http://wickedsmaht.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ Punctuation saves lives. en Vox Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:52:01 -0800 Copyright 2009 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://wickedsmaht.vox.com/library/post/67---what-difference-do-it-make-by-ron-hall-and-denver-moore.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Cori) http://wickedsmaht.vox.com/library/post/67---what-difference-do-it-make-by-ron-hall-and-denver-moore.html?_c=feed-rss http://wickedsmaht.vox.com/library/post/67---what-difference-do-it-make-by-ron-hall-and-denver-moore.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:52:01 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://wickedsmaht.vox.com/library/book/6a00c225290bfe604a0123dde1b91a860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c225290bfe604a0123dde1b91a860d-50si" alt="What Difference Do It Make?: Stories of Hope and Healing" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Read because: Thomas Nelson (the publisher) sent it to me to review. Received from: Thomas Nelson. Rating: 7 out of 10 (might have been higher had I read the first book -- this is the second) Synopsis: The more than four hundred thousand reade... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://wickedsmaht.vox.com/library/post/67---what-difference-do-it-make-by-ron-hall-and-denver-moore.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225290bfe604a0123ddce112a860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> homeless book reading christianity book review reading challenge c2rcc http://wickedsmaht.vox.com/library/post/66---harry-potter-and-the-chamber-of-secrets-by-jk-rowling.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Cori) http://wickedsmaht.vox.com/library/post/66---harry-potter-and-the-chamber-of-secrets-by-jk-rowling.html?_c=feed-rss http://wickedsmaht.vox.com/library/post/66---harry-potter-and-the-chamber-of-secrets-by-jk-rowling.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:21:08 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://wickedsmaht.vox.com/library/book/6a00c225290bfe604a0123dde1b778860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00c225290bfe604a0123dde1b778860d-50si" alt="Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Book 2)" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Read because: I liked it the first time. Borrowed from: the Sacramento library Rating: 8 out of 10 Synopsis: This sequel brings back the young wizard-in-training to face suspicious adults, hostile classmates, fretful ghosts, rambunctious spell... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://wickedsmaht.vox.com/library/post/66---harry-potter-and-the-chamber-of-secrets-by-jk-rowling.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225290bfe604a01240b7465ba860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> harry potter book reading challenge book challenge c2rcc http://wickedsmaht.vox.com/library/post/whatever-day-it-is-hodgepodge.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Cori) http://wickedsmaht.vox.com/library/post/whatever-day-it-is-hodgepodge.html?_c=feed-rss http://wickedsmaht.vox.com/library/post/whatever-day-it-is-hodgepodge.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:02:36 -0800 I was opening a can of cream of celery soup on Sunday and sliced the absolute hell out of my pinkie. Went-to-the-hospital sort of slice. Almost fainted sort of slice. Bloooood sort of slice. Barf. Would have thought it would have been a knife th... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://wickedsmaht.vox.com/library/post/whatever-day-it-is-hodgepodge.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225290bfe604a0123ddb919d8860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> ouch stupidity hodgepodge http://wickedsmaht.vox.com/library/post/65---daughters-of-hope-by-kay-marshall-strom-and-michele-rickett.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Cori) http://wickedsmaht.vox.com/library/post/65---daughters-of-hope-by-kay-marshall-strom-and-michele-rickett.html?_c=feed-rss http://wickedsmaht.vox.com/library/post/65---daughters-of-hope-by-kay-marshall-strom-and-michele-rickett.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:07:28 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://wickedsmaht.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c225290bfe604a0123dddf4207860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c225290bfe604a0123dddf4207860d-50si" alt="Daughters of Hope" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Recommended by: my friend Hannah Borrowed from: that same Hannah Rating: 9 out of 10 Synopsis: Throughout the world today Christians continue to face intense persecution, and Christian women are often the most vulnerable. In Pakistan, Christia... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://wickedsmaht.vox.com/library/post/65---daughters-of-hope-by-kay-marshall-strom-and-michele-rickett.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225290bfe604a0123ddb6a5e3860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> books reading christian persecution reading challenge c2rcc http://wickedsmaht.vox.com/library/post/grumble-freaking-cakes.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Cori) http://wickedsmaht.vox.com/library/post/grumble-freaking-cakes.html?_c=feed-rss http://wickedsmaht.vox.com/library/post/grumble-freaking-cakes.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:48:04 -0700 I was all excited to be packing for my trip to New Zealand when I heard a noise outside. I looked out the sliding glass doors and saw two *insert bad name here* guys stealing plants and flowers from the planter that is outside my condo. So I yelle... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://wickedsmaht.vox.com/library/post/grumble-freaking-cakes.