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,…
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“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…
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…
“Look, I didn’t want to be a half-blood.”
Title: Percy Jackson and the Olympians Author: Rick Riordan Genre: Young Adult Fiction Publication Date: One per year, 2005-2009 Purchase Price: $5.00-$11.00, depending on which book you’re purchasing Misc. Info.: A series in five parts Movies can be treacherous: they often get me interested in books I probably would never have thought about reading. I…
“Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers a multitude of sins.”
Title: Rhett Butler’s People Author: Donald McCaig Genre: Historical fiction Publication Date: 2007 Purchase Price: $8.99 (paperback) Misc. Info.: A fully authorized “sequel” to Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind The Plot After writing what some have called “the best Civil War novel ever written,” Donald McCaig was handpicked by the Margaret Mitchell estate to…