Monthly Archives: April 2012

Bout of Books Read A Thon 5/14-5/20

All right all, I’m pumped. I didn’t get to participate in the past book blog community events because of bad real life timing, but I looked at the schedule and I think 5/14-5/20 is no crazier a week than normal, … Continue reading

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Links Luau #2

Time for another luau of links! April at Good Books and Good Wine posted about her favorite minor Harry Potter Characters which I just loved since it’s been a few years since I read the last book and this was a … Continue reading

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This World Must Die! Short Story by Horace Brown Fyfe

Short story This World Must Die! by Horace Brown Fyfe, examines the emotional and rational reactions to murder in a twenty second century space faring civilization As I was browsing my subscribed blogs today I came across an article about expanding … Continue reading

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Theater Review: Truth Values by Gioia De Cari

Truth Values: One Girl’s Romp Through MIT’s Male Math Maze by Gioia De Cari, one woman show about a female PhD student in the 80’s dealing with MIT’s still rampant sexist issues  So I don’t usually do theater reviews, but … Continue reading

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Dewey’s Read A Thon Wrap up

Hello all! I meant to post a wrap up post last night, but I was so tired by the time I rolled over in bed, that it just didn’t happen, ha! As expected I didn’t get as much reading done … Continue reading

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Tangent Time!: Nonfiction #2

It’s time for another Tangent Time! I had four nonfiction that I wanted to write about and that seemed like too many for one post, so here is nonfiction post #2 :-) The first book, Pricing Life by Peter A. Ubel, MD … Continue reading

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Dewey’s Read A Thon Update #2

All right, the first goal of the day is complete, I found an apartment and signed a lease! More importantly ( ;-) ) I’m on page 369 of 807 of A Game of Thrones and am planning to spend the … Continue reading

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Dewey’s Read A Thon Update

Good morning all! Happy Read A Thon! Today (in case you are new to the book blogosphere) is the Dewey’s Read A Thon and I’m trying to participate despite my apartment hunting appointments today! Yesterday I was able to start Dogs … Continue reading

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Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

I got Good Omens on loan from one of my friends this summer and read it pretty quickly due to a combination of plane flights and good writing. She actually lent it to me to convince me to read more … Continue reading

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In Preparation for The Great Read-a-Thon!

So, coincidentally, the Dewey Read A Thon is happening this weekend, which is the same weekend that I am going apartment hunting. This makes me sad because I won’t actually be able to participate as much as I want to in … Continue reading

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