Remember when I said I wanted to read something shiny and fun on my plane trip next week? Well, that decision just got a little harder…. The following books have appeared on my hold-shelf in the past few days… 1) Her by Christa Parravani, which I already mentioned I might read on the plane… 2) [...]
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this book sucks and other adventures in bad literature
Book reviews have been light around these parts because I have been reading a lot of bad books. You don’t have to call them bad books if you don’t want to. You could call them “fun reading” or “trashy books.” You could call them “books that just weren’t for me.” If you are a librarian, [...]
jet-setting
So I had this string of truly awful airplane luck, beginning in January of 2011 with this wild ride back to Boston and ending in June of that same year, when I spent 8 hours in the BWI airport only to have my flight cancelled at 9pm and end up stranded for the night. It [...]
The Great Gatsby, 11 years later
I wonder how many people in the world are reading The Great Gatsby this week. I finished my re-read last week. It was the first time I’ve read it since I pretended to read it in eleventh grade English. I mean, I tried. I’m sure I tried. I liked books in high school, liked them [...]
The Tragedy Paper by Elizabeth Laban
I am concerned that I am becoming a reading cynic. But not that concerned. I think if you like every book you read, then you are probably just really good at picking books to match your tastes. I think it’s okay to acknowledge that although I love books, and YA and children’s books especially, and [...]
break the fast books
This is self-torture because I am still days away from the end of my reading deprivation, even then I have three review books on the docket. It will be awhile until I pick up any of these titles… but here are some choices for reading once all that dust settles. The other day I was [...]
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
Have I ever told you about this book? One of my all-time favorite books? This book I once tried to read while driving 70 mph up US-127 North? No? Yes? Either way, consider this an ode to The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart. Frankie is a sophomore at an academically elite boarding [...]
first quarter results
I read 34 books between January 1st and March 31st. The first quarter of 2013 is over, and I’m pleased with my reading progress. If I keep this up for the rest of the year, I will be extra pleased. I feel like I’m reading a lot and liking a lot of what I read. [...]
reading deprivation
I am four weeks into Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way program. This feels like a confession, a dirty secret, something embarrassingly woo-woo and desperate. Something that normal people don’t do, normal people don’t need, and especially not a person like myself! But four weeks ago I was just at a loss, so here I am, [...]
Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us by Michael Moss
Michael Moss’s Sugar Fat Salt: How the Food Giants Hooked Us is an important book. A really important book. Keeping my ranting and ramblings down to a readable word count is going to be a Herculean task, so I will attempt to focus myself as such. Part 1: The book as a book Part 2: [...]
