Monthly Archives: September 2011
Review: Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Frontlines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture by Peggy Orenstein
I was looking forward to reading Peggy Orenstein’s Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Frontlines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture, despite not having a daughter myself. While reading Orenstein’s book, I tried to remember what playing was like as a kid. The Disney Princess thing wasn’t big yet. In fact, my favorite Disney…
Banned and Challenged Books, Twilight Edition
Back when Bibliogrrrl was just this idea that I had, I kept coming back to banned books week. “Yeah,” I thought enthusiastically, “I’ll start a book blog, do something in honor of Banned Books Week, and it’ll be awesome!” Of course, we are now in the midst of Banned Books Week and that awesome…
Review: The Filter Bubble: What the Internet is Hiding From You by Eli Pariser
Top Ten Tuesday: Books I’d like to Reread
Review: Stiff by Mary Roach
Notes from the Bibliospehre: Making Time to Read
Those who care to look through the archives have may notice that the first post here was in June of this year. When I started the blog, I had notebooks full of handwritten book reviews. I figured I’d start by typing them up and sharing them here. Many of these reviews have appeared here,…
Review: Winter’s Bone by Daniel Woodrell
Amazon and the Future of Public Libraries
The Wall Street Journal recently reported that Amazon is hoping to create a Netflix like service for eBooks. Members would pay a flat fee and could read “borrowed” eBooks on their Kindles. I was originally going to discuss this news in my post about book piracy, but I figured that post was long enough…
Review: Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution by Sara Marcus
