I just finished reading Rabbit, Run by John Updike for my book club meeting tomorrow. I’m not sure exactly what I think of it, but I wanted to get some of my own thoughts down before the meeting. I apologize for the randomness and stream-of-consciousness of the entry, I’m sort of write-thinking at the moment. [...]
Sunday Salon
This week my reading started out really slowly. Despite working on it all week, it took me until Friday to finish The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean. So starting on Saturday I finally got to jump into the pile of books I’m trying to get read in June. The Books on My TBR Pile Thanks [...]
I almost skipped Sunday Salon today, for no good reason, but then I remembered the award that Jodie from Book Gazing gave me — the Heartfelt Award — where she specifically mentioned she liked my Sunday Salon posts. Reading that made me really happy and thinking about it inspired me to work on a post [...]
I just finished The Book Thief by Markus Zusak and wow, just wow. Such a good book! It’s one of those that I’m a little sad is over because I loved reading it so much. I was absorbed by all of the characters, totally drawn into their stories, wanting the best for them even though [...]
I’m done with the semester, yay!! I finished my last tests and projects last Thursday, and I’ve been off the grid since. Pretty much no Twitter, no Google Reader, and no blog, just spending time with my family and friends from the Twin Cities. It’s been great. Today was the first afternoon in I don’t [...]
I feel like I’ve acquired a ton of new books this week. Over the last few weeks I requested a lot of things from the library — the books on my shelves just haven’t been inspiring me. I’m on long wait lists for a few of them, but I guess the others were all in [...]
Yesterday I spent the morning with my family celebrating Easter and the afternoon on a five hour bus trip back to Madison, so no time for a Sunday Salon. I did have a fabulous reading week, however, and wanted to write a little bit about that this morning before school takes hold. Lu at Regular [...]
Last week I asked people to vote for what book I should read next. Readers chose The Hours by Michael Cunningham, which so far has been awesome! The book has three narrative strands — author Virginia Woolf writing Mrs. Dalloway, society woman Clarissa Vaughan planning a party, and 1950s housewife Laura Brown struggling with her [...]
I packed a ton of books for my vacation last week, expecting that I’d read a lot on the plane rides. But both flights left around 6:00 in the morning, so I ended up sleeping more than reading on the planes. Sister and I did take a lot of public transportation in San Francisco, so [...]
It’s been a quiet week here at the blog, but that’ s because I just needed a break from blogging. I just couldn’t think of much to write about, so I figured I’d just not write anything. In place of blogging, I got a lot of other things done. I finished reading Dangerous Laughter by [...]
