(go to ohamanda.com for more Top Ten Tuesday posts) I have always – I mean always – loved reading.  I majored in English, and though I have yet to begin a career teaching or working in the world of literature, I’ve had two active book review blogs in the last four years.  I love recommending [...]

Once upon a while ago, I wrote a book review blog. Actually, I’ve written two in my day – the first was called Paper Diet Books, the most recent was called book:thirty. (*yes, I know I tend toward abstract names!*)  I closed both blogs, but absorbed the reviews into this site – you can browse [...]

Ok, I concede that this video is probably the kind of thing only friends and family will be lining up to see, but my 2yo is just too darned cute to not share with the world. He’s crazy for the alphabet lately, and has learned to identify all the letters.  I have found a few games [...]

My nearly 2yo son Eli has become fascinated with books.  So much so that we rarely have a problem with naptime and bedtime anymore, because he knows both will be preceeded by several stories, usually read to him by his 11yo sister.  It’s so fun to watch him obssess over a certain page, poring over [...]

We have a vast collection of I SPY merchandise in our home – books, card games, puzzles – all of them well-loved (and most of them missing pages or pieces!).  I SPY books have long been “quiet time” material during church services or entertainment for long car rides, and the games and puzzles have brought [...]

I talked for nearly an hour straight, and I can hardly remember what I said.  Thus ends the premiere of my new show on MomTV – called Book Smart. Aside from forgetting to tell my mom that the show was actually going to air tonight (DUH), and then forgetting to record the show for playback [...]

My new show, “Book Smart,” on MomTV.com will NOT be starting tonight, June 7.  If all the stars align correctly, I will instead be starting NEXT Sunday.  It’s not all within my control, so when I know for certain, I’ll post again about it here. Tweet This Post

Here’s my big announcement I hinted at the other day: I’M GOING TO BE HOSTING MY OWN SHOW ON MOMTV.COM! I’m just the tiniest bit excited, can you tell? “Book Smart” is my brain-child, a show geared towards the mom who loves her role at work and/or home, but wouldn’t mind a little more mental [...]

Here I just wrote a post about how obese I am, and then I write a blog title about busting seams.  Those are figurative seams, I assure you.  Although, come to think of it, my favorite, well-worn pair of black capris just…ahem…”bit the dust” recently in a terrible squatting accident.  I’m just glad I was [...]

Once upon a time I had a book blog.  Well, truth is, I still have a book blog (called book:thirty), but I haven’t posted there in ages.  Dusting the cobwebs off the site would take some time, but I’ve got a great book giveaway RIGHT NOW that I want to share with you, so I’ll be [...]