Archive for the ‘Current Reading’ Category
This book is WONDERFUL! A well-deserved award.
Posted: March 15, 2011 in Current Reading, Hot Book News, Literary Events, National Book Critics CircleTags: montaigne, national book critics circle, sarah bakewell
Wow, what a loaded question. I’m reading an awful lot of articles for school, plus of course a text book on the subject of information (who knew one word could require an entire textbook?). For my LIS450 course, I’m currently reading Anne Fadiman’s The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, the story of a [...]
Reader, I finished it. It took me approximately seven hours to finish Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which is just over 100 pp. per hour. Not that I’m bragging, or anything. I picked up my copy at Borders in Algonquin at the midnight release, having secured myself a good place in line by braving [...]
Even if I don’t always specifically mention it, I’m always reading. I may not be finishing books (mostly because I have the terrible habit of starting way too many at a time), but I am always reading. In addition to books, I read literary-related periodicals. Like with the books, I read far too many to [...]
No dallying here! It’s a New Year and I’m not letting any grass grow under my feet. I’ve finished my first book of 2007 already, and some of you may be thinking that’s disgusting and wrong. I humbly apologize, but cite my traditionally frantic need to cram as much reading into each year as possible, [...]
This time of year is positively deadly for me… It’s the fall, and that means the hot books are coming out like mad, in anticipation of the holiday rush. I can’t NOT know about them, thanks to the many nefarious email and postal mail newsletters being sent to me by the publishers themselves (foul enablers!), [...]
Not all surprises are good surprises, but recently I’ve discovered one that is. I’ve managed to find what I can only describe as my own personal warp drive (have been watching lots of Star Trek re-runs lately – does it show?) when it comes to reading speed. Perhaps it’s just a virtue of necessity, in [...]
The Expected One by Kathleen McGowan I will say this, Kathleen McGowan is someone who does seem to have the courage of her convictions. If she’s faking her zeal on the subject of Mary Magdalene she’s doing a very thorough job of it. My insincerity detector didn’t sound, at least on this score. I really [...]
From France to Ireland: Two Outstanding Works of Contemporary Fiction
Posted: August 3, 2006 in Current ReadingThe story behind the publication of Suite Francaise is exceptional. Author Irene Nemirovsky was a Jewish woman living in France at the time of World War II. Already a published author respected for her wonderfully literate style, she had a premonition the end was near. As the Nazis marched into France, and the French rolled [...]
Alright, I finished Marley & Me, and now I know what the fuss was about… It’s a very sweet tale about one of the most rambunctious, undisciplined dogs you’re ever likely to encounter. Grogan’s style is very funny, though occasionally sappy, but I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt on that being a dog [...]
