Miracle on 22nd Street

Happy Holidays/Merry Christmas everyone! I tried to embed this video for you all to see; to my chagrin, it’s not working. But you should go check it out anyway!

Banned Books Week 2010

It’s Banned Books Week!  From Sept. 25 – Oct. 2, groups all over the country will be hosting events in celebration of books that people have attempted to ban or censor. It’s important to remember that having access to books–no matter how controversial they may be–is an important part of keeping intellectual freedom alive. Here

Franzen time!

No, I’m not reading Freedom again. As you read this, I am probably in my car making the 5-6 hour drive (fine, I speed; it’s 5) up to Austin to see Jonathan Franzen at Book People. I know, I know… Although I try to keep my stalker tendencies limited to Rufus Wainwright, I have to

Celebrate Cinco by Mayo!

I’m hosting my first reading challenge! (Yes, Frida’s presence is required on all of my sites, okay?).  I created this challenge mostly because Hispanic Latin@ Heritage Month annoys me, so might as well do something awesome with it. What you need to know: Cinco by Mayo is a reading challenge that celebrates Latin@ authors. It

Coolest. Home Library. Ever.

I WANT. via The Architecture Blog