(As always, today’s list is brought you courtesy of The Broke and the Bookish. Want to participate in Top 10 Tuesday? Image takes you to the sign up page.) Although the main purpose of books is to tell stories, I think another big part of the reason for their existence is to inspire. Whether they…
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Books vs. Movies: Why the Book is Always Better
I do a lot of reading, but I’m also a big fan of movies. And why not? Both mediums have the purpose of telling stories from perspectives different than our own. Generally, though, if given the chance to read the book or see the movie, I go for the book. This doesn’t always hold true,…
Top 10 Bookish/Blogging Resolutions
(Brought to you by the lovely and talented bloggers at The Broke and the Bookish — image takes you to the sign-up page.) As I’ve mentioned before, I love makin’ me some lists, so Tuesday is rapidly becoming my favorite day of the week. So here we go: my resolutions for this New Year. 1….
My Freebie 5: Fictional Edition
At a New Year’s Eve party Best Friend and I hosted, the subject of everyone’s “Freebie 5” came up. It’s pretty simple: every person gets a list of five people with whom they can cheat on their partner and the partner can’t be mad (I said it came up, not that it wasn’t juvenile). My…
10 Books for 2011
With a new year comes new adventures: not only am I planning out what books I’ll be reading, I’m also participating in my first ever Top 10 Tuesday, in conjunction with the amazing bookworms at The Broke and the Bookish. I don’t know if I’ll be participating every week (it depends on what the list…