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Saturday, September 28, 2013
Saturday, September 21, 2013
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
SF in Portland
A few weekends ago, over Labor Day Weekend, a couple of my best friends from San Francisco came to visit me. Honestly I think they came half to see me, and half to see Death Cab for Cutie in a special show performing Transatlanticism in it's entirety. I've been learning iMovie, so I put together a short video of the weekend festivities. Enjoy.
Saturday, September 14, 2013
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
never run out of books to read
The other day my friend pointed me to a really amazing new service that I think you fellow book lovers might be interested in. Oyster is like Netlflix for eBooks. It seems to be in invitation only stage, and only works with iPhone and iPod Touch, but hopefully soon they will include iPads, Nooks, and other e-readers.
"Oyster offers unlimited access to over 100,000 books for $9.95 a month, with new titles added all the time."
I am a huge fan of free, so will be sticking with the local library and the hard copy and ebooks they offer, but I am sure there are plenty of people who this will help encourage to read more.
PS: This is not a sponsored posted and I am not being compensated, just think this is a really awesome idea.
"Oyster offers unlimited access to over 100,000 books for $9.95 a month, with new titles added all the time."
I am a huge fan of free, so will be sticking with the local library and the hard copy and ebooks they offer, but I am sure there are plenty of people who this will help encourage to read more.
PS: This is not a sponsored posted and I am not being compensated, just think this is a really awesome idea.
Saturday, September 7, 2013
Friday, September 6, 2013
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card - Book Review
Author: Orson Scott Card
Genre: YA, Sci-Fi
Publisher/Publish Date: Tor Science Fiction / 1985
Source: Public Library
Pages: 324
Rating: 3.5/5
I have been hearing so much about this book lately, probably since there is a movie of it coming out this year, I decided I better see what all the fuss about.
If you have been living in the woods like me, here is the premise of the story: Ender is the third child in a world that usually only allows two per family. After surviving two wars with "bugs," the world's focus is on creating an army that can defeat them for good, allowing humans to live in peace. All kids are monitored from birth to see if they have what it takes to go to battle school, and Ender is special and is chosen to go.
Most of the book focuses on the tests and knowledge he learns at school. Orson Scott Card created a word that is twisted and focused on violence, and describes technology that isn't too far off than some of what we have today.
I'm not a huge sci-fi fan, but I really enjoyed this, and maybe in this century some of what he writes doesn't seem so out of this world. This is a young adult book, and the characters are really young, but I think the topics are great for discussion and consideration for all ages.
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