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Month: March 2013

Booking Through Thursday – Rating

by Athena // March 28, 2013 // 9 Comments
Movies have a rating system to help guide the consumer weed out adult/violent/inappropriate kinds of films. Video games do, too. Do you think BOOKS should have a ratings system? – BTT No. I was just talking with a couple of... Continue reading →

America Again: Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren’t by Stephen Colbert

by Athena // March 27, 2013 // No Comments
This was a fun book. I didn’t review Colbert’s picture book, and reviewing a humor book is not easy. Still, I smiled my way through this book. I adore Stephen Colbert. Sadly, I have not watched “The Colbert Report” on... Continue reading →

Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver

by Athena // March 25, 2013 // 2 Comments
This is my fifth Barbara Kingsolver book. My first of hers was actually her memoirs Animal,Vegetable, Miracle. I absolutely love that book as it is a dream of mine to have a small holding farm like she does. As a... Continue reading →

Sunday Salon: March Madness

by Athena // March 24, 2013 // 6 Comments
Hello, everyone! This week, I read Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver (review up tomorrow). I posted my finished Buttercup sweater and my usual Booking Through Thursday post. Today, I plan on reading Stephen Colbert’s America Again. I went with my... Continue reading →

FO Fridays: Buttercup

by Athena // March 22, 2013 // 2 Comments
This project used the frogged yarn from Paris. I wanted something with positive ease for this yarn with lots of nice drape. I also wanted something with a good neckline. I must admit my neckline is a bit bigger than... Continue reading →

Booking Through Thursday – Spring

by Athena // March 21, 2013 // 4 Comments
Happy Spring Equinox, everyone! What book are YOU choosing to celebrate with? – BTT Actually, I’m still on Walden by Henry David Thoreau which is quite natural. I haven’t had a lot of time to read lately. I did finish... Continue reading →

Booking Through Thursday – Mood Reading

by Athena // March 14, 2013 // 7 Comments
Does your current mood affect your reading? Affect your choices? I know there are plenty of books I enjoy, but only if I’m in a particular kind of mood–or books that can lift me out of a bad mood without... Continue reading →

Hark A Vagrant by Kate Beaton

by Athena // March 11, 2013 // No Comments
Regular readers of Beaton’s blog Hark! A Vagrant will be familiar with the content in this book, and if you haven’t seen the blog, please check it out. If you like what you see, you can read this lovely book... Continue reading →

Sunday Salon: Spring has sprung

by Athena // March 10, 2013 // 6 Comments
Hello, everyone! This week I posted my review of The Driver’s Seat by Muriel Spark, finished reading Let’s Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste by Carl Wilson, and Kate Beaton’s Hark! A Vagrant (review up tomorrow).... Continue reading →

Let’s Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste by Carl Wilson

by Athena // March 8, 2013 // No Comments
Let’s Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste by Carl Wilson This little book is more than a book about Céline Dion. It is a discourse and meditation on art, aesthetics, taste, and culture generally. It covers... Continue reading →

Booking Through Thursday – Spring Forward

by Athena // March 7, 2013 // 8 Comments
Clocks change this weekend here in the US, which means one less hour to read … does anybody else begrudge that hour like I do? Wish the Powers That Be would just pick a time-frame and stick to it instead... Continue reading →

The Driver’s Seat by Muriel Spark

by Athena // March 5, 2013 // 1 Comment
This was a different and strange short novel. Nick Hornby was reading more Muriel Spark in his last compilation noting her ability satisfy with her short novels. Having read The Prime of Miss Brodie, I decided why not. I started... Continue reading →

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