I read this book from the "American Girls" series, and I was a little skeptical. Because I'd just read another mystery book about Kit (a robbery happens at the Cincinnati theatre where she's helping out) and I hadn't really liked it. But this one was so great. First, Kit takes the train from Cincinnati to… Continue reading A little kids book with so many great messages
I was writing about the mass shooting tour of the US by train you can take ... but I didn't expect to be in a shooting myself. It happened just hours ago in Concord, NC, at the annual tree lighting ceremony. I was so happy to be going after years of missing it, and when… Continue reading Shooting at the Concord, NC, tree lighting
Here's a nice, long walk you can take through a portion of the Los Angeles region -- you'll see some nature (well, the Los Angeles version of nature, which includes a river that they've paved over), some famous landmarks, and a rich neighborhood with some famous architects. Here's where you'll be walking: you'll be north… Continue reading A walk through Los Angeles: Lower Arroyo to the Rose Bowl to Frank Lloyd Wright House
I've had Malala's book on my shelf for 10 years, and never read it yet! So I finally picked it up and on page 100 what did I find: Excerpt from Malala's first book Would you look at that? No one wonder the US govt doesn't complain when other highly-esteemed countries do the same thing… Continue reading Malala’s book
I wrote previously about how if you take train trips around the US, you end up stumbling upon mass shooting sites. Well, somewhat related: I was again stumbling around the other day and I came across this Home Depot: Home Depot This is a Home Depot where ICE did some of their raids, and a… Continue reading More sites of death around the US
I wrote about Swedish books at the Los Angeles library earlier, and I wanted to write more specifically about the kids' books in Swedish that they have. They have a lot of them! These books are all housed in the children's section (as opposed to the international books section). Most are not actually on the… Continue reading Swedish books at the Los Angeles Library
I read these three books -- about the same three sisters -- repeatedly in middle-school: Journey to America books I found them again recently and re-read them all. The first book in the series is "Journey to America" and that's about a family leaving Germany right before World War II. And the two other books… Continue reading Journey to America books
Once upon a time, I was at a university, and a high-ranking fancy person from Shell Oil showed up. It was a university in Texas, maybe that was why. He was from the top brass, I think -- he was actually Dutch, all smooth and tall and polished. But if you listened carefully to what… Continue reading The smooth-talker from Shell Oil
#1 Boxcar Children -- Henry 14, Jessie 12, Violet 10, Benny 5 (this is baldly stated by the author, something she stops doing just a few books in, which is why I have to compute their ages in other ways.) #2 Surprise Island -- Henry 15, Benny 6 (as stated by the author). Jessie and… Continue reading Boxcar Children — their ages book by book
I recently found out that many of the books that Lucy Maud Montgomery mentions reading in her journals -- obscure books from the 1800s -- can be found in the Loserville Library. When I say obscure, I mean they are obscure today. They were best-sellers back in their time. One of them is Beside the… Continue reading Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush
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