Preschooler Monkey and I don’t read a lot of books on the iPad. The problem is, she is more interested in the games and watching videos than reading the books. However, when I received a free copy of this iBook directly from the author, I was interested to try something different. This is a book of funny nature-themed rhymes accompanied by gentle interactive video. The interactive part is designed to only start after a few seconds, giving you the opportunity to read the rhyme

I bought a Kindle in 2009 and since then I’ve been keeping track of my reading statistics on Goodreads. My previous year’s stats are in brackets, though the 2009 post is a little difficult to decipher since I wasn’t interested in my overall reading stats. Total books read for 2011 (not including picture books/board books): 51   [2010: 49 ; 2009: 85(?) had to go look on Goodreads since I hadn’t listed it in the post] # of e-books read: 26 [12 ; 25(?) ] # of physical books (p-b

I recently went to the Central Park Zoo (which isn’t nearly as impressive as the Bronx Zoo, but still pretty nice) and was thrilled to see a red panda up close! I was one of many tourists shoving my way to the front to take a photo. And then I realized I should probably be taking pictures of my child at the zoo, rather than just taking pictures of the animals. LOL! (Don’t worry, I have a shot similar photo where my baby is in the frame too. Her favorite animals were the polar

Here are my stats (made easier by Goodreads–I might have to add a new bookshelf for e-books): Books I actually purchased from the Amazon store: 5 Free books I downloaded from Amazon: 9 (all classics and one cookbook–I only actually ended up finishing one of them) Books/audiobooks downloaded and finished reading from the library (this one is an estimate since I delete them afterward): 20! wow! — I shouldn’t admit this but most of them have been frivolous chick lit that I proba