Category: polysyllabic spree

Books Purchased: Books Purchased – April 2009 Not Becoming My Mother by Ruth Reichl Cecil and Jordan in New York by Gabrielle Bell P. G. Wodehouse: In His Own Words by P. G. Wodehouse, Barry Day & Tony Ring The Luck of the Bodkins by P. G. Wodehouse Ring for Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse… Continue reading Polysyllabic Spree – April 2009

I had a great week with Emma, who was visiting from Michigan this week. We had a lot of adventures, and I have many pictures to post. I also have a lot of Vox posts to catch up with, starting with my Polysyllabic Spree for March. Books Purchased: Books Purchased – March 2009 Comfort me… Continue reading Polysyllabic Spree – March 2009

Sincere apologies for my unplanned 2 week Vox absence. It’s been a rough couple of weeks. There was an upset at work, which I’m not going to go into details about, and on Friday I (finally) had my Wisdom Teeth removed. This weekend has been very lovely – I’ve done nothing but read and relax… Continue reading Polysyllabic Spree – February 2009

Books Purchased: Books Purchased – January 2009 The Writing Diet by Julia Cameron Meet Mr. Mulliner by P. G. Wodehouse Lord Emsworth and Others by P. G. Wodehouse The Complete Verse and Other Nonsense by Edward Lear The Optimist’s Daughter by Eudora Welty A Curtain of Green and Other Stories by Eudora Welty One Writer’s… Continue reading Polysyllabic Spree – January 2009

Hello and Happy New Year! I’m back from two wonderful weeks in Michigan and ready to jump into several posts about 2008 (mainly 2008 reading) that I have planned/started. I will also post my goals for 2009 reading. First up – my Polysyllabic Spree for December: Books Purchased – December 2008 Books Purchased (or received… Continue reading Polysyllabic Spree – December 2008

Books Purchased – November 2008 Books Purchased: Writing Home by Alan Bennett The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O’Nan The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch The World of Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse Ukridge by… Continue reading Polysyllabic Spree – November 2008

Books Purchased – October 2008 Books Purchased: Anne of the Island by L. M. Montgomery State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America edited by Matt Weiland and Sean Wilsey The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver Wish I Could Be There by Allen Shawn The Assistant by Robert Walser The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop by Lewis Buzbee… Continue reading Polysyllabic Spree – October 2008

Books Purchased – September 2008 Books Purchased: (This should actually be labeled “Books Acquired” this month because nine of them were birthday presents.) Too Cool to be Forgotten by Alex Robinson The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by  Junot Diaz Drown by Junot Diaz Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse Something to… Continue reading Polysyllabic Spree – September 2008

Books Purchased: Books Purchased – August 2008 Twilight by Stephenie Meyer Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel Minders of Make-Believe by Leonard S. Marcus Calamity and Other Stories by Daphne Kalotay Mad Mary Lamb: Lunacy and Murder in Literary London by Susan Tyler Hitchcock Blue Shoe by Anne Lamott Leave it to Psmith… Continue reading Polysyllabic Spree – August 2008

Books Purchased: July 2008 Books Purchased: *The Hours by Michael Cunningham *The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler *The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing *Lanterns and Lances by James Thurber *The Road by Cormac McCarthy *From Time to Time by Jack Finney *The Handmaid’s Tale by Margret Atwood *Jeeves and the Tie That… Continue reading Polysyllabic Spree: July 2008

I’ve returned from Michigan, unscathed from the midwest’s absolutely crazy thunderstoms on the 2nd. I had a lovely time, and read 3 books. My policy on Polysyllabic Spree posts is that it’s always Better Late Than Never. Books Purchased – June 208 Books Purchased: When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris I Capture… Continue reading Polysyllabic Spree June 2008

Books Purchased*: Books Purchased – April 2008 A Wolf at the Table by Augusten Burroughs Maps and Legends by Michael Chabon So Many Books, So Little Time by Sara Nelson The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction edited by Lex Williford and Michael Martone The View from Saturday by E. L. Konigsburg A Long Way… Continue reading Polysyllabic Spree – April 2008