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
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2009 Books and Reading Recap
It’s time for my favorite annual post: my Books and Reading Recap for 2009! In this post I break down the books I bought and/or read during 2009 into all sorts of different stats and lists. It’s a nerdy thing to do and I love every minute of it. Previous annual installments include: 2008, 2007.… Continue reading 2009 Books and Reading Recap
Polysyllabic Spree – October 2009
Books Purchased: The Queen of the Tambourine by Jane Gardam The Man Who Ate Everything by Jeffrey Steingarten Look at the Birdie by Kurt Vonnegut The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner’s Dilemma by Trenton Lee Stewart Fire by Kristin Cashore The Wild Things by Dave Eggers (fur covered edition) Bright-sided by Barbara Ehrenreich Books… Continue reading Polysyllabic Spree – October 2009
Polysyllabic Spree – September 2009
Books Acquired: Books Purchased September 2009 Graceling by Kristin Cashore Pilgrims by Garrison Keillor The Magicians by Lev Grossman The Most Beautiful Book in the World by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt For Grace Received by Valeria Parrella Best American Non-Required Reading 2009 edited by Dave Eggers The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food by Judith Jones (present)… Continue reading Polysyllabic Spree – September 2009
What my money will be spent on this fall:
Scribblenauts for DS (Sept 15) Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman (Sept 22) I and Love and You by The Avett Brothers (Sept 29) Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger (Sept 29) Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby (Sept 29) Good Eats: The Early Years by Alton Brown (Oct 1) The Mysterious Benedict Society… Continue reading What my money will be spent on this fall:
Polysyllabic Spree – May 2009
Books Purchased: Books Bought – May 2009 Alice, Let’s Eat by Calvin Trillin Another Marvelous Thing by Laurie Colwin A Big Storm Knocked it Over by Laurie Colwin The Lone Pilgrim by Laurie Colwin A Very Private Eye: An Autobiography in Dairies and Letters by Barbara Pym The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery The… Continue reading Polysyllabic Spree – May 2009
Upcoming Books
I’ve been inspired by Kelly’s recent post about upcoming books that she’s looking forward to, and wanted to post a list of the books that I’m looking forward to this year as well. My list starts with Shanghai Girls by Lisa See, coming out on May 26. I loved Snow Flower and the Secret Fan… Continue reading Upcoming Books
Polysyllabic Spree – March 2009
I had a great week with Emma, who was visiting from Michigan this week. We had a lot of adventures, and I have many pictures to post. I also have a lot of Vox posts to catch up with, starting with my Polysyllabic Spree for March. Books Purchased: Books Purchased – March 2009 Comfort me… Continue reading Polysyllabic Spree – March 2009
2008 Books and Reading Recap
I finally finished my second annual Books and Reading Recap. I loved going through my lists last year and finding fun stats about the books I read, so it was very fun to do this again for 2008. I’m using the same information I posted last year, and added even more stats. (To see my… Continue reading 2008 Books and Reading Recap
If this isn't nice, I don't know what is
Every November 11 I like to remember Kurt Vonnegut and his favorite holiday, Armistice Day. I think this year I’d like to post one of my favorite parts of A Man Without a Country, which I try to live by (as corny as that sounds). But I had a good uncle, my late Uncle Alex.… Continue reading If this isn't nice, I don't know what is
Polysyllabic Spree – October 2008
Books Purchased – October 2008 Books Purchased: Anne of the Island by L. M. Montgomery State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America edited by Matt Weiland and Sean Wilsey The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver Wish I Could Be There by Allen Shawn The Assistant by Robert Walser The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop by Lewis Buzbee… Continue reading Polysyllabic Spree – October 2008
Summer Reading 2008 Recap
One of the main reasons I’m posting my summer reading recap so late, is that I’ve tried to post it several times and gave up because I realized how boring it is. At the beginning of the summer I set a goal of seven specific books to read this summer, and I ended up reading… Continue reading Summer Reading 2008 Recap