I suppose as humans beings mature reach major milestones, they may become more inclined to reflect on their lives. As 40 approaches, that’s certainly become more and more true for me. I don’t want to dread the inevitable. I know it’s simply a waste of energy. It cheats one from enjoying the present. The present, [...]
Ulysses Read-a-Long or Jousting with Joyce
1 Feb By 4 Comments
My all-time favorite college course was my class on Joyce. I have mentioned it several times here, mainly around Bloomsday. So, when Jill from Fizzy Thoughts announced a Ulysses read-a-long, how could I not jump on the bandwagon? Beginning today, 12 of us brave souls embark on a 6 week tour of Ulysses. The plan [...]
My Current Reading Impediment
6 Jan By 10 Comments
Every time I pick up this book to read I can’t get this song out of my head, making it difficult to concentrate Kinda glad Franzen didn’t chose this title I’m such a child of the ’80s…
Literate Housewife’s Best of 2010
29 Dec By 14 Comments
It’s always hard to believe, but we’re almost to the end of another year. I already wrote about how this year was the year that audiobooks made themselves known fully in my life. At the time I thought that post was going to be my only year-end post. Ultimately I decided I couldn’t let 2010 [...]
#readingfreude or Jennifer Comes to Jesus
4 Oct By 11 Comments
As a book blogger, I have been out of commission pretty much since #franzenfreude hit the fans. I’ve read some tweets and random articles about the brouhaha while I’ve been absent, but by no means have I kept up to date with ruckus. What I’ve read a couple of weeks ago changes my perspective. In [...]
It’s A Mystery
29 Jul By 14 Comments
I don’t read a lot of Mystery/Thrillers. When I ask myself what I want to read, Mystery/Thrillers don’t come up. However, after reading Stieg Larsson’s Millennium series and Tana French’s In the Woods (loved – review to post soon), I have been wondering why that is. There is just something about a character who is [...]
Daydreaming about Beach Reading
21 Jul By 17 Comments
My beach vacation is only 9 days away. I’m dreaming about the sandy beaches, no work, 6 days and 5 nights of relaxation with my family, and more sandy beaches. I cannot wait. As with all vacations, you must focus on preparation. Luckily there’s one thing I love to do in preparation of vacation time [...]
Tales of a 5th Grade Readaholic
2 Jul By 14 Comments
Every time I think about Louisa May Alcott and Little Women in particular I think about one of my most embarrassing school memories. So, while I was (finally!) working on my review of The Last Summer of Louisa May Alcott I thought I might as well write about this as well. It was on my [...]
Tuesday’s Temptation ~ June 7
8 Jun By 3 Comments
Despite how wonderful my current reads might be (or, this week, how incredibly disturbing), I really enjoy being able to look over my shelves and drool over the as-of-yet unread goodies. I don’t know about you, but I could spend a half hour or more just touching the spines and, because I have to double [...]
I’d Rather Be Reading, Wouldn’t I?
7 Jun By 15 Comments
“That’s it! I’m shutting down this computer so I can get back to my reading.” “I need to work on this review! Why can’t I pry myself away from the Web?” How may times have you had these or similar thoughts? How many times more have others around you expressed these types of thoughts on [...]
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