Bookpile: July 2009
What I read (that I can remember): Meatball Sundae: Is Your Marketing out of Sync?(I know. I hadn’t actually read everything Seth wrote.) One of Seth’s least popular books and I can understand a little as this is a tough concept for most people to get. But it’s a good…
More from the book stacks
Another month, another look at the books we’re reading as part of the SAMBA program. And some that I’m just reading because they’re there. (Seth gets almost a book a day in the mail from people hoping he’ll blurb or blog about them. So there’s plenty available for reading.) We…
Reading along with Seth’s program
I know some of you are interested in following along with this program I’m in with Seth Godin and eight other amazing people. One thing we’re doing a lot of is reading. A lot. And writing. A lot. And talking/arguing/discussing. A lot. I haven’t had this much mental exercise in…
Drift House: The First Voyage
Facts:Date finished: 10-30-08Author: Dale PeckCategory: Children’s fantasyPublished: 2005Pages: 424Rating: 4/5 Basic Plot:In the wake of 9/11, three siblings are sent to live with their uncle on the Bay of Eternity in Canada. But what their parents thought would be safe haven turns out to be a fantastical (and often dangerous)…
Wicked
Facts:Date finished: 10-25-08Author: Gregory MaguireCategory: FantasyPublished: 1995Pages: 406Rating: 3/5 Basic Plot:Dorothy and Toto landed with a boom in Oz, but the real whirlwind in Oz had been going on for years before the pair arrived. Just how did the wicked witch become the wicked witch? Is she even a witch?…