Funny: Breaking the novel habit, courtesty of readers of The New Yorker.
Thought-provoking: “Kathryn Joyce is working on a book about Christian conservative women, to be published by Beacon Press.” What she has now is this article in Nation about what she calls “the Quiverfull movement.” I certainly wouldn’t endorse everything Joyce writes about Christian families with large families, but she does have an interesting, albeit secular, perspective. She’s totally missed the many Catholic families and families of other denominations (not fundamentalist) who have embraced a family-centered, God-honoring lifestyle.
Gift-giving: I am going to use this list of “Ten Books On Scientific Subjects That I Personally Guarantee You Will Enjoy Immensely (Or, At Least Find Mildly Interesting)” as a guide for buying My Favorite Engineer and Amateur Scientist and Mathematician a Christmas present. (Don’t tell!)
Truth in labelling: Carmon writes about bookplates, with links to sites where you can print some out or design your own.
Thanksgiving: The Queen of the Beehive recommends some great Thanksgiving books for families. I thought about doing a post on Thanksgiving books, but why re-invent the wheel when Queen Bee has already done such a great job?
Wow, I caught those suggestions hot off the press. Thanks for the recommendations. Are there any other Thanksgiving books you like that she did not mention? The other rabbit trail I’m interested in is what software are other booky folks using for keeping track of their collections? What do you use? I’m considering Readerware and wondering if any home schoolers have comments? I’ve been using Microsoft Access I’ve got over 3000 books on it, but it’s too slow. Readerware has some features to make it faster to list books, I think it might? Anybody experience the negatives? and then overcome them?