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Archive for the 'Living' Category

Hoarding Behavior, or I Have a Problem

Sunday, June 20th, 2010

Yes, I have a problem. I purchase more books than I could possibly read, so this week’s Weekly Geeks challenge is an easy one for me: share your habits, tendencies or obsessions when it comes to this book hoarding behavior. To give you an example, I have a separate “to be read” pile that I [...]

BookExpo and Book Blogger Con

Monday, May 31st, 2010

This past week has been filled with wonderful events and people at BookExpo America and the Book Blogger Convention. To start off the week, I toured Penguin’s headquarters in NYC. Everyone there was lovely and answered all of our questions about the publishing house. Even more exciting, I met a few fellow book bloggers including [...]

Tim Gunn at BookExpo 2010

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

I say … and you think … ? (Week 382)

Sunday, May 23rd, 2010

Cream :: Be with you :: Pancakes :: Believe :: 45 :: Eat :: Background :: Pane :: Aim :: Collapse :: Read my responses in the comments section. Feel free to leave your responses, too! Courtesy of Unconscious Mutterings.

FitBit

Saturday, May 15th, 2010

After months of waiting, my FitBit has finally arrived. FitBit is a digital pedometer that also tracks your sleeping patterns. It basically shows me how many steps and miles I walk per day with a digital flower that grows with my progress towards 10,000 steps per day. At night, I wear it to track how [...]

I say … and you think … ? (Week 379)

Sunday, May 2nd, 2010

Creepy :: Links :: Sane :: Bun :: Visual :: Remote :: Freaking :: Curly :: Saga :: Different :: Read my responses in the comments section. Feel free to leave your responses, too! Courtesy of Unconscious Mutterings.

Next Book Group: Let the Great World Spin

Friday, April 30th, 2010

Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann Date: Monday, May 24 @ 7:30 PM Location: Big Bar Find us on Yelp Events

Bookmark Collection – Amazon.com

Sunday, March 14th, 2010

Remember when Amazon would include a bookmark for each book purchased from their site? I wanted to share two of my favorites from my bookmark collection.

New York Mini-Challenge (Tea Houses)

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

Fizzy Thoughts is hosting the New York reading challenge and this is the first mini-challenge. For February, we need to “start spreading the news” by compiling lists of ten things about NYC. Here’s my list of tea houses I love or want to visit. My Favorites 1. Teany – currently closed due to a fire, [...]

New York Mini-Challenge (Indie Bookstores)

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

Fizzy Thoughts is hosting the New York reading challenge and this is the first mini-challenge. For February, we need to “start spreading the news” by compiling a list of ten things about NYC. My friend John suggested ten misconceptions about NYC, but I could only come up with four. I’ll have to do a separate [...]