ones I read anyway
Okay, so I was going to do this whole post about the best kid’s books I read this year, but while I was going through my list on...
Dec 10, 20091 min read
To Nook or Not to Nook
Dear Blog, It has been a long time since I have posted anything and for that I apologize. I have no excuses other than to say that I just...
Nov 30, 20091 min read
South Asian YA Lit Bibliography
PoojaMakhijani.com has a great list online of YA books that depict South Asia and South Asian chacters. Head over there and check it out!...
Sep 9, 20092 min read
Last 20 highlights from my Kindle
One thing I like about my Kindle is its ability to highlight passages/words and view them outside of the book in a separate file. I use...
Mar 13, 20091 min read
Secret Keeper by Mitali Perkins
The story is an interesting and realistic glimpse into the lives of a normal Bengali family of this time period. At times, though, I...
Mar 8, 20091 min read
Nim at Sea
Just as cute as the first one–with a bit more action–though I wished it had taken place on Nim’s little island again. But there were baby...
Jul 10, 20081 min read
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
#bookreview #monkeys #geneluenyang #graphicnovels #AmericanBornChinese
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