Oops, I bought some owls. October has been a productive month for me so far… in some ways. I finally finished Wolf Hall; I ordinarily move through books pretty quickly (or else I could hardly be a Victorianist), but this one stalled me for a number of weeks. It was a slow read, in a [...]
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Poetry and Owls
Posted in read, things, travels on October 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
summer reading update
Posted in read on June 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I just finished The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield. I accidentally bought this book twice—once at Costco and once at a thrift store. I was able to return the (unread) Costco copy, which left me with a barely (and probably not completely) read second-hand copy that included several pages of notepaper filled with spoilers and [...]
summer reading
Posted in read, things on June 17, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Recently, I acquired a Kindle. I think that I’m an unlikely candidate for an e-reader. I love books. I collect useless antique volumes that I never intend to read. My living spaces are filled with stacks and stacks of books, some chosen mostly for the covers. I often read in the bathtub; despite this suggestion, [...]
