Archive for the 'book review' Category
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Science Fiction and S4L Book Club
While Jen’s away, the Kat will play! The Stitching for Literacy Book Club book for July is Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. About a year ago, Jen wrote a post on her blog comparing genres of books to the tastes of different foods. So for Jen, fantasy books taste like mashed potatoes and all [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on June 21st, 2011 tagged book review, design work | 1 Comment »
S4L Book Club – The Graveyard Book
We’re reading and discussing The Graveyard Book this month in the Stitching for Literacy Book Club. Here, I’ll post my answer to the question(s) I posted at the official Stitching for Literacy Blog. Obviously, I enjoyed this book since I picked it. This was my second time reading it, and it had been over a [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on April 5th, 2011 tagged book review | 1 Comment »
S4L Book Club – The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The February selection for the Stitching for Literacy Book Club was The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. I’ve been intending to write about The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks for some time now, but I can’t seem to get my thoughts wrapped around this book in a coherent way, so here are some incoherent ramblings [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on February 25th, 2011 tagged book review | 1 Comment »
Monday Bookstand
In conjunction with the Stitching for Literacy campaign, I thought I’d take Mondays to post about what I’m currently reading. Currently, I’m reading A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin. It is the third book in the Song of Ice and Fire series. And by currently reading, I mean I finished book two [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on March 23rd, 2009 tagged book review | Comment now »
Book Review: Flesh and Spirit
I discovered author Carol Berg about a year and a half ago. Since then, I have voraciously devoured everything she has written. When I found Flesh and Spirit at my local bookstore this past December, I immediately picked it up. Luckily, the sequal to this duet came out in January because when I started reading [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on January 23rd, 2008 tagged book review, design work | Comment now »
Signs of Autumn
Technically Autumn started way back in September, according to the calendar. However, here in sub-tropical land, we’re just starting to notice. It was cooler a couple days this week, but will be back up in the mid-80′s this weekend. The time change really makes it feel like Autumn/Winter, though. And made it really weird that [...]