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A lovely haul
One thing I forgot to mention the other day (aside from citing a visit to a specific Barnes&Noble) is that a big part of our Ithaca vacation each year is a book binge. I save up for quite a while … Continue reading
“Can you love someone you don’t remember?” (A book review)
How can love persist in a world without memory? That’s the question posed by author Sarina Dahlan in her debut novel, Reset. A while back I received an advance copy of a this novel, and I’m happy to report that it’s … Continue reading
Roger
Sheila O’Malley re-shared her post on the anniversary of Roger Ebert’s passing today, and I thought, why not do the same? Here’s what I posted the day he died. I still miss his writing. There’s something about those Chicago newspaper … Continue reading
January Reading (From the Books)
I’m going to try, in 2022, to write a monthly recap of the books (and other things) I read each month. I had a good reading month and am well on my way to meeting my annual goal of 52 … Continue reading
Bridges
There are songs that come free from the blue-eyed grass, from the dust of a thousand country roads. This is one of them. —The Bridges of Madison County, Robert James Waller In a real way, an era of my life … Continue reading
From the Books: “This Will All Be Over Soon” by Cecily Strong
Cecily Strong is one of my favorite performers on what is a very strong present cast on Saturday Night Live. In fact, this particular season she is getting featured a lot more than usual, possibly because Kate McKinnon has been on … Continue reading
The Past harmonizes: 11/22/63, by Stephen King
(Re-upping this one after a discussion of Stephen King on Twitter, and specifically this book, made me remember this post!) One odd bit of Star Trek lore that I didn’t know about until I read one of William Shatner’s … Continue reading
“I shall read you to the bitter end!” vowed the Reader….
An interesting discussion erupted over on Twitter the other day, occasioned by this tweet: 'It's an insult to authors not to finish every book you start' – strong stuff from my excellent colleague @ruhawksley (I took 'A Suitable Boy' away … Continue reading
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From the Books: Why We Swim
Sometimes people cite the lack of browsing as a reason why it sucks that the independent bookstore has fallen on hard times in these, the Days of Amazon and other online retailers. And that’s true: one of the great joys … Continue reading
“And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day”
Yeah, I’m pretty much back to normal this morning. I’m not planning on testing myself again until tomorrow, but it’s really looking like I’ve weathered my own personal COVID storm pretty well. I’m one of the lucky ones for whom … Continue reading →