Sugar Editorial Picks
Jan 12, 2008 -
Reading your comments and seeing the bookmarked books for this week's Buzzworthy challenge has inspired me so much, I think I just may start a kind of virtual Book Club here on Buzz! Stay tuned for more details on that. And until then, check out some of the great book club book suggestions submitted by Buzz readers.
- 19 Comments
Jan 06, 2008 -
As the writers' strike seems to have no clear end in sight, now might be a good time to start a book club! There are so many books I've been meaning to read for ages, and I think a book club might be just the thing to make me sit down and read them. Now I just need some suggestions.
- 16 Comments
Dec 16, 2007 -
We can debate the best and worst songs of this season until we all turn blue (or our fingers fall off for that matter) because everyone has strong opinions about which holiday music is appropriately cheerful and which is gratingly annoying. I try my best to bring in new holiday albums every year so my collection doesn't grow too stale, but I must admit that I have my time-tested favorites!
I love Nat King Cole's Christmas Song so much I suggested it in one of my holiday gift guides.
- 10 Comments
Jul 07, 2007 -
In my last Buzzworthy challenge, I asked you to bookmark some of the best travel writing that could transport readers to cities and countries they might only dream of visiting. You responded with some great picks for places from Paris to Portland. Here are a few that I'm putting on my reading list:
Fugitives and Refugees by Chuck Palahniuk
Tagged by StefaPie, who said: "He's one of my absolute favorite authors, and this memoir/guidebook makes you want to go live in the world he's describing to the masses.
- 5 Comments
Jul 01, 2007 -
If I had lots of money and lots of time, I'd spend it all traveling the world. But I don't, so instead I read travel writing. If I can't visit all the exotic destinations on my wish list, I can at least hear about other people's adventures (and misadventures) in them.
- 6 Comments
Jun 24, 2007 -
This Friday, Ratatouille hits theaters nationwide, and I can't wait. I'm a sucker for anything Pixar, and I've loved many of the animated family movies that have come out in recent years — especially The Incredibles and the Shrek movies. I'll go to the theaters to see these movies even when I don't have a child (read: legitimate excuse) to bring with me.
- 8 Comments
Jun 03, 2007 -
Last week the USA premiered their summer series "The Starter Wife" which was based on the popular novel by Gigi Levangie Grazer about a woman who married into a hip Hollywood lifestyle that she's forced to leave behind when her husband cheats on her.
It makes me think of another marriage-themed book I read recently, Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin, in which the main characters' love triangle threatens to shake up an engagement. The book is funny and self-deprecating, and each of the characters learns something about him/herself in the end, which seems to often be the case in novels about weddings or marriage.
- 6 Comments
Apr 01, 2007 -
Major-league baseball season officially begins this weekend, so while my boyfriend is busy worrying about his fantasy league, I thought I'd ask you guys about your favorite baseball movies. America's pastime has spawned a great roster of films, from major-league dramas to comedies about amateurs, such as the brilliantly funny 1976 movie The Bad News Bears.
I could go on and on about The Bad News Bears and my other favorite baseball movies, but instead, I want to hear what yours are.
- 2 Comments
Mar 08, 2007 -
There are many things that make me cry in movies and television, and some of them are weird: when people get applauded, gospel music, truthful mother-daughter moments, sweet daddy-daughter moments... the list continues.
But there are some films that seem like they were made solely to make everyone cry (Beaches, anyone?).
- 7 Comments
Mar 07, 2007 -
In honor of our first week without "The OC," I devoted the latest Buzzworthy challenge to teen-centric TV shows. After all, "The OC" is just the latest in a long line of addictive teen dramas, which — by their very nature — can't last forever. So instead, I asked you guys to remember some of your favorite teen TV series — be they comedies or dramas — throughout time.
- 15 Comments