From the monthly archives:

July 2009

Review: The Man Who Ate the 747

by Kim on July 30, 2009 · 10 comments

Title: The Man Who Ate the 747
Author: Ben Sherwood
Genre: Fiction
Length: 258 pages (hardcover)
Two Sentence Summary: When J. J. Smith, Keeper of the Records for The Book of Records (like the Guinness Book of World Records) hears about a man eating a 747 to prove his love for a woman, J. J. knows he has to [...]

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My Infinite Summer: Doing a Puzzle Blind

by Kim on July 29, 2009 · 8 comments

I’ve been debating how to write my Infinite Summer posts. After some deep soul-searching and contemplation, I’ve decided to think of them as a reading journal of what it’s like to try this immensely large and intimidating novel. I hope that sounds interesting to you, dear readers.
At this point, reading Infinite Jest is like trying [...]

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Blog Improvement Project Week #14: Highlight Key Posts

by Kim on July 28, 2009 · 23 comments

Whoops! I totally forgot to put this up yesterday — sorry!
Anyway, I was going to do something this week about blog categories and tagging, but soon realized the topic is more complicated than I anticipated and, frankly, I need something low-key after Bingo (results soon). So this week is going to be something easy and [...]

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Blog Post Bingo Entries

by Kim on July 25, 2009 · 8 comments

Lately, I’ve been sort of pathetic at actually blogging about the Blog Improvement Project tasks I’ve been coming up with. But not so with Blog Post Bingo, I actually got quite a few posts done!
The best part of it was having the motivation to get a couple of more in-depth posts I’ve been thinking about [...]

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Book Reviews as Bread and Butter

by Kim on July 24, 2009 · 42 comments

This is a post that’s been in my head for awhile, so forgive me for linking back to posts I read in March. Back then, Amy (My Friend Amy) asked readers if she should keep reviewing books because her last two book reviews hadn’t received any comments. There were many great comments on her post, [...]

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How to Make HTML Tables

by Kim on July 23, 2009 · 22 comments

I’m no html expert, but I like to dabble in it occasionally to see what I can figure out. One of the coolest things I’ve learned is how to create tables for my blog. I love being able to add tables because it can keep pictures and text lined up, something my OCD personality [...]

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Review: Rabbit, Run

by Kim on July 22, 2009 · 12 comments

Title: Rabbit, Run
Author: John Updike
Genre: Fiction
One Sentence Summary: Harry “Rabbit” Angstrom is a 26-year-old former high school basketball start that can’t seem to grow up and accept his responsibility as a husband and father.
One Sentence Review: Rabbit is not a likable character, and yet this book is surprisingly easy to love reading.
Grade: 95/100

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BIP Week #13: Bingo Reminder

by Kim on July 21, 2009 · 6 comments

If you’re participating in Blog Post Bingo (which anyone can), be sure to link to your results post by Friday, July 24 at midnight at the original Week #13 Mr. Linky.
If you’re behind — don’t feel bad! Of the possible posts, I think I’ve only finished about six. And, you can submit your results even [...]

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Questions on 'American Gods' or 'Love Walked In'

by Kim on July 17, 2009 · 8 comments

Regular blog readers know that I’ve started a feature where readers vote for a book I should read in a given month, then I write my reviews based on solicited questions.
I forgot to get questions for American Gods by Neil Gaiman, the book I read in June. I also haven’t gotten questions for Love Walked [...]

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Review: A Reliable Wife

by Kim on July 16, 2009 · 14 comments

Title: A Reliable Wife
Author: Robert Goolrick
Genre: Fiction
Length: 291 pages (hardcover)
Two Sentence Summary: Lonely widower Ralph Truitt places an add for a “reliable wife” to join him in Wisconsin. Catherine Land answers the ad, but turns out neither one gets what they expected.
Two Sentence Review: The writing style of this book annoyed me, as did the [...]

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