(As an aside, does anyone have ideas for testing out the temporary tattoo pen I bought? My stupid brain is stuck on the dark mark from Harry Potter, and since it is hot and I am around other parents a
Library Book Sale Finds: Barbary by Vonda N. McIntyre
Good morning, squiders! I finally stopped checking a million books out from the library, so I’m getting back to reading books I actually own. And, as such, I dug into my big pile of library book sale books from a
Foundational Books: Harry Potter Series
Happy Friday, squiders! This week we’re going to talk about the Harry Potter series. Like LOTR, this is perhaps a bit obvious, but hey, it’s still true. (We’ve discussed Harry Potter here before–I think the first readalong we ever did
Foundational Books: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
I am a secret horror lover, squiders. But only a very particular type of horror. You won’t catch me watching horror movies (I had to sleep with my TV on for three nights after seeing The Ring–because if the TV
Foundational Books: The Lord of the Rings
I know this one sounds a little stereotypical, but bear with me, squiders. Somewhere in my early teens I received a box set of the Lord of the Rings trilogy (and The Hobbit). I still have the books, though not
Foundational Books: Winnie the Pooh
This one works somewhat backwards from normal because I, like many people in my generation, came into Winnie the Pooh through the Disney movies/TV shows. We had a VHS of the Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh that I watched
Foundational Books: Everything by Louis Sachar
I was originally just going to talk about the Wayside School series, but here we are. Did you guys read those? They’re each a collection of short stories that take place at Wayside school, a school that, instead of being
Foundational Books: Alien Secrets by Annette Curtis Klause
Woo, squiders, it took me a while to figure out what this book was. I mean, I remembered the book itself–I read it probably a dozen times as a kid. I remembered the main character’s name. I did not, apparently,
Foundational Books Intro
Good morning, squiders! I wanted to introduce a series I’m going to be doing over the next few weeks (and then on and off afterwards) where I go back and look at books that have been meaningful to me throughout
Good Omens
Maybe it’s just my corner of the Internet, but Good Omens is everywhere. My entire tumblr feed–normally a mixture of Star Trek, Lord of the Rings, Doctor Who, silly cat videos, and other assorted nerdy things–went COMPLETELY Good Omens. This
