From iheartmonster’s recent “You’re The Expert” feature: Have you ever… –judged a book by its cover? –misjudged a book by its cover? –passed over a book solely because the cover didn’t look interesting? –bought a book because of its cover? –been drawn to a book because of its cover? –seen a book whose cover has […]
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I was not a literary major, as anyone who is reading this might gather. I have not had the privilege of a traditional classical education. I am widely read and have loads of life experience, but that doesn’t make for sophisticated narrative.My training was exactly the opposite, actually. I was an interpreter, reporter and editor
I am learning how to use Twitter. Yes, it sounds like it should take about 2 minutes, I know. But there are subtleties there which take some time to understand, as in so much of our use of technology. Since my life is so full of excitement (sarcasm), I was having a difficult time deciding
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Booking Through Thursday of February 26, 2009: CollectiblesHardcover? Or paperback?Illustrations? Or just text?First editions? Or you don’t care?Signed by the author? Or not? I am definitely a reader, not a collector. I much prefer paperbacks and buy many of them used. For some of my favorite series, I will buy new but will still wait
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I’m new to this challenge thing. I’ve no idea whether it will really change my reading habits or not at this point, but I do hope it brings me new options. So far, I’ve read the following for Read Your Own Books 2009: 1. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd; I found this
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I’m experimenting with blog templates, so if you are one of the three people who visit this page regularly, you might notice it changes a lot. Please bear with me as I enjoy learning about Blogger. Meanwhile, here are some sources for templates if you are interested yourself: Blogcrowds Blogger Buster Blog and Web ©
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Booking Through Thursday, December 25, 2008“What are the most “wintery” books you can think of? The ones that almost embody Winter?”(Personally, “A Winters Tale” by Mark Helprin pretty much nails this for me, and “Smilla’s Sense of Snow” was right up there…) I thoroughly agree — “Winter’s Tale” came to mind immediately when I read
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I am fortunate to be able to read more than one book at a time — not to say simultaneously (but wouldn’t that be cool?) — as long as they are from sufficiently different genres. At the moment, I’m still slowly making my way through How We Die: Reflections on Life’s Final Chapter by Sherwin
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