NaNoWriMo Day 06

Done and done.  Well for the day at least.  Luckily last night I got ahead so today’s writing was pie.  Hitting the 10,000 mark felt really good. It made me laugh thinking about how back in college writing a 5,000 word paper seemed daunting at times.  So far this has felt fairly easy. Hoping that [...]

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Lights+Books=Two of my favorite things

I was so excited today to see one of my very favorite musicians, Lights, did an interview with MTV about books.  I liked that her twitter post said that it was one of her life goals to be part of a book club.  http://blog.mtvmusic.com/2010/04/20/mtv-music-book-club-lights-on-the-oath/ The books Lights talks about is The Oath by Frank Peretti.  [...]

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Free music based on Brave New World

http://www.laundromatinee.com/sessions/video_session__meg__dia# So if you haven’t already noticed, my other obsession in life besides reading is music. When they combine it is amazing. Meg and Dia are a band that often brings the two worlds together. Especially, on their first album, a lot of their songs are based off of books the sisters love. On the [...]

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Warped Tour 2009

Sorry my camera did not capture the sets very well at all.

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The sound of novels

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2009/08/17/atwood-book-tour.html?ref=rss           I absolutely love when one form of art inspires others.  I find it such a cool concept.  For example of my favorite band is Meg and Dia and a large number of their songs were inspired by books.  I’ve read so many interviews of them where they say they were finishing a book, [...]

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The space venture continues…

http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2009-07-29-book-buzz_N.htm?csp=34           Another Hitchhiker’s Guild to the Galaxy sequal?  Didn’t the guy who wrote those books pass away?  The answer to both of those questions is yes.           The six instalement of the space venture was written by Eoin Colfer.  If that names sounds familar it is because Colfer has made best sellers list with his [...]

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