3 posts tagged “kindle”

If only I were better about doing this AS I'm reading vs. way after the fact. I think we're on number 18.

And so, here we go:

#18  The Tent by Margaret Atwood - Poetical little vignettes of fiction, similar to her book Good Bones & Simple Murders.  I really enjoyed this tiny book, filled with her own illustrations.

#19  Eragon by Christopher Paolini. I picked this up as an audiobook, narrated by Gerard Doyle, who creates voices for all the characters (some of which are terribly annoying).  As for the book, Paolini was young when Eragon was first published and everyone was fascinated by the fact that he managed to write and publish at 15 (it was first self-published by his family). There is a lot about the book that shows it was written by someone so youthful--the fantasy world was somewhat typical with dragons, elves, dragons and orc-like creatures. Some of the scenes make you roll your eyes with the melodrama. But what brings it home is the story--he's a master storyteller and you end up being sucked in even if the execution is weak in spots. I'm already on the next book, Eldest and I look forward to the third in the series, Brisinger. Paolini is 25 now and what's very exciting about reading a young author who is great at the story is that there is a very good chance his writing will improve over time. I really look forward to watching that progression.

#20 Groundswell by Josh Bernoff & Charlene Li -  Excellent business book on social media. Great case studies and examples.

#21 The New Rules of Marketing & PR by David Meerman Scott - one of the best new books on social media. If you are a PR pro you need to pick this up.

#22 Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser - Greg got me this for my birthday. Wow. What a shocking book this must have been when it came out. And how depressing is the end!!! Overall, very good read.

#23 Lavinia by Ursula K. Leguin -  I love this author so much. She writes beautiful, character rich stories that I can't ever get enough of. In this book she explores ancient ancient Roman history, writing about Lavinia, a woman who we only know as the wife of Aeneas because of a line in Virgil's poem. Aboslutely lovely.

Love love love my new toy!  I blogged about it over on my writing blog, so I'll send you there for the review. Oh oh I'm a very happy camper!

My New Kindle

Okay, so this is going to be another one of my rambly update posts seeing as I'm not the best blogger lately...

• 37 on 5th
  
• Kindle coming in my near future.
  
• The price of gas, keeps on rising...nothing comes for free. ♫
  
• Recently I was walking by some developers in my office and overheard them talking about "the Lords of Cobol" and was surprised to see such old guys talking about Battlestar Galactica...until they kept talking and I realized that he was meaning whoever is writing COBOL on the project they are on. I don't think the slip was intentional. It was then that I realized I am rather a bit of a geek. A geek because I assumed it was a BSG reference and a geek because I know what COBOL is.
  
• Oh my Season 3 of BSG is turning out to be amazing, IMHO. I'm so so so addicted. And frustrated that they are going to drag it out into 2009.
  
• Is anyone using Friendfeed?
  
• Yet another blog is in my future, putting the total at three. This blog. My writing blog (on which I have not been writing, sigh). And soon to be...a professional blog about B2B digital media relations. Gah.
  
• New job is good. Different. Still figuring things out in many ways. I relied a lot on the PR agencies at my previous jobs to handle pitching and getting the news out (imagine that)...this time around I'm realizing that I'm going to really have to get my hands dirty and do more direct outreach myself. I'm used to pulling teeth to get what I need, but this is more like yanking out the whole jaw. On the other hand I seem to be one of the only ones who really get the power of social media, so that's a good thing for visibility. Goes back to how women are the queens of it all.
  
• I've been thinking a lot about trauma, tornadoes (unrelated but tragic in a similar way and I keep dreaming about them) and the preciousness of life. Someone I know recently lost a dear friend and the tragic story has hit home for me in the sense of the ongoing importance to never take the people in your life for granted.
  
• I'm in love with Erin Tyner's photography. Recently bought (note the tornado):

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