Laurel Osterkamp's Blog – April 2011 Archive (8)

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Wickedy Good - A Chick Lit version of Macbeth



Chick Lit author Sibel Hodge will be celebrating "International Chick Lit" month throughout the month of May on her blog, and she's hosting a bunch of giveaways. You should check it out! Following My Toes is one of many digital downloads you can enter to win.

 

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Added by Laurel Osterkamp on April 30, 2011 at 3:02pm — No Comments

The Barefoot Book of Princesses

We’ve been hearing about princesses a lot lately; since the world is about to get a new one. However, whether or not there’s an upcoming royal wedding, princesses are a cultural staple. Little girls love a princess, and Disney is only too happy to supply lots of princess role models. Some people think this is dangerous, that it sets up a false ideal of femininity that’s connected to beauty and finding a man. I don’t know. Recently the Disney princesses have been pretty self-sufficient. Yes,…

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Added by Laurel Osterkamp on April 28, 2011 at 6:00pm — No Comments

The Kennedys vs. The Royal Family

 

This morning I was looking at the paper and I saw an article about the upcoming royal wedding, which I'm only aware of because I don't live in a cave. I said to Rich, my husband, "I don't get why people are so caught up in this wedding."

"Because they're pathetic," he…

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Added by Laurel Osterkamp on April 24, 2011 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Book Review - The Queen Bee of Bridgeton

The Queen Bee of Bridgeton, by Leslie DuBois, is about Sonya, a fifteen year-old African American girl who lives in dangerous Venton Heights. She and her sister have received scholarships to attend Bridgeton, an exclusive private school. However, Sonya is more concerned with becoming a professional dancer…

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Added by Laurel Osterkamp on April 20, 2011 at 6:30pm — No Comments

A Good Ending

Last night my son Eli was watching a movie - The Ant Bully. This kid gets shrunk to the size of an ant, and early on in the story he is at risk of getting trampled or sprayed or something. Anyway, Eli is a sensitive kid, and he started to get scared, like he usually does when he watches movies. (Elmo in… Continue

Added by Laurel Osterkamp on April 17, 2011 at 2:13pm — No Comments

Using Kindle to Create a Spark

Last January my husband gave me a Kindle for my birthday. How had I survived so long without one of these things? I know what the critics say… they like the tactile feeling of holding a book in their hands. Kindles make the reading experience too generic. They don’t want what they read to be…
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Added by Laurel Osterkamp on April 13, 2011 at 5:51pm — No Comments

But Would You Be Friends With Her?

I can think of four series in the last decade that have taken readers by storm, and all of them have young female protagonists. Since I haven't yet read The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo series, I won't be commenting on it.  But with Hunger Games, Twilight, and Harry Potter, I wonder. If the female protagonists of these series were real, would I want them as a friend?
  • Katnis Everdeen from The Hunger Games – She’s obviously a bad ass, and she’s…
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Added by Laurel Osterkamp on April 10, 2011 at 3:40pm — No Comments

The Biggest Schmoozer

Last spring, while I was in the last half of my pregnancy, I would record The Biggest Loser and watch it in the morning when I worked out. Since the show is two hours long and I’d only work out for about thirty minutes, it would last me about three days worth of workouts, after I fast-forwarded through commercials.
It served my purposes very well. I wasn't trying to lose weight, I just wanted to keep moving. While doing so,  I stayed entertained and motivated, and I felt…
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Added by Laurel Osterkamp on April 10, 2011 at 3:37pm — No Comments

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