I first brought up Pocket last year in my 2013 Overview and Book of the Year post. It’s a very useful app for saving articles and reading them later. In fact I enjoy the Pocket layout better than the original blog in many cases. I love that I can use it anywhere, and that it […]
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5 Books for 4 Year Olds
My goddaughter is now 4! And while we still enjoy many of the same titles from my 5 Books for 2 year olds post (esp. Biscuit) I thought I’d do an update on some of the books we’ve recently found enjoyable. 1. Step Into Reading Disney Princess Books – Titles we enjoy are Winter Wishes, […]
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The Circle Maker : Part 1
NOTE : I’m not going to spend much time describing the general idea of the text, for that you can go here to Amazon The Circle Maker: Praying Circles Around Your Biggest Dreams and Greatest Fears or to their own site here. This book has gotten a lot of coverage and I highly recommend this review […]
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Opening Lines
Young adult books often have some of the best opening lines, probably because their audience is likely to drop it and look for something else if they aren’t interested right away. Here are some of my favorites: The Series of Unfortunate Events – The Bad Beginning “If you are interested in stories with happy endings, […]