Here’s something for Valentine’s Day.
Have you ever fallen out of love with a favorite author? Was the last book you read by the author so bad, you broke up with them and haven’t read their work since? Could they ever lure you back?
In college and for a time afterwards, I was obsessed with Umberto Eco’s [...]
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The kind and well-read Walrus tagged me for the 123 meme. Thank you!
I’m currently reading Renegade’s Magic by Robin Hobb, which is sitting at the top of the stack next to my nursing glider. Also in the stack: The Axe by Sigrid Undset, the New King James Bible (not that I have bothered [...]
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I made Bybee’s day (thanks!!) so here are 10 people who made my day recently:
Sheila, for blogging a Real Housewives conversation I wish I’d been a part of.
YA author extraordinaire Laurie Halse Anderson, for running to raise money to fight leukemia and lymphoma.
Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist for my free book.
Eva for such a fabulous meme.
The other [...]
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What’s your favorite book that nobody else has heard of? You know, not Little Women or Huckleberry Finn, not the latest best-seller . . . whether they’ve read them or not, everybody “knows” those books. I’m talking about the best book that, when you tell people that you love it, they go, “Huh? Never [...]
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This week’s question is suggested by Puss Reboots:
How much do reviews (good and bad) affect your choice of reading? If you see a bad review of a book you wanted to read, do you still read it? If you see a good review of a book you’re sure you won’t like, do you change your [...]
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How did you come across your favorite author(s)? Recommended by a friend? Stumbled across at a bookstore? A book given to you as a gift?
Was it love at first sight? Or did the love affair evolve over a long acquaintance?
You can find my favorite authors listed in the first sidebar column. Here’s a rundown [...]
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What new books are you looking forward to most in 2008? Something new being published this year? Something you got as a gift for the holidays? Anything in particular that you’re planning to read in 2008 that you’re looking forward to? A classic, or maybe a best-seller from 2007 that you’re waiting to appear in [...]
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Via BookGal–I’ve bolded the ones I’ve read.
1. Margaret Mitchell, Gone With the Wind
2. Anne Rice, Interview With the Vampire
3. Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse
4. Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway
5. Virginia Woolf, The Waves
6. Virginia Woolf, Orlando
7. [...]
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Thanks, Book-a-rama!
1. Do you remember learning to read? How old were you?
I don’t. I was very young.
2. What do you find most challenging to read?
Theory & philosophy. Christian Metz nearly did me in during grad school.
3. What are your library habits?
I’m all about online requests.
4. Have your library habits changed since you were [...]
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Christmas Meme, from Book-a-rama–
1. What is your favorite Christmas romance to re-read each year?
I don’t have one, unless you count the account in Luke.
2. What is your favorite Christmas movie/show?
A Christmas Story–absolutey. It reminds me of growing up with my little brother, now a not-so-little 31.
3. What is your favorite Christmas cookie?
Gingerbread–the warm, [...]
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