Author: Emily

Book-hoarding INFJ who likes to leave the Shire and go on adventures.

Vox Hunt: Takes Me Back

Audio:  Share a song that makes you nostalgic. Submitted by Alex. Electric Avenue Eddy Grant It doesn’t get much better than Eddy Grant’s Electric Avenue. Sophomore year of college. 314 Mason Hall. My two best friends in the world are there, bobbing their heads to this Room Of Pi theme song. Emily (ESG) and I… Continue reading Vox Hunt: Takes Me Back

Vox Hunt: Required Reading

Book:  Show us a book everyone should read before they die. Submitted by Rob. The Phantom Tollbooth Norton Juster Other suggestions: The Book Thief 3 comments A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Life of Pi The Great Gatsby (This post was brought over from emilyw.vox.com. Click here for the original post and comments.)

Links for 5.1.07

Here’s an internet trove of wonderful old pictures. The menu bar is on the left; it can be a bit hard to find between the ads. Essential Architecture has a list of places in the world to see in your lifetime. Click on a city name to see a more extensive list for each location.… Continue reading Links for 5.1.07

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Top Five: Caldecott Books

Last summer I completed my quest of reading all 69 Caldecott Medal winners. Since then, one of my favorite children’s book authors and illustrators, David Wiesner, won the 2007 Caldecott Medal for Flotsam. The Caldecott Medal is primarily recognition for outstanding art and illustrations, though how these illustrations work with the text of the book… Continue reading Top Five: Caldecott Books

Hoboken Photos

Ryan and I just got back from a walk, and I took some random photographs of things or scenes that caught my eye. (This post was brought over from emilyw.vox.com.)

Kurt is up in heaven now.

Well, I’ve composed myself a little more since 8 am this morning. I’ve been reading a lot of wonderful things about Vonnegut online, and I’m going to compile them here in a humble little attempt at a tribute to one of my greatest heros. First, a wonderfully appropriate quote from an interview: VONNEGUT: Well, there… Continue reading Kurt is up in heaven now.

Goodbye Blue Monday

Kurt Vonnegut has passed away. I don’t have words to express how sad I am. So it goes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Vonnegut NYT Article (This post was brought over from emilyw.vox.com.)

Latest Purchases

Friday I bought Reading Like a Writer by Francine Prose. My mom loved this book, and it looks great. It’s also recommended by McSweeney’s. Today I bought Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson. I’ve been wanting to read more biographies, and this one was just released today. I’ve always been intrigued by Albert… Continue reading Latest Purchases

Beautiful Saturday

  Today was a gorgeous spring day. Warm and sunny, with a bright blue, welcoming sky. Ryan and I walked all over Greenwich Village, Noho, and East Village. We visited 5 bookstores we had never been to. My favorite was St. Marks Bookshop, it was very trendy with great displays. I got the new Paris… Continue reading Beautiful Saturday