smokingpen | March 2, 2009
Kim Harrison is, perhaps, one of my more favorite authors. The thing, though, isn’t that I enjoy her writing but I think she needs top expand what she is doing. With that said, I am somewhat excited that she is publishing a new book for YA’s. I look forward to reading it and now that [...]
smokingpen | December 7, 2008
In no particular order I have a stack of books that I intend to start reading in about fourteen days.
The list is:
The Flaxen Femme Fatale by John Zakour
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Cycler by Lauren Mclaughlin
Deja Dead by Kathy Reichs
Death du Jour by Kathy Reichs
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging: Confessions of Georgia Nicolson by Louise [...]
smokingpen | September 15, 2008
Got home from work (missed the school portion of the day) and Lisa had beef stew and cornbread ready for the eating. Very nice food. I don’t think Erin or I have really eaten this well since we’ve been married in part because we both have a tendency to go for the easy foods rather [...]
smokingpen | August 28, 2008
I figured (after the last post) that you all should see my booklist for Fall Semester:
300-level American Lit:
American Short Story Masterpieces
Three Screenplays by Horton Foote
After This
The Wild Iris
The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry
Senior English Course:
All the Pretty Horses
The Virginian a Horseman of the Plains
Fencing the Sky
Riding the White Horse Home: A Western Family Album
Lazy [...]
smokingpen | September 24, 2004
School last night was a different experience for me. In BritLit we went over the test we will be taking, in two parts, next week and the teachers (a name I still don’t remember) kept asking for answers to the questions that we will most likely see on one of the tests. The experience was interesting and she let us out an hour and a half early. Because school and home are enough of a distance apart I decided to stay at school and read up on Richard III for my Shakespeare class.
