http://collectedmiscellany.com Writing for Google Since 2003 Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:14:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Japan 1945: From Operation Downfall to Hiroshima and Nagasaki by Clayton K.S. Chun is another excellent book in Osprey's "Campaign" Series.   Chun examines the final campaigns of World War II in the Pacific as the Allies rolled back the Japanese.  Chun also looks at of Operation Downfall (the planned invasion ... http://collectedmiscellany.com/2008/12/japan-1945-by-clayton-ks-chun/ [caption id="" align="alignright" width="128" caption="Cover via Amazon"][/caption] The folks at Little Brown are using this new media stuff.  There is still some time left in their Blog Talk Radio live interview with Marie Phillips.  (My review of God's Behaving Badly is here.) I am looking forward to the show with Laura Miller on ... http://collectedmiscellany.com/2008/12/little-brown-blog-talk-radio/ I was thinking this weekend about how blogging has changed my reading habits.  Right now, the two books I am reading - The Magician's Book: A Skeptic's Adventures in Narnia and The Tourist - are both ARCs (Advanced Review Copy).  Just one way that this blog has impacted what I read. http://collectedmiscellany.com/2008/12/arc-reading/ I am not usually one to enjoy books turned into movies, but this one looks very interesting: My review of the book is here. YouTube via Educating Alice. http://collectedmiscellany.com/2008/12/coraline-the-movie/ I am always on the lookout for interesting reading when the family visits Half-Price Books.  And given my ever-growing TBR pile, most often shorter works. With that in mind, I picked up: The Ice Dragon by George R.R. Martin at recently.  I thought it might be a good story to ... http://collectedmiscellany.com/2008/11/the-ice-dragon-by-george-rr-martin/ Tech Crunch has the details, and a picure, of the next version of the Amazon Kindle http://collectedmiscellany.com/2008/11/amazon-kindle-2-slated-for-%e2%80%9cearly-q1%e2%80%b3/ I used to be one of those thorough types who always read a series in order and liked to read widely in an author's work in order to judge their latest book.  But these days I don't have the time or energy for that sort of diligence.  There are so ... http://collectedmiscellany.com/2008/11/blood-island-by-h-terrell-griffin/ Thinking of starting a website covering conservative books - books by, on, or about issues important to the Right. Good idea? Advertisers? http://collectedmiscellany.com/2008/11/thinking-of-starting-a-website/ UPDATE: Seems to be some technical difficulties with the poll.  Do me a favor.  Vote in the poll version on the right sidebar and see if that works.  If it doesn't please leave a comment to that effect here.  Thanks. No, this is not an election related post.  Rather it is ... http://collectedmiscellany.com/2008/11/vote-now/ I am mucking about with the theme and design of the website.  Sorry for any inconvenience this might cause. Thanks. http://collectedmiscellany.com/2008/11/theme-chaos/