http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ Any which way to Sunday en Vox Sat, 02 Jan 2010 23:23:22 -0600 Copyright 2010 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/2010-books-to-read.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Merin) http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/2010-books-to-read.html?_c=feed-rss http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/2010-books-to-read.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 02 Jan 2010 23:23:22 -0600 I'm tagging this as my 2010 To-Read list, but that's not actually what it is. It's actually those titles from my 2009 list that I didn't read, and that I would eventually like to, and may in fact do so in 2010. So the "I Might Read These in 2010" ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/2010-books-to-read.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225212aa28fdb01240b8de09a860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> book list 2010 book list http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/books-i-read-in-2009.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Merin) http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/books-i-read-in-2009.html?_c=feed-rss http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/books-i-read-in-2009.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:39:37 -0600 2009 was a very good reading year for me! I read a great number of books, something I hadn't managed to do in several years, and found some great new series to invest my interest and time in. All in all, I don't have very many reading regrets from... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/books-i-read-in-2009.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225212aa28fdb01240b8ca748860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> 2009 book list http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/post-55-the-13-clocks.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Merin) http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/post-55-the-13-clocks.html?_c=feed-rss http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/post-55-the-13-clocks.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:06:04 -0600 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/book/6a00c225212aa28fdb0123f17afb9b860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c225212aa28fdb0123f17afb9b860f-50si" alt="The 13 Clocks" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Post number fifty-five is for James Thurber's The 13 Clocks. This is the second book I've read by this author (the first was The Wonderful O), and it, like the previous book, is rather nonsensical in a way. In fact, I don't really have that much... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/post-55-the-13-clocks.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225212aa28fdb0123ddbd267a860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> book reviews http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/post-54-the-black-circle.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Merin) http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/post-54-the-black-circle.html?_c=feed-rss http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/post-54-the-black-circle.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:40:32 -0600 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/book/6a00c225212aa28fdb01240b777a9b860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c225212aa28fdb01240b777a9b860e-50si" alt="The 39 Clues Book 5: The Black Circle" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Post number fifty-four is for the fifth 39 Clues book, The Black Circle. This book picks up pretty much directly after the previous one. Dan and Amy are given a clue and a deadline - 36 hours - so leave Nellie behind in Egypt and set out for Ru... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/post-54-the-black-circle.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225212aa28fdb01240b777adb860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> book reviews http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/post-53-vacations-from-hell.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Merin) http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/post-53-vacations-from-hell.html?_c=feed-rss http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/post-53-vacations-from-hell.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:22:38 -0600 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/book/6a00c225212aa28fdb0123ddb920a4860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c225212aa28fdb0123ddb920a4860b-50si" alt="Vacations from Hell" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Post number fifty-three is for a compilation of short stories entitled Vacations from Hell. It features stories by Libba Bray, Cassandra Clare, Claudia Gray, Maureen Johnson and Sarah Mlynowski. I have only read books by two of these authors mys... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/post-53-vacations-from-hell.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225212aa28fdb0123f1785e33860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> book reviews http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/post-52-sphinxs-princess.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Merin) http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/post-52-sphinxs-princess.html?_c=feed-rss http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/post-52-sphinxs-princess.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:40:43 -0600 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/book/6a00c225212aa28fdb01240b7364f7860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c225212aa28fdb01240b7364f7860e-50si" alt="Sphinx&#39;s Princess" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Post number fifty-two is for Esther Friesner's Sphinx's Princess, which is a fictional account of the life of Nefertiti. This books is semi-based on fact, but mostly made up, as hardly anything (aside from the names of Nefertiti's father, stepmo... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/post-52-sphinxs-princess.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225212aa28fdb0123ddcd0f65860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> book reviews http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/post-51-the-hobbit.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Merin) http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/post-51-the-hobbit.html?_c=feed-rss http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/post-51-the-hobbit.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:20:45 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/book/6a00c225212aa28fdb01240b68a156860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c225212aa28fdb01240b68a156860e-50si" alt="The Hobbit: 70th Anniversary Edition" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Post number 51 is for J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. It's a book that's been on my to-read list for the past three years, so it's nice to finally scratch that one off. I wish I'd read this one prior to The Lord of the Rings books, because it was e... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/post-51-the-hobbit.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225212aa28fdb0123ddaf798a860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> book reviews (3) 2008 book list 2009 book list http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/post-50-kingdom-keepers-ii-disney-at-dawn.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Merin) http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/post-50-kingdom-keepers-ii-disney-at-dawn.html?_c=feed-rss http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/post-50-kingdom-keepers-ii-disney-at-dawn.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:18:28 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/book/6a00c225212aa28fdb0123dda6381f860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c225212aa28fdb0123dda6381f860b-50si" alt="Kingdom Keepers II: Disney at Dawn (The Kingdom Keepers)" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Post number fifty is for Ridley Pearson's Kingdom Keepers II: Disney at Dawn, the second book in his Kingdom Keepers series. I'd read the first book a couple years ago and was really hoping we'd see a sequel, as there were plenty of loose ends t... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/post-50-kingdom-keepers-ii-disney-at-dawn.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225212aa28fdb01240b67dde2860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> book reviews http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/post-49-the-wyrm-king.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Merin) http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/post-49-the-wyrm-king.html?_c=feed-rss http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/post-49-the-wyrm-king.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 26 Sep 2009 23:07:57 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/book/6a00c225212aa28fdb0123ddb838a3860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c225212aa28fdb0123ddb838a3860c-50si" alt="The Wyrm King (Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles)" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Post number forty-nine is for Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi's Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles, Book Three: The Wyrm King. Brief spoilers follow. S P O I L E R S This book picks up almost directly after the second book in the series.... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/post-49-the-wyrm-king.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225212aa28fdb0123f164f232860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> book reviews http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/48-neverwhere.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Merin) http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/48-neverwhere.html?_c=feed-rss http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/48-neverwhere.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:18:20 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/book/6a00c225212aa28fdb0123f1613aac860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c225212aa28fdb0123f1613aac860f-50si" alt="Neverwhere: A Novel" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Post number forty-eight is for Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere, which has been on my to-read list for the past four years at least. I enjoyed the book quite a bit and have put the BBC production of the TV show (which was created first) into my Block... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/48-neverwhere.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225212aa28fdb0123dda54bad860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> book reviews (3) 2008 book list 2009 book list