There’s a great conversation taking place on the Socratic Salon this week about the way audiobooks impact our reading experience. Readers interact with audiobooks in so many different ways, and it’s been interesting to read everyone’s thoughts, the challenges they have, and their favorite audiobooks. I decided to expand on the thoughts I shared there… Continue reading Listening to the Classics on audiobook
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Words to live by: Betty Smith
Today’s quote is from one of my most favorite books, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith. I love this line from the 72 year old novel, and it still fits in very well with the resurgence of the desire for mindfulness and meditation in our daily lives that many of us are seeking… Continue reading Words to live by: Betty Smith
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Every year, about the time when fall starts getting very chilly and threatens to turn into winter, I get the urge to tackle a big classic novel. I don’t always give into it. Often when I do it’s a Dickens novel. Last year it was Moby Dick. This year the urge hit, and to my… Continue reading The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
“Hast seen the White Whale?”
I have just finished reading Moby Dick. I think you should read it too, and while you’re at it you may as well listen to the audiobook read by Anthony Heald, because his majestic narration is the only thing that will really do justice to Herman Melville’s masterpiece. It helped me slow down and appreciate… Continue reading “Hast seen the White Whale?”
2013 Five Book Bucket List Challenge
At the beginning of the year I set a reading goal on GoodReads: Read 80 books in 2013. It was somewhat arbitrary, but reasonable. In 2012 I read 63 books, which was a 5 year low. I didn’t think I could crack 100 though, so I set my goal in the middle. Tonight I finished… Continue reading 2013 Five Book Bucket List Challenge