One of the most enjoyable books I’ve read in recent memory. I fell in love with Enzo, the dog who is also the narrator of the story. I like him so much I actually might consider getting a dog. But not a Chow.
Books 1 & 2 in a YA sci-fi series that take place in a world where on your 16th birthday you get surgery to look beautiful. Ate these right up. Super fun. Can’t wait to read the next two (Specials and Extras) but those are on hold until I finish a few library books that […]
A book club selection, that I quite enjoyed. A boy loses his mother at a young age and has a rough go at life. A quick read, but not light as it tackles some pretty hefty subjects like self mutilation and incest. Here’s a more complete review.
Last month I visited Chicago with N. We had a great visit, tourist-ing it up. We took the requisite Boat Tour (confession: i napped), a Food tour (underwhelming) and even took in a Cubs game at Wrigley Field. A true highlight for me was my City Running Tour. Last year I was lucky enough to […]
I imagine most folks that read this blog already have heard the news via twitter or facebook or my loud mouth, but I feel like it’s worth a post anyway. Last week as the festivities for the Jewish New Year came to an end, and Mom was celebrating pulling off yet another delish lunch for […]
as i’ve mentioned, updating my site yesterday was more painful than it could have been. i’m going to document some of my mistakes so that if folks google something about updating from wordpress 2.0.X to 3.0.1 they might find this helpful. I’m using a click through for the body of the post because it’s long, […]
i decided i wanted to be able to keep a reading log as a “sub-blog” since i have a hard time keeping track of what i’ve read and it’s only getting worse with age. that was pretty easy to configure using wordpress, but when looking at the API i realized how out of date my […]
I decided to start a reading log to keep track of the books I’ve read. This is because I often have hazy recollections of reading a particular book which leads to me reading it again. While I fancy myself quite clever that I know everything that’s going to happen before it’s done, I’d like to […]