I Love Books!tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-13163622008-08-26T17:32:00-07:00Reading, writing and shiny things that distract me.TypePadThe Swallows of Kabul, by Yasmina Khadratag:typepad.com,2003:post-547233242008-08-26T17:32:00-07:002008-08-26T17:32:00-07:00This small book (it's only 195 pages) was so moving and powerful, I could hardly put it down. Even though Iraq and Afghanistan are in the news so frequently, it's hard for me to imagine what life is really like...Shannon WilkinsonShiny Things = Mountains and other stufftag:typepad.com,2003:post-491832942008-04-29T11:34:27-07:002008-04-29T11:34:27-07:00It's been months. I've been distracted. But I did warn you, see up there, at the top of the page?! Just so you know, I have been reading. In fact, I have a backlog of books to write about (look...Shannon WilkinsonBookcrossingtag:typepad.com,2003:post-416924902007-11-17T11:13:39-08:002007-11-17T11:13:39-08:00I've known about Bookcrossing for awhile. I think I might have registered and released a book or two some time ago, but I'd forgotten about it. If you aren't familiar with the site, it's a place to register books so...Shannon WilkinsonDrunk, Divorced & Covered in Cat Hair by Laurie Perrytag:typepad.com,2003:post-407403402007-10-28T21:29:42-07:002007-10-28T21:29:42-07:00The full title of this hilarious and sometimes poignant book is Crazy Aunt Purl's Drunk, Divorced, and Covered in Cat Hair: The True-Life Misadventures of a 30-Something Who Learned to Knit After He Split . And that about sums it...Shannon WilkinsonThe Joy Diet by Martha Becktag:typepad.com,2003:post-393902912007-09-25T19:23:15-07:002007-09-25T19:23:15-07:00I've read Beck's earlier work, Finding Your Own North Star: Claiming the Life You Were Meant to Live, and really enjoyed it, so I was thrilled when the library had the audio version of The Joy Diet: 10 Daily Practices...Shannon WilkinsonEat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilberttag:typepad.com,2003:post-392209692007-09-21T07:31:37-07:002007-09-21T07:31:37-07:00I've been seeing and hearing about this book for some time now, always meaning to pick up a copy, but never quite getting around to it. On a recent road trip through California, I was given a copy by a...Shannon WilkinsonThe Whole World Over by Julia Glasstag:typepad.com,2003:post-383649212007-09-01T12:57:33-07:002007-09-01T12:57:33-07:00I finished this book awhile ago and there have been many shiny things distracting me this month, so now I'm finally getting around to writing about what I've been reading. InThe Whole World Over Julia Glass once again sucks you...Shannon WilkinsonDuck Duck Wally by Gabe Rottertag:typepad.com,2003:post-382029812007-08-28T12:33:06-07:002007-08-28T12:33:06-07:00I'm not sure how to begin to describe Duck Duck Wally . A friend read it because the protagonist's dog is named Dr. Barry Schwartzman -- he is referred to as "The Doctor." She passed it on to me because...Shannon WilkinsonFive Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harristag:typepad.com,2003:post-369344742007-07-26T13:48:06-07:002007-07-26T13:48:06-07:00Mother/daughter relationships and food play a big part in this book as they did in Chocolat (by the same author). But Five Quarters of the Orange is a much darker story. It takes place in a small French village during...Shannon WilkinsonBlogging Trackbackstag:typepad.com,2003:post-368901982007-07-25T11:52:22-07:002007-07-25T11:52:22-07:00I started this blog for several reasons, a few are obvious, such as I'm a reading freak. The other reason was I wanted to understand and experiment with all the cool techno stuff that you can do with blogs (and...Shannon Wilkinson