NANOWRIMO is about to begin

Wednesday, October 11th, 2006

NONOWRIMO, or National Novel Writing Month for newbs, begins November 1.  Anyone else besides Northern Girl participating?
I’d like to, but my everlasting excuse of not having the time is still in the way.
I’d love to hear about anyone who’s participating and maybe we can do updates here as well as links if you publish it [...]

Review: Achieving Prosperity

Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006

Achieving Prosperity: A Realistic, Ethical Guide to Building Wealth
By Todd Lipscomb
Everybody want’s to be prosperous. I have a bit of a vested interest in it as I write about personal finance at A Penny Saved.
Achieving Prosperity is about making sound ethical investments over the mid to long range based on taking advantage of economic [...]

Review: Magic Kingdom for Sale

Sunday, October 1st, 2006

Magic Kingdom for Sale
By Terry Brooks
If you’ve read any of Terry’s Shannara series books like I have, you’ll go into this book expecting to read all about elves, druids, dwarfs, and the lot.  Don’t.
Magic Kingdom is about Ben, a talented but burnt out lawyer who decides to buy a Magic Kingdom out of a Rosen’s [...]

Review: Eldest

Wednesday, July 5th, 2006

Eldest
Written by Christopher Paolini
Eldest picks up where the first book, Eragon, left off in the Inheritance Trilogy.  We catch up with Eragon in Farthen Dur with the Varden and the Dwarves.  What follows is a tale of nearly epic proportions.  I say epic because at times the plot and pace seem to slow down quite [...]

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