Monday, July 21, 2008
"Tagging" your favorite books
Here's something I just learned about: tagging. If you have a favorite author or book genre, you can go on different websites like Amazon.com (www.Amazon.com) or the Ann Arbor District Library (http://www.aadl.org/sopac/tagcloud) and just click on a tag, which is basically a key word. You are then linked to other great books or movies with similar themes! One more step are tag clouds, where the size of the tags is determined by their popularity. The more popular a key word is, the bigger the word is. Very interesting and useful, though I personally would rather just peruse the bookshelves of my favorite library or bookstore. :)
New chick flick
Here's a movie that sounds great. Let me know what you think! http://www.mylifetime.com/lifestyle/entertainment/faves-raves/jane-austen-book-club
Jane Austen mashup
Who would have ever thought to combine Jane Austen and Harry Potter? Yet here it is. It's funny . . . worth a look. http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2007/10/jane-austen-the.html
It's time to begin, ladies! My 13 co-authors and I have begun the exhilirating, and at times overwhelming, task of gathering our thoughts to begin writing our book entitled The WiseWomen's Guide to Life. We do not claim to be experts but only friends sharing advice with other women friends.
Imagine a well-lit kitchen with an oblong wooden table at its center. On it are a variety of chips, salsas, dips, veggies, wine glasses in various states of fullness, and beer bottles with exotic names. More importantly, around the table are a group of women laughing, nibbling, sipping and -- above all -- talking and sharing. This is how we friends meet, and this is the basis for our book. We don't claim to be experts, but we all have battle scars and war stories to share with each other. Everything is discussed from battles with cancer to battles with teenagers and husbands.
We come from so many places and from every imaginable background. One friend is from the very Polish Gorsky Street in Buffalo, another lives in Anchorage, another is from Germany, yet another is from the mountains in Colorado. We have laughed and cried and struggled and had epiphanies. Our goal is to share what we have learned so that others can benefit. After all, we don't all have an awesome group of friends who can meet once a month to talk, yet we all need each other.
Imagine a well-lit kitchen with an oblong wooden table at its center. On it are a variety of chips, salsas, dips, veggies, wine glasses in various states of fullness, and beer bottles with exotic names. More importantly, around the table are a group of women laughing, nibbling, sipping and -- above all -- talking and sharing. This is how we friends meet, and this is the basis for our book. We don't claim to be experts, but we all have battle scars and war stories to share with each other. Everything is discussed from battles with cancer to battles with teenagers and husbands.
We come from so many places and from every imaginable background. One friend is from the very Polish Gorsky Street in Buffalo, another lives in Anchorage, another is from Germany, yet another is from the mountains in Colorado. We have laughed and cried and struggled and had epiphanies. Our goal is to share what we have learned so that others can benefit. After all, we don't all have an awesome group of friends who can meet once a month to talk, yet we all need each other.
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