I had NO idea this show was even still on the air nowadays, but was sad to just hear that it will no longer be. Watching the attached YouTube video of the opening credits brought back some major memories! Was Labar Burton still the host all this time?
Man, talk about a walk down memory lane….
http://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/182.Final_Encore_for_Reading_Rainbow
Archive for the ‘Books’ Category
1 Sep
Reading Rainbow
15 Aug
Wicked!
“We can’t all come and go by bubble.” – Elphaba (from Wicked)
I just returned home from enjoying the Broadway performance of “Wicked.” It was FANtastic. Wicked is the story of what happens in Oz before Dorothy arrives. The “real” story of the Wicked Witch of the West. I read the book a couple years ago [...]
15 Jul
1,000 Places to See Before You Die
“Travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.” – Miriam Beard
Yesterday, for my birthday, my friend Kristen got me the book 1,000 Places to See Before You Die. The book lists popular and not-so-popular destinations around the world, a quick [...]
8 Jul
The City of Falling Angels
I just read a great passage in the book I’m currently reading, The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt. The book is non-fiction, but it reads like fiction. Beautiful.
The author discussing Venice:
“On one occasion I set about testing this notion by concocting a game called “photo roulette,” the object was to walk around the [...]
3 Jul
Fantastic Libraries
“Book lovers will understand me, and they will know too that part of the pleasure of a library lies in its very existence.” – Jan Morris
I recently happened across this Kansas City library and it is easily one coolest libraries I’ve seen. <–not an oxymoron.
In my opinion this creative design puts it alongside the other [...]
28 May
Books
“When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.” – Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus
I love books. Love em, love em, love em. I never go anywhere without a book handy…just in case I get a couple minutes to read.
There are many random reasons I [...]
9 Mar
Keep Bella and Give Me Sookie!
“Oh, but you have many other very juicy arteries. There’s one in the groin that’s a particular favorite of mine.” – Bill
I am not a romantic, nor am I big into love…but I’ve fallen head over heels in love…with a TV show!
Ok, ok, dramatic, I know, but this show is fan-freaking-tastic! I have had people [...]
5 Jan
Journey into Ancient Rome
“Every man is the architect of his own fortune…” – Appius Claudius Caecus (312 BC) Roman consul
I am currently reading Roma: A Novel of Ancient Rome by Steven Saylor and am in love with it. More specifically, I am in love with the new things I am learning. I have had quite an interest in [...]
