Archive for 'Books'
Otherwise Engaged by Suzanne Finnamore
Maybe you have already seen Jonniker and me practically keeling over and speaking in tongues in response to the new Suzanne Finnamore book Split: A Memoir of Divorce. We both PRE-ORDERED it, and I’m not even sure I’ve EVER pre-ordered a book before. I bought it in HARDCOVER and NOT FROM THE […]
Posted: May 6th, 2008 under Books, Personally recommended by Swistle.
Comments: 12
Mother’s Day Gift Idea #3: Agatha Christie Books
I guess I shouldn’t say that EVERYBODY’S mother would like Agatha Christie books. Surely there must be literally DOZENS who wouldn’t.
What’s good about Agatha Christie mysteries is that they’re clever and satisfying without (usually) getting too gory or too scary. I myself prefer a good Jeffery Deaver (Twisted is great, or my favorite […]
Posted: May 2nd, 2008 under Books, Personally recommended by Swistle, Holiday.
Comments: 3
Schuyler’s Monster: A Father’s Journey with His Wordless Daughter
I’ve been reading Rob Rummel-Hudson’s blog for years, and I’m kind of embarrassed it’s taken me this long to order my copy of his book. I’d play the ‘but I’ve had no time for reading‘ card except really, there’s no excuse — as soon as it arrived from Amazon I devoured the whole thing in […]
Posted: April 9th, 2008 under Books, Personally recommended by Linda.
Comments: 2
Days to Remember: A Journal of Lifetime Events
Do you have a Borders bookstore near you? If you don’t, I don’t know how you’re going to find this, because I have looked everywhere. I searched by ISBN number, I searched for it on the Borders website, I searched for it on the publisher’s website. No luck. The only place […]
Posted: April 3rd, 2008 under Misc, Books, Personally recommended by Swistle.
Comments: 10
The Baby Name Wizard
Have you pretty much cleared your calendar for today so that you can sit around waiting for Linda to announce her new baby’s name? OMG ME TOO.
I’m feeding my agitation by re-reading my favorite baby name book of all time: The Baby Name Wizard, by Laura Wattenberg. It was published in 2005, […]
Posted: February 4th, 2008 under Books, Pregnancy, Personally recommended by Swistle.
Comments: 13