fuji photobook

A great tip for all bookreaders: make your own photobook with fuji. It’s very simple and a lot of fun. You start by downloading their free photobook program and then You can let the program do the job for you sorting your pictures in order and getting a great lay-out. You can also do everything from scratch – choosing backgrounds (there are lots of nice ones to choose from), nr of photos, sizes, cuts, text fonts, effects etc. It’s really cool, and what I thought was so great with it was that we could finally do something creative with all the info we have here on the blog – it doesn’t have to be just holidaypictures!

Check out this page www.fuji.se or this : www.fujidirekt.se/fotobok

 

Mr Pip by Lloyd Jones

For our September meeting we’re reading:

Mr Pip by Lloyd Jones (Karin’s chice)

On an island called Bougainville in the early 1990s, civil war rages. Rebels have taken up arms, and soldiers helicopter in from nearby Port Moresby to reestablish New Guinea’s sovereignty over the island. All the whites have fled except one: Mr. Watts, a New Zealander married to a local woman. He offers to replace the departed teacher and reopen the village school; on the second day of class, he begins to read Great Expectations aloud.
Suddenly, the village’s children have a refuge from the incomprehensible conflict engulfing their world. “We could escape to another place,” declares Matilda, the 13-year-old narrator. “It didn’t matter that it was Victorian England. We found we could easily get there.” …

Ines is choosing the book for October

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon

Meeting -  31st of August 2009 6pm at SoHo

Book – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon.

About – A novel written from the perspective of a mathematically-gifted boy living with Asperger syndrome.

Chosen by – all of us

Check out – The website for the book

Save Karyn by Karyn Bosnak

Meeting – 18th June 2009

Book – Save Karyn by Karyn Bosnak.

About – A book written by the creator of the ‘first notable “web panhandling” site’ detailing the build up to and creation of the site.

Chosen by – Cheri

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

Meeting – 26th May 2009

Book – Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children’s Crusade: A Duty-Dance With Death by Kurt Vonnegut.

About the book – A famous anti-war novel by the sci-fi writer Kurt Vonnegut.

Chosen by – Suzi