Archive for October, 2011
S4L Book Club – Where is the Mango Princess?
ACK! I put it in the sidebar a while ago, but I never formally announced that we’re going to read Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture for November discussion. I know, I know, for those reading from small devices, you’re probably not seeing the sidebar announcement. So how about this: we’ll start the discussion [...]
Barb’s Short Shelf Favorites for Halloween
The Short Shelf Book Services by Barb Weber Note from Jen: All links to Amazon on this page are my (not Barb’s) Affiliate links. If you click on one and then make any purchase, I, and subsequently Stitching for Literacy, will get a small commission used for needlework outreach. Your purchase price is not affected. [...]
NaNoWriMo-a-go-go
It’s official! Harriet and I are in. We have both accepted the challenge to compose a 50,000-word novel in the thirty days of November. (Harriet will wisely stick with the Norwegian language for this.) But that’s not all, oh no no no. We’re also going to stitch a bookmark or two or three during writing [...]
S4L Book Club – Where is the Mango Princess?
From Shelly: Cathy Crimmins, in Where is the Mango Princess, talks about her life being divided into Before (the accident causing her husband’s TBI) and After. I think many Americans today divide time into Before 9/11 and After 9/11. As a mom, I find that I frequently provide myself with a timeline by looking at [...]
S4L Book Club – Where is the Mango Princess?
From Shelly: I’d like to share our favorite or memorable humorous scenes from Where is the Mango Princess? by Cathy Crimmins. Mine, hands down, is when Cathy utilizes the Dick Police to stop her husband from masturbating publicly (pages 84-85). How about you?
S4L Book Club – Where is the Mango Princess?
From Shelly: I find the human brain and how it functions to be fascinating. Have you ever read A Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks? Sacks was able to discuss the myriad dysfunctions of the brain and also see the very human side of the people with those ailments at [...]
S4L Book Club – Where is the Mango Princess?
I’m curious how many of us have actually dealt directly with Traumatic Brain Injury, either have had TBI ourselves or known and interacted with someone who has had it. I’ve worked with brain-damaged kids in a summer camp environment, but I never knew the cause of the damage. I think a neighbor can be said [...]
Garmann Discussion Special Feature
So who’s read Where is the Mango Princess? A Journey Back from Brain Injury? I know Shelly and I have, and last I knew, Harriet was still waiting for the book to arrive. Anyone else finished or in-progress? I’ll post the first question tomorrow. We don’t yet have a November book or discussion leader. Any [...]
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by Kathryn Stockett
