Thursday, December 31, 2009

Last post of the year

Books I read this year:

Maren's 2009 book montage



Shelf Discovery

The Sandman Vol. 02: The Doll's House

Enna Burning

Twenties Girl: A Novel

The Graveyard Book

What I Saw And How I Lied

I Capture the Castle

Keeping the Moon

Queen of Babble Gets Hitched

Big Boned

The Lovely Bones

The Sandman Vol. 03: Dream Country

The Sandman Vol. 04: Season of Mists

Forest Born

River Secrets

Anansi Boys

Suite Scarlett

That Summer

The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank: A Novel

Splendor

Rumors

Envy

The Luxe

Neverwhere

Princess Academy

The Goose Girl

Geek Charming

Cindy Ella

Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict

Homecoming

The Merlin Prophecy

Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Remember Me?

The Undomestic Goddess

Queen of Babble in the Big City

Size 14 Is Not Fat Either

Avalon High

Being Nikki



Maren's favorite books »



There's probably more, I just lose track.

Sunday, December 20, 2009

Out of Context: Dispatches from the Internet

This is a kind of interesting Facebook game. . . .*This has been another dispatch from the wide world of internet.

Monday, December 14, 2009

Cover Judging - The CEO's Christmas Proposition

I've made a discovery this festive season: Silhouette Special Editions. From their website:
"These contemporary romances from the Silhouette Special Edition line will strike a chord with you as heroines find the balance between their work lives and personal lives on the way to true love!"
Doesn't that sound like a thrilling story? Furthermore, most of these tales of balancing work life and personal life occur during the holiday season. So, without further adieu, here is the first of a few Christmas titles I have for you:

First Glance: This one is all about the styling: I am 100% in favor of her shiny gold pumps. Especially because they match the gold lamé top she's sporting. Also: her hair. And his hair, now I look at it - gotta love a side-part. I'm also loving the weirdly shaped fairy-light sculptures behind our happy couple. And, as the wreath at the bottom left informs me, this appears to take place somewhere with photo-worthy architecture. Score: 4 out of 5

Friday, December 11, 2009

Picture from Last Week

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Out of Context: Dispatches from the Internet

There are so many things that I don't understand about this ad. Mainly, is Beardo supposed to be representative of the moms returning to school or is he supposed to entice moms to return to school?

Because I think it might fail either way.