Month: September 2008

Olive Editions

Everything Is Illuminated: A Novel Jonathan Safran Foer Harper Collins is releasing new “Olive Editions” of three popular novels. They are super cute editions, and the best part is they are priced very affordably too. The list price is $10, and Amazon is selling them for $8. The first three Olive Edition titles are Everything… Continue reading Olive Editions

Spectacular September

It’s been a whirlwind of a September, as usual. Here are some of the highlights of the last couple weeks, which were especially busy. -While in Michigan, my family, Ryan, and I went to Binder Park Zoo. In addition to my favorite exhibit, the Giraffes, they had a baby Snow Leopard who was born in… Continue reading Spectacular September

Happy Birthday Benny!

8 years ago today my little brother Benjamin was born. My mom had a c-section scheduled that day, but my parents ended up going to the hospital at about 3 am, because my brother didn’t want to wait. Later that morning my dad drove home to get me, and we stopped by the Secretary of… Continue reading Happy Birthday Benny!

Michigan!

Michigan Fall Trees I’ll be mostly absent from Vox for a little while. I’m headed home to Michigan to see my Mom, Dad, and little brother Ben. I’ll probably still read my Neighborhood page while I’m online at home, but not planning on any posts of my own. I’m bringing three books with me: -A… Continue reading Michigan!

H. A. Rey

One of my favorite podcasts is The Writer’s Almanac with Garrison Keillor. It’s a short, daily podcast (about 5 minutes) with “this day in literary history” and a daily poem. Today is the birthday of H. A. Rey, the author of the Curious George books. I thought his story was very awesome (sad, too), and… Continue reading H. A. Rey

Has anyone read….?

Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist Rachel Cohn Has anyone read Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist? I’m very excited to see the movie, so I picked up the book in Border’s today. It’s supposed to be good, but the only thing I really noticed while flipping through it in the store was how many times the… Continue reading Has anyone read….?

Stephen Shore

My favorite photographer is Stephen Shore, and I was thrilled to be able to see him at Strand tonight. I really wanted to leave there tonight with this book: A Road Trip Journal   But instead left with this book, for $169 less: American Surfaces Alas, the books I would buy if I were rich.… Continue reading Stephen Shore

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly From Amazon’s review/description: We’ve all got our idiosyncrasies when it comes to writing–a special chair we have to sit in, a certain kind of yellow paper we absolutely must use. To create this tremendously affecting memoir, Jean-Dominique Bauby used the only tool available to him–his left eye–with which he… Continue reading The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Junot Diaz Event

Junot Diaz I was thrilled to have another chance to see Junot Diaz last night. His first event was immediately after The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao was published, and I had not read it, or his very well regarded short story collection Drown, so I did not go to last year’s signing. The… Continue reading Junot Diaz Event