I’ve spent the last couple of weeks reading through Twilight & History. Before you roll your eyes and assign me to the category of “crazy Twilight weirdo,” please let me assure you that this is not a review of Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight Saga. Let me also assure you that I am a totally normal woman,…
Author: amypeveto
“The way I see it, being dead is not terribly far off from being on a cruise ship.”
Title: Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers Author: Mary Roach Genre: Non-fiction, science Publication date: 2003 Purchase price: $10 Today’s blog is all about serendipitous finds. Sometime during the summer of 2003, I was wandering around Barnes and Noble with my father. I didn’t have any particular purchases in mind, so I was just…
The Great Journal Experiment (Part V)
Welcome to round four of the Bookzilla summer project. The weeks are flying by, I’m uber-busy, and I’m getting ready to hit the beach next weekend. So this round of the Experiment is low on quantity, but contains some of the best pages I’ve done thus far (I think, anyway). Let’s dive right in, shall…
Intelligence in Advertising
I have always been attracted to intelligence. This means that I am happiest when surrounded by intelligent people (preferably in witty or snarky clothing), engaging in intelligent conversation about a myriad of topics. The shows I watch contain intelligent humor, and puns are the jokes I like best. Sadly, the Internet does not generally have…
“Eventually I had to accept that I wasn’t working in restaurants to support my art…”
Title: Service Included: Four-Star Secrets of an Eavesdropping Waiter Author: Phoebe Damrosch Genre: Non-fiction, biography Publication Date: 2008 Purchase Price: About $15.00 Welcome to the second (and final) part of my “Get a Job!” series. Last time I gave a quick rundown of What Color is Your Parachute?, a book that will help you find…