Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Eva and Alessandra that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve borrowed from the library. Check out what other participants are bringing home from their libraries! They’re all for me this week. Amber’s got a couple at home already lined up. …
I know I’m a day late, but I did find a couple of words worth looking up this week. Both are from Bread and Wine: Readings for Lent and Easter. The first is from “Believing Is Seeing” by by Romano Guardini. obduracy– The state or quality of being intractable or hardened. …
My Little Red Bookedited by Rachel Kauder Nalebuff Published: Feb 2009 by Twelve Description: My Little Red Book is an anthology of stories about first periods, collected from women of all ages from around the world. The accounts range from light-hearted (the editor got hers while water skiing in a yellow …
TEASER TUESDAYS asks you to: Grab your current read. Let the book fall open to a random page. Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12. You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from …
Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about bookstores… How many bookstores do you frequent? Do you have a favourite? If so, which one and what makes it so? I’m trying to think of how many bookstores we have in town. There’s Waldenbooks at the mall, which I stop at whenever I’m …
Backyard Bird Watching for Kids: How to Attract, Feed, and Provide Homes for Birds by George H. Harrison Published May 1997 by Willow Creek Press From the back: This book provides a fascinating opportunity for children to learn how to attract birds to their own backyards. Backyard Bird Watching for …