Welcome to the November book review! At the end of each month, I review the books I’ve read. Enjoy! This month, I’m rolling over a few of the goodies from October, because I stumbled into a treasure trove of reading wealth in the early fall. Unfortunately, I did not have the same luck in November. At the end […]
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Library Book Haul: Current Stack
I spent another glorious hour in the library last weekend; I’m starting to make it a monthly event. (I’d go even more often, but I bring home so many books each time that I’d probably get panic attacks over the amount of reading material.) Here’s what’s in my current stack: From bottom to top: Unfinished Business […]
June Book Round-Up
I feel like I’ve been gorging on books lately, but when I looked back, I found I haven’t actually finished many this month. I’m still in the middle of EIGHT! Two on CD in my car, one on my iPhone, one paperback novel, one giant reference on book publishing, and three on my Kindle. This […]
May Book Round-Up
Here’s what I’ve been reading in May! The book that was worth a great deal of time: The Valley Of Amazement by Amy Tan Synopsis: An epic novel, taking place in Shanghai, China (with flashbacks to San Francisco) about a young half- Chinese, half-American courtesan named Violet and her struggle to survive in a changing […]
Choosing a Baby Name- Part 2
In my last post, Choosing a Baby Name- Part 1, I told the story of how my son was named Edwin Michael Sowul. I explained our thought process over weeks and months until the day of his birth, and cited many reasons for choosing that exact name, including multiple family ties and letter symmetry. In short, […]
Choosing a Baby Name- Part 1
This week, on the Freakonomics podcast, there was an episode titled How Much Does Your Name Matter? It got me thinking about everything my husband and I went through when choosing our son’s name. Here’s the story: In the past, I’d wondered at parents who chose their child’s name and broadcast it to the world before he/she […]