SUPERFASTREADER:
The rules: Top twenty favourite books in no particular order. Don’t think about it for too long. Take twenty minutes only to compile your list. Bold the ones you’ve read, or reread, since you’ve started blogging. Include novels, non fiction and plays.1. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
2. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
SLUSHPILE: Getting books signed is a strange phenomenon. As an aspiring author, I think writers should be willing to sign damn near anything...
OF BOOKS AND BYCICLES: Another way I’ve found to deal with my reading funk, in addition to listening to P.D. James novels on audio, is visiting my local used bookstore. Inspired by Kate’s group reading of Anne of Green Gables, I went out to find a copy this afternoon (and, inspired by Emily’s Eco-justice Challenge, I walked!).
SO MANY BOOKS: I came home from work today to find a couple of books in the mailbox. One, June Jordan’s Affirmative Acts, I mooched from Andi. The other, The Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Vol 1, I decided to splurge on with some of the birthday funds I received earlier in the month. Even [...]
WUTHERING EXPECTATIONS: With the important exception of Heinrich Heine, almost every major German-language writer in the next generation or two was a sort of regionalist. Jeremias Gotthelf and Gottfried Keller in Switzerland, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff in Westphalia, Edouard Mörike in Swabia, Adalbert Stifter in Austria, Theodor Storm in Schleswig-Holstein [...].
DANA HUFF: My daughter invited me to join
Goodreads several months ago, but I haven’t been very active on the site. I already review what I read here at this blog, so I didn’t see much point in reviewing books at Goodreads, too.
Goodreads is, however, growing as a social network of readers, complete with
Facebook and
MySpace apps.
LOWEBROW: Naturally, since this has been obtained by a rather odd formula, reminiscent of algorithms only sophisticated software engineers can interpret,
the excerpt doesn't make much sense on its own. But then again, I'm beginning to wonder if any of the novel makes sense! It's a criticism levelled often enough at my writing.
BOOKISH KITTY: I want to thank everyone who has taken the time to participate in the book drawings this month. This will be the last of the drawings for awhile. I do hope you'll try your luck!
This week I am offering four books.
PRAIRIEPROGRESSIVE: I noted yesterday
The Telegraph’s list of the 110 books it considers “the perfect library.” Perhaps further proving I am an illiterati, I evidently have not spent enough time in that library.
I’ve read only 17 of the books on the list — and more than a third were SF novels. I’m not going to repeat the full list here because it’s worth spending some time perusing and critiquing (or nit picking). Here’s how I fared in the 11 categories:
Blood on Paper is a new book art exhibition at the
Victoria and Albert Museum in London. A new edition of
The Secret Life of Plants (2001) by
Anselm Kiefer, seen above, was commission to be the main piece of the show, but unfortunately I can't find a photo of it. Another variation on this theme can be seen
here. If you can't make it to London, you can see a number of works from the exhibition
online, and also browse through the V&A's collection of over 100 "
artists books." Enjoy!
via Book Patrol
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