http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ Any which way to Sunday en Vox Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:22:38 -0600 Copyright 2009 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 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 http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/post-47-the-garden-of-eve.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Merin) http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/post-47-the-garden-of-eve.html?_c=feed-rss http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/post-47-the-garden-of-eve.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:01:04 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/book/6a00c225212aa28fdb0123f1600844860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c225212aa28fdb0123f1600844860f-50si" alt="The Garden of Eve" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Post number forty-seven is for K.L. Going's The Garden of Eve, which is another of this year's Mark Twain Award Nominee books for the state of Missouri. I enjoyed this book a lot. I've only read two of them thus far, but this one was the best. ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/post-47-the-garden-of-eve.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225212aa28fdb01240b5dc8dc860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> book reviews http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/post-46-the-last-olympian.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Merin) http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/post-46-the-last-olympian.html?_c=feed-rss http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/post-46-the-last-olympian.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:43:20 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/book/6a00c225212aa28fdb0123ddc9edc3860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c225212aa28fdb0123ddc9edc3860d-50si" alt="The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson &amp; the Olympians, Book 5)" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Post number forty-six is for the final book in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series by Rick Riordan, entitled The Last Olympian. I am in serious love with this book series, so if you've not read them yet, please do yourself a favor and do so... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/post-46-the-last-olympian.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225212aa28fdb0123ddb6387c860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> book reviews 2009 book list http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/post-45-beyond-the-grave.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Merin) http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/post-45-beyond-the-grave.html?_c=feed-rss http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/post-45-beyond-the-grave.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:45:03 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/book/6a00c225212aa28fdb0123dda14e56860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c225212aa28fdb0123dda14e56860b-50si" alt="The 39 Clues Book 4: Beyond the Grave - Library Edition (39 Clues. Special Library Edition)" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Post forty-five is for the fourth 39 Clues book, entitled Beyond the Grave. This one was written by Jude Watson. Minor spoilers follow, just fyi. S P O I L E R S This book picks up with Dan, Amy and Nellie in Egypt. They have dislodged... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/post-45-beyond-the-grave.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225212aa28fdb01101693bf2c860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> book reviews http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/post-44-deep-and-dark-and-dangerous.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Merin) http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/post-44-deep-and-dark-and-dangerous.html?_c=feed-rss http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/post-44-deep-and-dark-and-dangerous.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:25:11 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/book/6a00c225212aa28fdb0123ddc9edb4860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c225212aa28fdb0123ddc9edb4860d-50si" alt="Deep and Dark and Dangerous: A Ghost Story" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> *blows away dust* Um, long time no read? It's been a long time since my last update, mostly because this summer I was too busy reading my textbook for my class to read anything else. But that's been rectified with tonight's entry, which is one ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://ahandfulofconfetti.vox.com/library/post/post-44-deep-and-dark-and-dangerous.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225212aa28fdb0110180cb0ab860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> book reviews