reading: The Kindle has me spending MORE on books!
- 07/29/10 01:11 AM
I grew up as a devoted fan of the local public library. As a pre-teen, I saved my babysitting money to buy a few select books (The Little House on the Prairie series and a few Nancy Drew's), but most of my books came free with my library card.As I grew up, I bought more books, but remained a devoted fan of the Fairfax County Public Library. Sunday morning would find me scanning the Washington Post Book World (back in the day when it still existed) and logging on to FCPL to reserve the latest and greatest books. An email would … (7 comments)
reading: My New Kindle...I think I am in Love!
- 01/05/10 04:24 AM
Under the tree this year, Santa left me a Kindle. I received this gift just in the nick of time as we were heading out of the country between Christmas and New Years (yeah, okay, I knew about it ahead of time--and even pre-loaded it with some pre-selected books). Fellow book-worms will understand that a weeks worth of travel, particularly if it involves Plane/Airport time, generally demands a significant number of books. This year I was able to travel with one paperback (just in case of technical difficulties) and my Kindle--loaded with 10 books I wanted to read. I never opened … (13 comments)
reading: Reading on the Beach
- 07/27/09 03:37 AM
One of my all-time favorite things to do is park myself in a comfy (or not) beach chair on the beach, in front of the ocean waves and lose myself in a really good novel. For about 15 years (from the time my oldest was born until my youngest became a strong swimmer), this delicious past-time was broken up into 15 second increments as I constantly scanned the beach for my children. These days, they are old enough and strong enough swimmers that I can get about 45 seconds at a time before my 'mom radar' turns on and I am … (9 comments)
reading: Changing of the Guard; My New Favorite Magazine
- 05/19/09 04:58 AM
Slowly, one of my favorite magazines has become Oprah Winfrey's O magazine. I am a little bit of a magazine junkie, so the title of 'favorite' changes constantly, but for now O magazine is at the top of the list. One of the reasons that I like it so much is the wide variety of topics it covers. In the May issue, there was an article, What Really Makes People Happy and another, Books That Made a Difference to Amy Poehler. It also had an article called Engineers of the Future, which discussed a robotics competition and an article on the … (5 comments)
I grew up as a devoted fan of the local public library. As a pre-teen, I saved my babysitting money to buy a few select books (The Little House on the Prairie series and a few Nancy Drew's), but most of my books came free with my library card.As I grew up, I bought more books, but remained a devoted fan of the Fairfax County Public Library. Sunday morning would find me scanning the Washington Post Book World (back in the day when it still existed) and logging on to FCPL to reserve the latest and greatest books. An email would … (7 comments)
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