Thursday, January 01, 2009
Note to readers:
Today everything at Bargain Books stores is 1/2 off. The next 1/2 off day will be the 4th of July.
End of Year Book Count:
Number of books read: 103
Pages read: 30,435
Average number of days to read a book: 3.5
Average number of pages read in a day: 83
Average number of books read in a month: 8.5
Average number of pages read in a month: 2536
Goal reached: yes
Number of books over/ under goal: over 3
Pages read: 30,435
Average number of days to read a book: 3.5
Average number of pages read in a day: 83
Average number of books read in a month: 8.5
Average number of pages read in a month: 2536
Goal reached: yes
Number of books over/ under goal: over 3
Book Count: December
Number of books read: 9
Pages read: 2275
Average number of days to read a book: 3
Average number of pages read in a day: 73
Number of more books to read to reach goal: 0
Pages read: 2275
Average number of days to read a book: 3
Average number of pages read in a day: 73
Number of more books to read to reach goal: 0
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Our New Year’s Resolutions:
We at Weird News B.N.I. pointed out last year the importance of sharing resolutions, in order to have a greater chance of success. If you look up you will see that we did in fact make our resolution this year. (That and that we will need a new tag line in a day.) So we are once again sharing our resolutions, so February we can’t be like “No, we didn’t have and resolutions that we have failed at.” (Unless we delete this post!) Any way here are this years resolutions:
1. Write an average of at least 10 pages a week handwritten, 5 typed or a combination of the two (for example 2 typed and 6 handwritten). This blog does not count unless I am writing a fictional story or poetry.
2. Maintain my current weight or loose weight.
3. Read at least a total of 1825 pages, (i.e. an average of 5 pages a day.) of religious or spiritual writings. As our pastor suggested everyone have a new year’s resolution for their spiritual life, but not pick something unreasonably big for them we will let you know now we A. hope to read more then that and B. are going to be generous in what fits into the category just in case. For example, we are including in it fiction. (Note: to husband, you can not use this to make me read the Narnia series to the kids, you know how I feel about its “Symbolism.” “Hello, descendants of Adam, my name is Aslain and I’ll be your blantly obvious representation of Christ today.”)
1. Write an average of at least 10 pages a week handwritten, 5 typed or a combination of the two (for example 2 typed and 6 handwritten). This blog does not count unless I am writing a fictional story or poetry.
2. Maintain my current weight or loose weight.
3. Read at least a total of 1825 pages, (i.e. an average of 5 pages a day.) of religious or spiritual writings. As our pastor suggested everyone have a new year’s resolution for their spiritual life, but not pick something unreasonably big for them we will let you know now we A. hope to read more then that and B. are going to be generous in what fits into the category just in case. For example, we are including in it fiction. (Note: to husband, you can not use this to make me read the Narnia series to the kids, you know how I feel about its “Symbolism.” “Hello, descendants of Adam, my name is Aslain and I’ll be your blantly obvious representation of Christ today.”)
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Note:
We at W.N.B.N.I. are not trying to over inflate our number of books by having saved a bunch of short, simple to read books for the end of the year. All of the books we have read after book 100 have been Christmas gifts.
A Book in Review – The Greatest Stories Never Told
Book Count: 103
The Greatest Stories Never Told: 100 tales from history to astonish, bewilder, and stupefy By: Rick Beyer
Non-fiction: history 199 pages 2003
This book is based off of the Timelab 2000 series that was on the History Channel in the year 2000. If you recall they were a series of commercial length bits on different unusual bits of history. This book has a couple paragraphs on each event and then a couple pictures, notes, ads or other things on the event mostly from its time. Many of these 100 things were things that the average person wouldn’t know. A few were more well known, but not the type of things you learned in history class (like how a piece of tape was the downfall of Nixon.) It was a collection of fun facts and tidbits that was an easy read in chapters perfect for a few minutes here and there of reading.
