The time has come for the Book Bloggers Holiday Swap to come around again. If you would like to make a book blogger out there feel really happy then you should join in with the fun. But if you do not know what you are getting yourself into then go […]
Following this somewhat depressing article the question of young children, books (picture books particularly) and early reading fills my thoughts. There is nothing so wonderful as sharing a book with a child, or several children, or many. Have you ever seen the look of excitement and wonder as a story […]
Just getting this in before midnight………Bram Stoker the author of Dracula was born this day in 1847. This was the book that started it all. Before Twilight. Before Buffy. Before everything. Vampire stories are legend and found in many cultures. But the gothic Prince of Darkness who left his home […]
I know that we are 7 days into November but it is never to late to start. NaNoWriMo is a writing “project” where your goal is about 50,000 words and all you do is write, write, write, write, write all the month of November. 50,000 words might not seem like […]
Wow! More here. Click through the pictures. Not just functional, but beautiful too.
As we are moving into a new season, and summer time will end this weekend (do they still call it summer time?) we are wrapping the blog in a new look for the season. With a nod to our Scottish heritage (Grandma was from Edinburgh). And we are enveloping our […]
Today is November 2nd and in Christian cultures it is the day when the souls of the deceased are remembered. In Mexico it is Día de Muertos ~ The Day of the Dead. It is a time to celebrate the lives of ancestors and loved ones with their favorite […]
We are well into autumn now and have tucked Halloween away (sorry, we didn’t really touch on it) and now we are into November. The festive season. Well, the beginnings of it. Much to read and write about. Poems and pictures. Can’t wait!
We’ve been a little light on blogging in the last week or two. Schoolwork. Exams. House Construction (don’t ask). But we will be at it again soon! However, we can’t forget Funday Friday……Enjoy!
Summary Paul Sheldon is the famous writer of the books Misery. But in the last book he killed her off. Unfortunately he had a bad accident and Annie Wilkes has rescued him. Unfortunately for him Annie Wilkes is his #1 fan. She will do any thing to get him to […]
You don’t just have to read books to enjoy them. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyvcQ1EyrqU&feature=related]
Just in case you aren’t sure where you stand on the picture book issue and need to refresh your opinion, or you need to get a little early holiday shopping done Gilt is offering select Harper Collins children’s books with such wonderful classics as Good Night Moon, Fancy Nancy, The […]
by M.O.M. This is a book blog, simple and to the point. Occasionally there are brief related topics – movies, poems, book related things, fun things that somehow connect to the printed word. It is written (for the most part) by a rampant book reader who is young, and found […]
Hey, it saves a lot of room when folded.
Interesting video and the music is really good too. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-2-8p6kEUI]
Have you been keeping up on the Chilean mining situation? After what must have felt like an eternity in the dark, so far underground, the miners are being rescued. Slowly and carefully, one by one. To read of their ordeal is sobering. But did you know that while they have […]
Some of us here at MLCWO are old enough to remember John Lennon, and some of us aren’t. But we both love his music and the poetry of words and music he left us. If he had been alive he would have been really old today. No matter. Wherever you […]
The Upside-down Cafe!!!!! Source
There is nothing better than a good ‘who done it’. Everyone loves a good mystery whether it is Nancy Drew, Agatha Christie, Stephen King or Jonathan Frazen. WHO? Jonathan Frazen. Who is he you might ask. A writer of some merit, but not YA or children’s books. He is a […]
Halloween is finally here and once again it is time to get out the jack-o-lanterns, and time to get out that scary mask that was stored deep into the box. This is the time when if you are not in bed by midnight, you will turn into a pumpkin or […]
