TIME has announced its best inventions for 2006. Having flipped through the long list of runners-up, I have to say that I think Gardasil is a much 'better'--more important, more far-reaching--invention than YouTube. No offense, Tubers, but vaccinating against the human papillomavirus will change and improve the lives of millions of women, while, personally, I could live without free video hosting.
Castle Island
- Castle Island and Pleasure Bay are delightful.
Flat Stanley
- Flat Stanley visits Boston, February 2009
Reading
Lemony Snicket: The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events #1)
Funny, but also bleak and terrifying.Stieg Larsson: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Now that I've read all three, I can't make up my mind whether this comments, in a feminist vein, about violence against women, or just exploits that violence for thrills.Stieg Larsson: The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium Series)
Stieg Larsson: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Page turner.Josh Cook: An Exaggerated Murder: A Novel
Fun to read, but also makes me feel kinda dumb.Phil Foglio: Agatha H. and the Voice of the Castle: A Girl Genius Novel
Rick Riordan: The Heroes of Olympus Book Five: The Blood of Olympus
Anya Seton: Katherine
Now I need a real bio of Lady Swynford.
Blogroll
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