The Greatest Stories Never Told: 100 tales from history to astonish, bewilder, and stupefy By: Rick Beyer
Non-fiction: history 199 pages 2003
This book is based off of the Timelab 2000 series that was on the History Channel in the year 2000. If you recall they were a series of commercial length bits on different unusual bits of history. This book has a couple paragraphs on each event and then a couple pictures, notes, ads or other things on the event mostly from its time. Many of these 100 things were things that the average person wouldn’t know. A few were more well known, but not the type of things you learned in history class (like how a piece of tape was the downfall of Nixon.) It was a collection of fun facts and tidbits that was an easy read in chapters perfect for a few minutes here and there of reading.
Sunday, December 28, 2008
A Book in Review – Diary of a Fairy Godmother
Book Count: 102
Diary of a Fairy Godmother By: Esme Raji Codell
Fiction: young adult, fantasy 170 pages 2005
This is the story of a young witch named Hunky Dory. She goes with her aunt to crash the party welcoming a new born princess named Aurora. She learns about fairy godmothers and after her aunt curses the baby with death on her 16th birthday, Hunky Dory feels sorry for her and changes it to a 100 year sleep. This good act makes her feel like she had never done before and she starts to wonder if she could be a fairy godmother. This story is her working out what she wants to do with her life, stay a witch or risk everything to be a fairy godmother. It also connects with many great folklores on witches and stories about witches and fairy godmothers.
Diary of a Fairy Godmother By: Esme Raji Codell
Fiction: young adult, fantasy 170 pages 2005
This is the story of a young witch named Hunky Dory. She goes with her aunt to crash the party welcoming a new born princess named Aurora. She learns about fairy godmothers and after her aunt curses the baby with death on her 16th birthday, Hunky Dory feels sorry for her and changes it to a 100 year sleep. This good act makes her feel like she had never done before and she starts to wonder if she could be a fairy godmother. This story is her working out what she wants to do with her life, stay a witch or risk everything to be a fairy godmother. It also connects with many great folklores on witches and stories about witches and fairy godmothers.
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Friday, December 26, 2008
A Note to Self: Lady Cottington’s Pressed Fairy Book
Book Count: 101
Lady Cottington’s Pressed Fairy Book By: Terry Jones
Fiction: fantasy 60 pages 1994
This is a book based on the story from 1907 of the girl that took pictures of fairies. It is set up like a flower pressing book from that time, but she pressed fairies into the book. The book starts when she was a child and tells the story of her life with fairies. It does a good job of changing writing to show her changes in age. And it had some OK watercolours of fairies and goblins and other such things.
Lady Cottington’s Pressed Fairy Book By: Terry Jones
Fiction: fantasy 60 pages 1994
This is a book based on the story from 1907 of the girl that took pictures of fairies. It is set up like a flower pressing book from that time, but she pressed fairies into the book. The book starts when she was a child and tells the story of her life with fairies. It does a good job of changing writing to show her changes in age. And it had some OK watercolours of fairies and goblins and other such things.
Thursday, December 25, 2008
A Book in Review – Scratch
Book Count: 100
Scratch By: Troon McAllisster
Fiction: sports, humor, court room drama 375 pages 2003
This is a story of a golf ball created by a Caltech physicist to be the world’s best golf ball. This ball cost more than any other ball and has no ads by the creators by still flies off the shelves, because people think it is so great. It is also the story of an illegal counterfeiting golf ball ring. And then the story of the civil case against the makers of the ball by their competition. It is a fun read that is very funny at times. As a non golfer it took a while to get into the story, but this didn’t stop me from enjoying the story.
Scratch By: Troon McAllisster
Fiction: sports, humor, court room drama 375 pages 2003
This is a story of a golf ball created by a Caltech physicist to be the world’s best golf ball. This ball cost more than any other ball and has no ads by the creators by still flies off the shelves, because people think it is so great. It is also the story of an illegal counterfeiting golf ball ring. And then the story of the civil case against the makers of the ball by their competition. It is a fun read that is very funny at times. As a non golfer it took a while to get into the story, but this didn’t stop me from enjoying the story.
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
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