Okay, so I totally stole that title from Care, who was one of the few brave bloggers to complete the April mini-challenge, in which I asked people to write a poem about New York. Despite the fact that it was … Continue reading
Yesterday I highlighted the submissions for the February mini-challenge, to give you all a glimpse into things to do and see in NY. Today, I’m going to focus on the posts written for the March mini-challenge, which were about women … Continue reading
Back when I first conceived the idea of the New York Challenge, I thought that the mini-challenges and the reviews would give me some fodder for blog posts while I was in New York. And I was right (for … Continue reading
I’ve been remiss in announcing the winner of the April mini-challenge. There were very few souls brave enough to write a poem for this mini-challenge, but I did get a couple of entries. And the winner is… Jenna P. aka … Continue reading
Hello, World Partiers! We’re moving into our second month of the World Party Reading Challenge. Now that our April celebration of French authors/books/books set in France is coming to an end (although you can certainly keep posting links to those … Continue reading
Apples are red Curse words are blue I just wrote a poem about New York Now…how about you? Dude, I never claimed to be a poet. And you don’t have to be either to participate in the April mini-challenge! This is … Continue reading
Bonjour mes amis, and welcome to the World Party Reading Challenge. Even though the challenge doesn’t start until April 1st, I said that I would post about the April holiday and country ahead of time. If you have no idea … Continue reading
The Space Between Us Thrity Umrigar 2005 321 pages Even though I’m already dead, I know I will have to live. Because we live for more than just ourselves, hai na, beta? Most of the time we live for others, … Continue reading
Are you ready to get this party started? I was going to wait a few months to start this challenge, but it looks like the party is ready to go… Welcome to the World Party Reading Challenge, where each month … Continue reading
This is going to be a long post today. I’m sorry, but I’ve got a variety of things to chat about. ******************** We Have a Winner First of all, I need to announce the winner of This Book Is Overdue. … Continue reading
In a real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish. ~S.I. Hayakawa
The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
~St. Augustine
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.
~Mark Twain
