Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Need Something to Read?

These books come out today or tomorrow.
A new book from the author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Perennial Classics)

New book from the author of The Secret: Daily Teachings

Next book after Life Sentences

From the author of Gorky Park

New from the author of The Day of the Jackal

James Patterson enters the Swedish crime thriller genre following the popularity of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Vintage)

A new book from the author of The Devil Wears Prada: Movie Tie-In

May we also suggest Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance or Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word?

Perhaps an inevitable book some decades after Mr. Rude (Mr. Men and Little Miss)?

The latest from the author perhaps best known for The Pelican Brief

"Mom lit" from the author of The Frog Prince

Newest in the series following 206 Bones (Temperance Brennan Novels)

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Need Something to Read?

The following books published yesterday.














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Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Where's our Lollipop Tree?

Does anyone still remember Uncle Wiggly? His claim to fame in our childhood household was that he had a lollipop bush. Imagine! Lollipops available on demand in your backyard.

We're still waiting for our lollipop tree to sprout. As toddlers, our father helped us to bury a lollipop in the backyard and promised to water it. We imagined colorful cellophaned fruit would soon appear. That year our potatoes, carrots, and green beans grew but no lollipop tree. There must have been something wrong with the soil...


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-Posted by The Older Sister