An educational video Okay, so once you get past the makeup (and the insanely huge mouth), he really does make a point: there really is something “phenomenally dreary” about (some) Christian singing. I’m a choir member at my church; every week I stand in front of the congregation, and I see people just going through…
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“You’re just a bee charmer, Idgie Threadgoode.”
Title: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe Author: Fannie Flagg Genre: Fiction Publication Date: 1987 Purchase Price: $7.19 (paperback) Misc. Info.: Flagg has written tons of other books, and all are wonderful and worth reading. The Plot It’s Sunday, and the last thing Evelyn Couch wants to do is go visit her mother-in-law…
Anatomy of a Review (plus a bonus rant!)
So I’m several months into this insane experiment, and have read and reviewed twelve books (plus one musical and some poetry). I’ve talked some about how important stories are, and generally given you an idea of why I love to read and talk about books, but I’ve never really given you a how. Some of…
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Title: Shades of Grey: The Road to High Saffron Author: Jasper Fforde Genre: Fiction – Utopia/Dystopia Publication Date: 2009 Purchase Price: $25.95 (hardback) Misc. Info.: First in a series. From the exquisite author of the Thursday Next and Nursery Crime series’. Selecting this week’s book is funny (at least to me). I had been considering…
Book Challenge (Round One): Results
Title: Iron John Author: Robert Bly Genre: Non-fiction Publication Date: 1990 Purchase Price: $15.00 (although I borrowed it from the local library) Seeing as this is the first installment of Book Challenge, I’m going to be winging it a bit–so just stick with me and we’ll see where this goes. The Basics In all honesty,…