[tweetmeme source=”elizabethev” only_single=false]It’s very simple, really. Three bathing suits. Two novels (one should have a lobster on the dust jacket). One pair of peace moccasins. Also On Tap for Today: Happy Birthday, Christopher! 🙂 Getting excited for the Crossfit Games 15 crazy ideas for making…
Reading
-
-
Today: The healthy shelf.
[tweetmeme source=”elizabethev” only_single=false](I summoned all my willpower to not title this post The healthy shelfy. I love a rhyme. Especially ones that involve made up words.) We have quite the healthy collection of books in our housecondohold. I’ve been making an effort to clear out…
-
Today: The books I wish I had written.
[tweetmeme source=”elizabethev” only_single=false]After returning from Boothbay Harbor, one of the first things I did was rave to my mother about J. Courtney Sullivan‘s second novel, Maine. Already a New York Times best seller, “It’s the kind of book you read and think… I wish I…
-
Today: Signs of a great vacation.
[tweetmeme source=”elizabethev” only_single=false]Nick and I are back in Boston, after a relaxing week in Boothbay Harbor. I read two whole books while we were away. I am officially the last person ever to read The Help, after absolutely devouring Maine. These were two of the…
-
Today: Book ’em, Elizabeth-o.
[tweetmeme source=”elizabethev” only_single=false] If you’re like me, you live in constant danger of books falling on your head. I have amassed quite the collection of books about art written in French, books about Portuguese written mostly in pictures, books about mystery, books about cooking and…
-
Today: Borrow a book.
Is there such thing as too many books? Yes, possibly. Case in point: our shelves have a tendency to overflow and books occasionally come raining from the heavens. Or, more accurately, from the top shelf. And sometimes, when I fear approaching the shelf and jeopardizing…
-
Today: Read on Memory Lane
We are compiling a list at work, featuring our “must read” books for kids, inspired by our own literary childhoods. With Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (one of my all-time favorites) and Where the Wild Things Are hitting the theatres, now’s a great time…