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Today’s Topic: We want to hear all about your FUTURE treasures. We’ve been visiting each other and getting to know each other better…now is your chance to share what you enjoyed about BBAW and also what your blogging goals are for the next year! Alex: What I enjoyed most about BBAW this year was getting […]
Book Beginnings on Friday is a meme hosted by Becky at Page Turners. Anyone can participate; just share the opening sentence of your current read, making sure that you include the title and author so others know what you’re reading. If you like, share with everyone why you do, or do not, like the sentence. […]
It’s time…it’s time…it’s Book End Time! Welcome to this week’s Book End, highlighting the weekend’s literary and library events here in Hawaii. A Whale of an Event! This Saturday, September 18, I recommend you bring your kids to the Waikiki Aquarium as the Friends of the Waikiki Aquarium present Fish Tales: Chronicles, Critters and Crafts for […]
Today’s Topic: Sure we’ve all read about Freedom and Mockingjay but we likely have a book we wish would get more attention by book bloggers, whether it’s a forgotten classic or under marketed contemporary fiction. This is your chance to tell the community why they should consider reading this book! It’s still 8:30pm here in […]
First off, as a disclaimer, Walter Davis sent me a copy of A Reasonable Person in exchange for my honest review. While it sat in my never-ending queue of books, he sent me this review from a person by the name of Ray Iwamoto. I still wanted to read it and provide my own feedback, and so […]
September 15 marked the beginning of the month-long celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month across the country. Given the preponderance towards Asian, Anglo and Polynesian traditions here in Hawai’i, you might not think this celebration would bear as much relevance here, yet Hispanics have had a lasting influence to the unique shared culture found in Hawai’i. […]
Press Release via Watermark Publishing Fred Rohlfing’s Island Son Presents an Alternative View of Hawai‘i Politics A fresh look at Hawai’i politics, past and present, is the theme of Fred Rohlfing‘s autobiography—Island Son: The Life and Times of Hawai‘i’s Republican Reformer, newly released by Legacy Isle Publishing. In his 280-page memoir, the former state senator […]
Look what came in the mail today! A little under a month after I ordered it, our new Amazon Kindle 3G finally arrived! This is actually a gift that I bought for Misty (she’s been vocalizing lately about getting the latest version). She doesn’t know I bought it and hasn’t seen it yet, so hopefully […]
Okay! Here we are at day 2 of Book Blogger Appreciation Week. Today we’re participating in a book blogger interview swap. We were randomly given a blogger to interview and include in a post. The same person interviewed us and will post our answers on their site (see here). So, without further ado, meet one […]
Happy Book Blogger Appreciation Week! (PS: It’s still Monday in Hawai’i!) For those who don’t know: Book Blogger Appreciation was started by Amy Riley of My Friend Amy in an effort to recognize the hard work and contribution of book bloggers to the promotion and preservation of a literate culture actively engaged in discussing books, […]
Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
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