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Eva’s latest favorite book is The Cat in the Hat. Or as she likes to call it, “Meeeeoooow. Hat-tah.” Apparently love of The Cat is contagious – here I am reading it to Eva, three of her second cousins, and my mother: According to my quick Wikipedia research (forgive me, I’m tired), The Cat [...] I know this will come as a shock to everyone, but Eva and I like going to the library. We’ve attended story time every week since Eva was four months old. While we tend to wax poetic about story time, it’s not the only draw – there are tubs of books, tiny rocking chairs, a [...] When Eva was a newborn, I worried I didn’t read to her enough. Sometimes I worry excessively. The best way to get 20 minutes of quiet time is to put Eva on the floor with a pile of books. She can easily spend an hour throughout the day reading by herself in addition to [...] It’s that time of year again – last Saturday, Matt, Eva, and I attended the 2009 National Book Festival. I have to say it was a much better experience this year. What you didn’t read in last year’s blog entry was that I was still in the midst of morning sickness (which should be called [...] When one becomes the second occupant in a small house, she has to fight for real estate. Bathroom cabinet space? Closet space? No, I’m talking about bookshelf space. Since I moved in, Matt has occupied four tall bookcases, and one short; I managed to fit into one tall bookcase, plus some treacherous book piles. No [...] When the news is to depressing to bear, where does one turn? To the past, naturally. While surveying my LibraryThing account, I noticed I’ve recently toured: the plague years, frontier life, and the Great Depression. For free entertainment that will lift your spirits, head to your local library and pick up: Company of Liars by [...] Yesterday I did one of those things that residents of the D.C. metro area never do: I went to a free local event. And kicked myself yet again, because it takes 30 minutes to get from my front door to the National Mall. 30 minutes! That includes driving to the metro, parking for free (all [...] A free book arrived on my doorstep a few weeks ago courtesy of LibraryThing and Harper Collins Publishers. What does that mean? It means I am a LibraryThing Early Reviewer! I signed up to be an early reviewer for the first time last month, requested a few books, and forgot about it. I never [...] I promise not to start documenting every trip to the public library because… what better way to lose readers? But I had to write a follow-up post, just this once. Last time I visited my local library, someone asked me for a recommendation. Today while browsing around Geraldine Brooks* a girl down the aisle from [...] I was efficiently making the rounds at my neighborhood public library—off-duty, incognito and librarian glasses long gone (lost, sadly)—when a total stranger asked me for a book recommendation. I must have looked like I knew what I was doing, a pile of books under one arm and inspecting the “new books” section with the other, [...] |
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