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Twitter Wit: Brillance in 140 Characters or Less

On: February 14th, 2010 at 7:51 pm | Number of Comments » 2

My little “purse book” was Twitter Wit: Brilliance in 140 Character or Less by Nick Douglas.
About the book:
Product Description:

New York Magazine proclaims, “Twitter is the hot web company right now…the Next Big Thing;” the New York Times calls it “one of the fastest-growing phenomena on the Internet;” Time magazine claims “Twitter is on its [...]


Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days by Jeff Kinney

On: February 5th, 2010 at 9:45 pm | Number of Comments » 1

I finished the final book (so far),  in the Wimpy Kid series,  Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days by Jeff Kinney.
About the book:
Product Description
It’s summer vacation, the weather’s great, and all the kids are having fun outside. So where’s Greg Heffley? Inside his house, playing video games with the shades drawn.
Greg, a [...]


B is for Beer by Tom Robbins

On: February 1st, 2010 at 7:47 am | Number of Comments » 0

My latest read B is for Beer by Tom Robbins, is a funny look at the facts about beer set in a fictional story involving a kindergartener. It’s touted as A Children’s Book for Grown-ups AND A Grown-up Book for Children. 
About the book: A Children’s Book About Beer? Yes, believe it or not–byt B [...]


Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw

On: December 25th, 2009 at 6:29 pm | Number of Comments » 0

Continuing in on my comic novel spree, Book #3 in the Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney was The Last Straw.
About the book: For those wondering why tween boys don’t read very much, the answer is that more books aren’t like this. In this third (but not last, despite the subtitle’s implication) series entry, Greg [...]


Four to Score by Janet Evanovich

On: December 19th, 2009 at 8:18 am | Number of Comments » 3

I’m making progress in the Stephanie Plum Challenge and I’m up to Four to Score by Janet Evanovich.
About the book: Working for her bail bondsman cousin, Vinnie, Stephanie is hot on the trail of revenge-seeking waitress Maxine Nowicki, whose crimes include bail jumping, theft, and extortion. Someone is terrifying Maxine’s friends, and those who [...]


Current Read: Diary of a Wimpy Kid

On: December 4th, 2009 at 7:52 pm | Number of Comments » 0

Lo and behold I saw a big cutout poster of the Wimpy Kid in the airport this morning so I picked up the first book: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: A Novel in Cartoons. (I posted yesterday about reading the second book to my class but wished that I had the first one to read [...]


Current Read: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

On: December 3rd, 2009 at 5:11 pm | Number of Comments » 2

School book: Some of the kids requested that I read  Diary of a Wimpy Kid  by Jeff Kinney to them after lunch. We had a book fair and they didn’t have the original one but they did have the second one, Rodrick Rules so I’m reading it to them. (I like it..hehe!)
About the book: The [...]