Tag Archives: books

Quick! What are you reading now?

Posted on September 20, 2012 by

It’s been months since I’ve answered one of the prompts on Booking Through Thursday. But I can’t pass this one up! Just finished: Wench, Dolen Perkins-Valdez A book about a young slave woman in the 1850′s who travels north with … Continue reading →

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Year’s End – All the cool kids do a wrap up

Posted on December 29, 2011 by

There are traditions during the last week of the year that are just as certain to occur as those pre-Christmas traditions we’re all familiar with. The calendar turns to 12/26 and you can expect enormous crowds at the mall, long … Continue reading →

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Books, Art: Reflecting Life

Posted on December 26, 2011 by

I recently came across this video, part of the Metropolitan Museum’s Connections series, an interesting view of books from Ken Soehner, Chief Librarian at the museum. I almost didn’t watch this video because of the quote on the cover page … Continue reading →

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What to read: Road Trip Edition

Posted on November 14, 2011 by

I have several hours in the car ahead of me on Monday. The best way that I know of to make a long trip when you are driving by yourself go quickly is to listen to an audio book. So, … Continue reading →

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Booking Through Thursday: E-volution

Posted on November 10, 2011 by

Booking Through Thursday: E-readers vs. Physical books. I bought an iPad in June, 2010. It is my constant companion; email, search, facebook, photos, reading The New Yorker, the New York Times and other news media, watching movies, listening to music, … Continue reading →

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Book Dilemma

Posted on October 13, 2011 by

For more than a few years, I have had a running feud with my local library. Really, it was a one-sided feud, but it did keep me from checking out any books for a long, long time. I bought a … Continue reading →

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Book group reading

Posted on September 27, 2011 by

Book groups are an odd thing. It takes a long time to get a group together that has the right synergy, where all members of the group can use the same language to discuss, yet also bring their own perspectives. … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Your Voice in My Head

Posted on September 6, 2011 by

I don’t usually read memoirs. I have little interest in gossip or self-serving whining. My opinion of memoirs tends to be this: that memoirs of celebrities usually try to “set the record straight”, to correct some perception that exists or … Continue reading →

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My Summer of Shakespeare (Part II)

Posted on August 1, 2011 by

My Summer of Shakespeare continues. Over the weekend, I read Bill Bryson’s Shakespeare, The World as Stage, and have Stephen Greenblatt’s Will in the World: How Shakespeare became Shakespeare making its way towards the top of the reading stack. And … Continue reading →

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All my bags are packed

Posted on July 27, 2011 by

Arrivals. Departures. Lost bags. Small snack packages. Long lines. Great expectations and grand disappointments. All are covered in Alain de Botton’s short book, A Week at the Airport. Asked to spend a week as a Writer in Residence by BAA, … Continue reading →

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