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225290bfe604a0123ddae712f860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> theivery grumblecakes grrrrrrrrrrrrrr http://wickedsmaht.vox.com/library/post/64---catching-fire-by-suzanne-collins.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Cori) http://wickedsmaht.vox.com/library/post/64---catching-fire-by-suzanne-collins.html?_c=feed-rss http://wickedsmaht.vox.com/library/post/64---catching-fire-by-suzanne-collins.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:37:13 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://wickedsmaht.vox.com/library/book/6a00c225290bfe604a0123ddc08004860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c225290bfe604a0123ddc08004860c-50si" alt="Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Read because: It's the second in the Hunger Games series. My review of Hunger Games. Purchased from: Costco, along with Hunger Games. I couldn't help it. The covers are hot. Rating: 8 out of 10 Synopsis: Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://wickedsmaht.vox.com/library/post/64---catching-fire-by-suzanne-collins.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225290bfe604a0123ddab91df860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> book reading book review reading challenge c2rcc hunger games http://wickedsmaht.vox.com/library/post/a-tuesday-hodgepodge.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Cori) http://wickedsmaht.vox.com/library/post/a-tuesday-hodgepodge.html?_c=feed-rss http://wickedsmaht.vox.com/library/post/a-tuesday-hodgepodge.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:33:56 -0700 I really do miss blogging. I consistently write posts in my head that are not book reviews but I never seem to find the time to write them down. I have been ridiculously busy lately. I go to New Zealand in ten days. My roommate got married this... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://wickedsmaht.vox.com/library/post/a-tuesday-hodgepodge.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225290bfe604a0123ddd2d339860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> new zealand wedding life busy hodgepodge http://wickedsmaht.vox.com/library/post/63---animal-vegetable-miracle-by-barbara-kingsolver.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Cori) http://wickedsmaht.vox.com/library/post/63---animal-vegetable-miracle-by-barbara-kingsolver.html?_c=feed-rss http://wickedsmaht.vox.com/library/post/63---animal-vegetable-miracle-by-barbara-kingsolver.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:55:32 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://wickedsmaht.vox.com/library/book/6a00c225290bfe604a0123ddd2cfd6860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c225290bfe604a0123ddd2cfd6860d-50si" alt="Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (P.S.)" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Recommended by: a colleague sometime last year Borrowed from: the Sacramento Library Rating: 8 out of 10 Synopsis (from Publishers Weekly): Novelist Kingsolver recounts a year spent eating home-grown food and, if not that, local. Accomplished ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://wickedsmaht.vox.com/library/post/63---animal-vegetable-miracle-by-barbara-kingsolver.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225290bfe604a0123ddaa2f12860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> food books reading eating reading challenge c2rcc http://wickedsmaht.vox.com/library/post/62---the-mysterious-benedict-society-by-trenton-lee-stewart.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Cori) http://wickedsmaht.vox.com/library/post/62---the-mysterious-benedict-society-by-trenton-lee-stewart.html?_c=feed-rss http://wickedsmaht.vox.com/library/post/62---the-mysterious-benedict-society-by-trenton-lee-stewart.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:26:31 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://wickedsmaht.vox.com/library/book/6a00c225290bfe604a0123ddaa2bd3860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c225290bfe604a0123ddaa2bd3860b-50si" alt="The Mysterious Benedict Society" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Recommended by: some blog that Brittney reads Borrowed from: the Sacramento library Rating: 6 out of 10 Synopsis (from School Library Journal): After Reynie Muldoon responds to an advertisement recruiting "gifted children looking for special o... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://wickedsmaht.vox.com/library/post/62---the-mysterious-benedict-society-by-trenton-lee-stewart.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225290bfe604a0123f168e870860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> books reading reading challenge c2rcc http://wickedsmaht.vox.com/library/post/61---the-omnivores-dilemma-by-michael-pollan.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Cori) http://wickedsmaht.vox.com/library/post/61---the-omnivores-dilemma-by-michael-pollan.html?_c=feed-rss http://wickedsmaht.vox.com/library/post/61---the-omnivores-dilemma-by-michael-pollan.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:47:37 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://wickedsmaht.vox.com/library/book/6a00c225290bfe604a0123dda49256860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c225290bfe604a0123dda49256860b-50si" alt="The Omnivore&#39;s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Read because: I read In Defense of Food and liked a lot of the principles. Plus, I'm on a slow descent into Hippie-land. Oh, and I saw Michael Pollan speak a few months back -- interesting guy. Borrowed from: my friend Carolyn Rating: 7 out of ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://wickedsmaht.vox.com/library/post/61---the-omnivores-dilemma-by-michael-pollan.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225290bfe604a0123f1634e04860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> food books reading michael pollan eating reading challenge c2rcc