Last night’s work read was a children’s book written by a celebrity. Daily Blog Tips is hosting a blog project about mistakes. I used to blog for my day job, and I made a ton of mistakes when I started out. I also made some mistakes when I first started this blog back in October.
I just signed up to read 3 books that have been banned at some point before June 30, 2007. Visit the Pelham Library site if you’d like to sign up for the Banned Books Challenge yourself. I’ll be reading: What Janie Found by Caroline B, Cooney–FINISHED The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier–FINISHED The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Keatley Snyder–FINISHED I am always shocked at what books get banned… who are these people, anyway?
From American State:
I just finished a work read about babysitting, something I’ve done a lot of in my life. I think those days are past, but you never know. I guess if Reading is my Superpower isn’t making me a six-figure salary by the end of the current fiscal year, I’ll be putting up flyers at the local grocery store. New reader Todd (hi, Todd!) writes:
I found a fun challenge over at Callapidder Days–just make a list of the books you want to read this spring. So, at some point between today and June 21st, the first day of summer, I’ll be reading: 1. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky 2. Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson 3. Blindness by Henry Green Tomorrow is my last day at my job, which means no more morning/evening commute, which is when I do most of my reading. But never…
If you check out my sidebar, you’ll see that I’ve added a feature that shows 10 randomly selected books from my online library at Librarything. I am a bit of an obsessive, so of course I will not rest until every book I own is in there. Cute, huh?
Today’s New York Times had a review of Jonathan Lethem’s new book, You Don’t Love Me Yet. I don’t see what the big deal is about Lethem–I thought this book was ably written but lacking vitality, and Motherless Brooklyn made me put it down after about 100 pages because it bored me.
Synopsis: One girl with four personalities at war for dominance, and her only hope is the doctor who is growing to loathe her. Review: I swear this has never happened to me–I could have sworn I read The Bird’s Nest when I went through my Shirley Jackson phase back in 1998. I found this awesome woman in Canada who found me most of her out-of-print books–except this one–in a used bookstore in Toronto. I knew I didn’t own The Bird’s Nest, but I thought that…
In honor of a rather silly book I read about a high school girl with a crush, I give you this article on the journey Lewis Carroll’s classic took in the Soviet Union. A choice excerpt:
Amazon.com has an online book club, and they’re currently reading the Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy by Sigrid Unset. I read the first one last fall, and am looking forward to books 2 and 3. I fell in love with Kristin, and so did translator Tiina Nunnally, who writes for Amazon: