Well, it’s been quite a year! Personally I’ve gotten another new job (hoping this one sticks), became President of our local Toastmasters club, joined a program advisory board for…
Wanting new ink? Consider some of the literary variety
I work in the business environment full time, so getting inked isn’t something I can partake in all the time. However, I do have a couple of pieces that are…
The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies – Conclusion to an Epic Tale
I don’t know about you, but one of the things I was most looking forward to this past Christmas was the conclusion to The Hobbit movie series. Unlike the first…
Movie Review: The Hobbit 2 – Tolkien would be proud
SPOILER ALERT: If you have not seen the movie or read book, you may want to think twice about reading this post because I give a lot of it away and…
Looking for a literary costume for Halloween? We’ve got some suggestions.
Halloween is right around the corner. In my house growing up, this was a big deal. I can remember Halloween parties at our house and bobbing for apples in the…
Skimming the Classics
The other day a friend of mine sent me a comic strip by Dave Kellet in which one of the characters was struggling to get past the 40 pages in…
Happy Birthday Hippie Bookworm
Hard to believe it’s been a year since I invented Hippie Bookworm and started this little blog called hippiebookworm.com. The idea actually grew out of the fact that I couldn’t…
The Hobbit, a whimsical view of Middle Earth
Those who know me, know that I love children’s books. I’m a huge advocate for the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling and I also a fan of the classic…
Recommendations for your reading type (Part 1)
I recently read an article online about 5 different reading types that people fall into. While it was a good article, I found it to be limiting and I seemed to…
Honoring Kick-Ass Females in Modern Literature
Something that we’re learning about the 2012 London Olympics is that this Olympics is breaking down barriers for women in the field of athletics. For the first time in history…