2008 is the Year of the Rat. Which animal year were you born in? I was born in the year of the Rat. I’m hoping that means this year is going to be fantastic. It’s also my Golden Birthday – I’ll be 24 on the 24th of September. Here’s a description of Rats (from this… Continue reading QotD: Chinese New Year
Vox Hunt: The Gadgets I Carry
Show us the gadgets you carry with you. Gadgets 2 comments Maybe this will help Ryan understand why my purse is so stinking heavy all the time. The picture isn’t that great because I used my old digital camera. My new digital camera is, of course, the one in the picture. Other things that make… Continue reading Vox Hunt: The Gadgets I Carry
Harmonious Reading
I didn’t plan on it, but the books I’ve read lately have been rather complimentary. First, I read The Unbearable Lightness of Being, which is set mainly in Russian controlled Czechoslovakia during the Cold War (a setting that largely influences the plot and philosophy that makes the book incredible). Next, I read The Wednesday Wars,… Continue reading Harmonious Reading
Polysyllabic Spree – January 2008
Books Purchased – January 2008 Books Purchased: The Best American Non-Required Reading 2003 edited by Dave Eggers Something Happened by Joseph Heller The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd The Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition by Lewis Carroll My Mistress’s Sparrow is Dead edited by Jeffrey Eugenides People of the Book by Geraldine… Continue reading Polysyllabic Spree – January 2008
This is a day for very good news
I don’t post a lot of very personal things on here, but today just became sunshiny and good and I want to share the news. A little backstory: A few weeks ago, we found out my uncle has pancreatic cancer. Most of you probably know that pancreatic cancer is just about the worst kind of… Continue reading This is a day for very good news
My Mistress's Sparrow is Dead
My Mistress’s Sparrow Is Dead: Great Love Stories, from Chekhov to Munro Jeffrey Eugenides This month two new books came out that benefit two branches of 826 National, a non-profit organization that helps school age children develop expository and creative writing skills. My Mistress’s Sparrow is Dead: Great Love Stories, from Chekhov to Munro, edited… Continue reading My Mistress's Sparrow is Dead
Culture QotD: Magazines Don't Count.
One in four American adults read NO books last year. How many did you read? I heard this a while ago, and I still have trouble believing it. I don’t think I know anyone who didn’t read a book last year. I read 70 books last year, which I wrote about here. I also made… Continue reading Culture QotD: Magazines Don't Count.
2007 Favorite Books Flow Chart
In a previous post, I mentioned that I was working on a time-consuming year end books read project. Well, it took a lazy 3 day weekend of below-freezing temperatures to actually stay in, focus, and finish it. I’m very excited to have finished this before the year 2014, which was looking like a bleak reality.… Continue reading 2007 Favorite Books Flow Chart
Culture QotD: Prepare for Takeoff
What’s the longest flight on an airplane you’ve ever taken? What was the best part? …And the worst? The longest flight I’ve ever taken was Detroit to London. The best part was that it was British Airways, and it was a very nice plane and they gave each person a blanket, sleep mask, warm socks,… Continue reading Culture QotD: Prepare for Takeoff
Polysyllabic Spree – December 2007
Better late than never? Books Purchased (or in this case, received as gifts!): Books Acquired – Decemeber 2007 The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera (gift) Penguin by Design by Phil Baines (gift) Rosie Little’s Cautionary Tales for Girls by Danielle Wood (gift) Portraits and Observatios: The Essays of Truman Capote (gift) At Large… Continue reading Polysyllabic Spree – December 2007
George Saunders Quote
“At the end of my life, I know I won’t be wishing I’d held more back, been less effusive, more often stood on ceremony, forgiven less, spent more days oblivious to the secret wishes and fears of the people around me. So what is stopping me from stepping outside my habitual crap? My mind, my… Continue reading George Saunders Quote
Vox Hunt: Let's Go!
Show us a photo of somewhere you want to go. There are hundreds of places in the world I want to go, and the list grows all the time. But my dream vacation belongs to Hammerfest, Norway, to see the Northern Lights. The thought of bundling up to face the arctic temperatures outside on the… Continue reading Vox Hunt: Let's Go!