I’m heading to Michigan tonight for a long weekend with my family, and will return next week. Hopefully with a few more books read to post about. I hope you all have a great Valentine’s Day and a wonderful President’s Day weekend! In honor of Valentine’s Day, here’s one of my favorite love songs, James… Continue reading Valentines, Presidents, and James Taylor
The "C"s that I love
My Vox neighbor Christa posted a very fun meme and I decided to join in. I commented on her post (she had the letter D) and she gave me my own letter. I have to post ten things I love that start with the letter she gave me, C. Very fun! If you’d like to… Continue reading The "C"s that I love
"Oh, my lungs and liver!" (David Copperfield by Charles Dickens)
Before last year, I had only read one book by Charles Dickens: A Tale of Two Cities for AP English in high school. I am not someone who hated books just because I read them for school. In AP English we read, and I enjoyed, Hamlet, Macbeth, The Canterbury Tales, and many others. However, I… Continue reading "Oh, my lungs and liver!" (David Copperfield by Charles Dickens)
Polysyllabic Spree – January 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
Allen V. Miller
This week I stopped by one of my favorite bookstores, Skyline Books. Skyline Books is a cozy little used bookstore near Union Square that’s packed with good books at good prices. One reason I love used bookstores is that they don’t have everything. It’s always fun to go in and see what you can find,… Continue reading Allen V. Miller
Winter in Central Park
Last week I had a dentist appointment on 57th street, so I took the R uptown and my stop let out right at the bottom of Central Park. I love the park at all times of the year, and I couldn’t resist taking a few pictures of how peaceful and beautiful it looks during the… Continue reading Winter in Central Park
Quotes about books and reading
A friend on Rory’s Book Club recently posted a quote from The History Boys, and reminded me of how much I love that particular quote. That got me thinking about all my favorite quotes about reading, so I decided to post a few of them here: “The best moments in reading, are when you come… Continue reading Quotes about books and reading
Links for 1.18.09
Here’s a site with many fun desktop wallpapers to download, and includes very large sizes for those of us with large screen resolutions. (found via How About Orange) A hilarious McSweeney’s feature that imagines a literary critic reviewing a resume. Many of you have probably seen the Domino’s commercial that claims people prefer Domino’s sandwiches… Continue reading Links for 1.18.09
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, The E. Lockhart The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart caught my attention in a big way this week when it became the first YA novel to be included in The Morning News Tournament of Books. Reading the descriptions online made me even more antsy to read it.… Continue reading The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
The Might Queens of Freeville by Amy Dickinson
Mighty Queens of Freeville, The: A Mother, a Daughter, and the Town That Raised Them Amy Dickinson Before the holidays, I received a review copy of The Mighty Queens of Freeville by Amy Dickinson. I love memoirs, so it was exciting to read and review it here. Here’s the description of the book, from the… Continue reading The Might Queens of Freeville by Amy Dickinson
2009 Reading Goals
I’ve been pondering my reading goals for 2009 for a few weeks, and have settled on a list that I think will be challenging yet attainable. -Read 100 Books -Read 52 Short Stories -Specific books to read: -The Scarlett Letter -The Awakening -Lolita -Great Expectations -Attend 15 book events When setting the number of… Continue reading 2009 Reading Goals
2008 Books and Reading Recap
I finally finished my second annual Books and Reading Recap. I loved going through my lists last year and finding fun stats about the books I read, so it was very fun to do this again for 2008. I’m using the same information I posted last year, and added even more stats. (To see my… Continue reading 2008 Books and Reading Recap