I had to call attention to this quote from the interview on Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist with George RR Martin, Garner Dozois, and Daniel Abraham, whose collaboration Hunter’s Run is about to come out. For those who are not familiar with George RR Martin, he is the author of the 7-book epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire. He’s currently working on book #5, and the whole thing was optioned by HBO to become a 7-season TV series. Now that’s worth getting cable for.
I’m a few days late with this but I loved the question, and decided to use it after finishing a work read about a rather lonely little girl. When growing up did your family share your love of books? If so, did one person get you into reading? And, do you have any family-oriented memories with books and reading? (Family trips to bookstore, reading the same book as a sibling or parent, etc.)
About 200 pages into Second Glance by Jodi Picoult, I decided to give up–not just on the book, but on her altogether. I thought she was just hit-and-miss, but now I’m convinced that if I read anything more by her I’ll stop liking the one book of hers I did like, Sister’s Keeper, which I just recommended to my friend Karen. I thought I’d really enjoy Second Glance, which promised to delve into eugenics in the first part of the 20th Century in America, a…
I got a lovely email from Chauceriangirl telling me she loved my blog & expressing her shared admiration for my dear beloved Shirley Jackson. (The link takes you to a great post she wrote about Shirley Jackson inspired by our email exchange.) In her email, she wrote (printed with her permission):
I had a work read today that was an oddity of a historical novel. I suspect some of what I read will stay with me for quite some time. So, in honor of that read, here’s a meme I found at So Many Books
Updated–for more on the nominations, check out this thread at Scanners. Here are the movies I submitted to Eddie on Film for the quest to determine who will be America’s Favorite 25 Non-English Language Films. I’ve bolded the ones which didn’t make the final selection, which was chosen from films which received at least 3 mentions.
I was asked by Eddie on Film to participate in putting together a list of my favorite foreign language films so that we could create a definitive online list. In another incarnation, I blogged about film, which is how Eddie knows me, and cinema is definitely a big passion of mine. Voting is open until Sunday, September 16th. You can find the list & how to vote here. Below is my selection from the list of the best of the bunch, and I’ve posted the…
Updated: Thanks to everyone who helped. The site seems to be working fine. Apparently the scripts I’m running on the far right are breaking my site in IE. Because I have a new Mac, I can’t check this out for myself. I’m told that when I remove the scripts the site works fine in IE. I can tell from looking at the stats that people like the Librarything, BookMooch, and Google Reader features, so I don’t want to get rid of them. But I don’t…
I realize this is not a blog about dance. In fact, dance and reading couldn’t be more disparate activities. You definitely can’t do them at the same time.
The Long and the Short of it is running a contest to promote their new review site! The prize is a bag of books and bath products. Sounds like heaven to me. Thanks again to everyone who participated in the Bookworms Carnival and commented on the post. There’s nothing like reading about reading, right? Head over to hidden side of a leaf for info on the next carnival. The theme is classics. Guess I’ll be queuing up either Moll Flanders or Sentimental Education by September…