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Top 10 Best Selling Books {Jan. 6 – 12}
Papa Bear gets batted out of this week’s best sellers list and a new cover appears. Check in every Saturday to see what is going on in this crazy world of books (and by “crazy,” I mean that Nicholas...
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{Review} Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson
The 2012-released autobiography from blogger Jenny Lawson (who is probably best known on the web for her post about surprising her grumpy husband by buying a giant chicken) is like a wild and memorable...
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Top 10 Best Selling Books {Jan. 13 – 19}
Hey, yooo! Old Nicky Sparks gets knocked down to numero dos. This week’s list is also a shade less grey and Stewart Woods makes an appearance. 1. A Memory of Light by Robert Jordan and Brandon...
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{Review} A Dog Named Boo by Lisa J. Edwards
This heart-melting tail (I’m sorry, I couldn’t resist) is about the loving and cyclical relationship between Lisa Edwards and her dog, Boo. Boo was born disabled and, with Lisa’s expertise and help, he...
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{Review} How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
I said I wanted to review books on here that are edgy, smart and funny. British columnist Caitlin Moran’s 2011 book, How to be a Woman is exactly that. Moran is from the UK so there are a lot of fun...
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{30 to 30} Complete the Goodall Challenge
If you follow me on Twitter, you’ll know that I am going to go see Jane Goodall soon and I am really thrilled! You could say I’m going … bananas? Ha. OK, no. So before I see her lecture (and hopefully...
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{Review} The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
{Spoiler alert! But then again, this book was first published in 1925.} I had to read it before the movie came out. So on our flight to and from San Francisco, I drank it all in. Get it, drank it all...
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{Review} In The Shadow of Man by Jane Goodall
Book one of my Goodall Challenge is done! And it was amazing. I cannot believe Jane Goodall is still alive after living amongst wild chimpanzees for all those years. What a crazy gal. And I can’t...
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{Review} Bad Girls Club by Kathryn O’Halloran
Main characters Beth, Imogene and Juliette have to complete a series of risky dares in order to become real, legitimate bad girls. Though the point of view changes with each chapter (makes it hard for...
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{Review} Through A Window: 30 Years of Observing Chimpanzees by Jane Goodall
Not too much longer and I will be sitting eagerly with a notepad and pen while I listen to Jane Goodall give a speech! Holy Tyranasaur! My original goal was to read the following, and in order (because...
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{Guest Post} Sordid Affairs by Author Renee Carlino
I have to admit that Mr. Darcy was my first book boyfriend. I know, he was everyone’s first book boyfriend. But he was just so sassy! And let’s not pretend that all of us ladies haven’t fantasized...
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{30 to 30} Get Horrible Picture Taken With Jane Goodall
I met Jane Goodall! Ah! And thank you to everyone who responded to my post about what I should say to her when I met her during the book signing. Your feedback was great and very helpful. The whole...
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Botswana: What traditions should be kept?
A very cool blog post from a very cool blog about a very cool book. Happy Wednesday! Botswana: What traditions should be kept? (Book-from-every-country #37) {What traditions do you think are worth...
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#RAWResome Interview With Indie Author Melanie Jo Moore
Melanie Jo Moore is exactly the kind of funny and edgy woman author I was hoping to find when I set out with this dino/women’s books blog. She has her own unique sense of humor. She’s not afraid to...
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Powell’s Bookstore in Portland, Oregon
We took a long weekend to visit the place where young people go to retire … This is such a great hippy city. I love everything about it. We went to the farmer’s market where they had giant cinnamon...
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Wildly Wrong
Recently my friend and I visited Powell’s Bookstore in Portland, Oregon and I was on a book high. When walking all around the different rooms, looking at the books on the shelves, my friend and I...
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Best Tips About Taiwan from the “Culture Shock” Book
Even though Culture Shock: Taiwan was published in 1995 (18 years ago!!! Whaaaaaat!?) and had a few grammatical errors, I wanted to read the book by Chris and Ling-li Bates to get a feel for the...
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Chelsea, bell & Dolly
I made some “me time” yesterday and went to the library. It’s an adventurous feeling when you go to the library and just peruse the shelves. Never knowing who you’re going to stumble upon. I made my...
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Dream More by Dolly Parton
I picked up this little cheese of a rhinestone while on my trip to the library because it looked fun, shiny and not very thick. And I was in the mood to read something light and light-hearted. Holy...
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Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me
{This post also has a running gag in it, this week’s prompt for Rarasaur‘s Prompt for the Promptless. See if you can spot the re-occuring joke. Scroll to the bottom for the answer!} If you’re looking...
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