Dear Science, I just finished reading Still Alice by Lisa Genova. Are you familiar with the work? No? You are Science, after all, I can’t expect you to keep up with literature. I’ll give you a brief synopsis: Alice Howland is a respected professor of linguistics and cognition at Harvard. When she begins to forget things, she… Read more »
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11/22/63 by Stephen King: Time Travel Without a DeLorean
Hey Bookworms, what did YOU do last weekend? January is pretty bleak in the Midwest. It’s cold. Sometimes it snows. It gets dark early. Not fun. The only good part about cold weather is that you’re not expected to leave the house to be productive. It is perfectly acceptable to spend the weekend READING while… Read more »
Top Ten Tuesday: Settings We Need More Of!
Hello my Bookworms! I hope you’re having a glorious Tuesday. I’m back on the meme bandwagon today and participating in this week’s Top Ten Tuesday with The Broke and the Bookish! Today’s topic is… Settings I’d Like To See More Of. Shall we? 1. I want to see more books set at THE CIRCUS! I loved The… Read more »
"Where'd You Go, Bernadette" by Maria Semple. (Why Did Nobody Mention the PENGUINS?!)
Hello my Bookworms, I’m hosting this month’s neighborhood book club meeting, which means, among other things, that I got to choose the book. I decided on Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple, because I’d seen that a lot of my favorite book bloggers really enjoyed it. Everybody who reviewed this book mentioned its humor, of which… Read more »
Confession Friday: I am NOT a Penguin
Happy Friday, Bookworms! I’d like to take the opportunity to share with you a book that has taught me a lot of critical life lessons. I’m going to review the masterpiece that is If You Were a Penguin by Wendell and Florence Minor. (You’d be crazy to think I didn’t notice that the wife in this penguin writing… Read more »
Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner!
Hiya, Bookworms! I’ve been blown away by the response to my giveaway! Thank you for all the new followers and exposure. I realize I bribed you to promote me, but I really appreciate it. I tallied up all my entries using the very scientific method of doodling names on a notepad. Thanks to random.org’s random… Read more »
Holly Daze: Underachiever Extraordinaire (Life Well Blogged)
Hidey Ho Bookworms! So. Here’s the thing. I’m about to review this book, right? But I’ve got to give you about a mountain of full disclosure here… One of my blog posts is FEATURED in the book! I’M IN A BOOK! Clearly, this isn’t going to be a terribly objective review. So sue me. Life… Read more »
Please Sir, I Want Some More. (Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens)
Hello my lovely Bookworms, I just finished reading Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. After having my heart broken watching Les Miserables and recalling what an awesome character Gavroche was, I had a hankering for some street urchin that only Dickens could cure. I know some of you are thinking, “Ewww classics…” True, Dickens isn’t a fan of brevity. Clear… Read more »
Blogstalker Book Club: Girl Walks Into a Bar… By Rachel Dratch
Hello Blogstalking Bookworms! This book club is the brain child of the beautiful and talented Lauren of Filing Jointly…Finally (who Justin Timberlake may or may not have slapped with a restraining order…) Did you read along with us this month? Our selection was Rachel Dratch’s memoir, Girl Walks Into A Bar… Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and… Read more »
FREE STUFF: Words for Worms Happiness Hullabaloo!
Hello Bookworms! Today is a very BIG DAY. 6 months ago today, I started up this insane little corner of the internet known as Words for Worms. It is my blog’s half birthday! You know what else? This is my CENTENNIAL post! That’s right, 100 posts of pure bookish ridiculousness now exist. I am SO GLAD… Read more »