I am considering re-branding this blog. I am looking for a new blog name that would be easy to remember, not have my name in it, and still get across the idea that this is a book blog. Because I am not great at the whole creative idea thing, I have asked around for suggestions. … Read more
A few weeks ago I reviewed the companion book to Waiting for Superman. Finally I went to go see the movie this morning. I was accompanied by my teacher wife and public charter school principal Mother In Law. As with any documentary it doesn’t really show the whole picture. But I thought it was worth … Read more
I love audiobooks. christianaudio.com gives away 1 book every month. So I always download at least one book a month from them. And frequently they have very good books for a couple dollars. Right now they have almost their entire store on sale for $7.49. I am thinking of picking up a couple books. (By … Read more
I try to read and pass on paper books. Yesterday as I was cleaning house I put together some more books that are in need of passing on. These are all books I have read, but only three of them have a review on this blog. If you want one or more of these books, … Read more
Multnomah/WaterBrook Publishers has a monthly sale on ebooks. Usually there are 4 to 6 books with a mix of non-fiction and fiction books. The sale price is always $0.99 and is available at Amazon, Sony, Barnes and Noble and Kobo ebook stores. You can subscribe to an email to find out the monthly sales, but … Read more
Starting today I will be participating in a group blogging project. Each chapter will be discussed by a different blogger at their own site. My day is Thursday for chapter 4. But please follow along and make comments. If you haven’t started the book yet, that is ok. I haven’t either. 9/20 ““ Chapter 1 … Read more
I am not going to turn this site into a movie review site. But my wife and I used to watch a lot of movies. We joined Netflix soon after it started and for a year or so our church small group was a movie watching group. Five of the six in the group were … Read more
WaterBrook Press has started a new monthly ebook promotion. They are heavily discounting 3 or 4 books a month. This is a different tack than several other publishers. Zondervan has been giving away 3 or 4 books a month. I am a fan of free books, but I do wonder about how sustainable the free … Read more
I am up (it is 4 AM) to fly out to my 17th Guy’s Trip. These are about annual trips that 6 of us guys from college take to re-connect with one another an spend some time decompressing. My netbook crashed last night so I cannot type up a few posts on my flight out. … Read more
I am behind on my reading. I was out of town for work 7 out of 10 days and I have been playing (but not reading much) on my ipad. I hope I will finish a book by Wednesday. All of the most read reviews were non-fiction. I will hold a non-fiction top posts for … Read more