ALA Adult Banned Books Poster 2007 Banned Books Week is September 29 through October 6, and since I’m going to be on vacation this weekend I’m going to post about my favorite banned books a few days early! The ALA (American Library Association) has a list of the 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books from 1990-2000… Continue reading Celebrate Banned Books!
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Books Update – Purchased, Read, Reading
The Braindead Megaphone George Saunders Recently purchased: The Braindead Megaphone by George Saunders. I’ve heard many great things about this, and after flipping through the book myself in Barnes and Noble, confirmed them to be true. The essays look excellent, and I’m excited to read his tribute to Kurt Vonnegut, which is also included in… Continue reading Books Update – Purchased, Read, Reading
Summer Reading Recap
Well, at the beginning of the summer I made a list of books I’d like to read over the summer. As with most of my books to be read during a certain time period lists, I strayed well off the list most of the summer. I think next time I make a list (and perhaps… Continue reading Summer Reading Recap
Vox Hunt: Writing – My Favorite Writer
Show us your favorite writer. Favorite living writer: Bill Bryson Favorite not-living writer: (“dead” sounds too harsh and sad still) Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (This post was brought over from emilyw.vox.com. Click here for the original post and comments.)
To Be Read – list update
Uncommon Arrangements: Seven Portraits of Married Life in London Literary Circles 1910-1939 Katie Roiphe Here’s one that just weaseled its way to the top of my To Be Read mountain. It’s called Uncommon Arrangements: Seven Portraits of Married Life in London Literary Circles 1910 – 1939, by Katie Roiphe. I’ve heard many great things about… Continue reading To Be Read – list update
Goodbye Blue Monday
Kurt Vonnegut has passed away. I don’t have words to express how sad I am. So it goes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Vonnegut NYT Article (This post was brought over from emilyw.vox.com.)
2014 In Review & Photos
2014 has been pretty wonderful to me. At the beginning of the year, I shared the news that I was quitting my job and traveling around the world. I planned to travel for 4 months and then settle back down. I ended up meeting an incredible English guy in Australia and extending my travel the… Continue reading 2014 In Review & Photos