21.Jan.2010 at 21 | jspeyton
On difficult questions, complicated answers, being conscious of what you read, and the wonder of stories:
I had plans to write about something completely different today. In fact, I was going to post about my very first Library Loot (!). I picked up a great pile of books and I couldn’t wait to share them with [...]
Tagged: Journal, Reading ,barbara roden, censoring an iranian love story, dear american airlines, home, marilynn robinson, marlon james, mrs. dalloway, northwest passages, sarah waters, shahria mandanipour, the book of night women, the little stranger, the lost city of z, virginia woolf
7.Jul.2009 at 7 | jspeyton
On rethinking the reasons why I blog and how to make a delicious soup (the blogging kind):
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about why I have a book blog. Is it for the ARCs, or is it to “meet” like-minded people who love reading as much as I do? Is it for the popularity and [...]
Tagged: Books, Journal, miscellany ,ARCS, blogging, soup, stress