22.Mar.2010 at 22 | jspeyton
On not blogging for another few weeks, and books I’ve read and tried to read :
Sigh. Has it really been a month since I last posted? That hurts my feelings when I even think about it. I’ve been trying to get back to blogging for weeks and… nada. I haven’t completely given up blogging. In [...]
Tagged: Reading ,barbara roden, david engleman, j.d. robb, kathryn stockett, m.t. anderson, patricia high smith, readathon, wells tower
4.Feb.2010 at 4 | jspeyton
On booking through Thursday and winter reading:
Today’s Booking Through Thursday:
The northern hemisphere, at least, is socked in by winter right now… So, on a cold, wintry day, when you want nothing more than to curl up with a good book on the couch … what kind of reading do you want to do?
There’s something about [...]
Tagged: Reading ,barbara roden, bill streever, booking through thursday, dan simmons, david grann, gil adamson, jane austen, sarah waters, sherlock holmes, the little stranger, the outlander, the terror, wilkie collins
26.Jan.2010 at 26 | jspeyton
On Northwestern passages, crazy laughter, and awe and terror:
This Teaser Tuesdays post is a little late (when is it not?), but I haven’t done it in a while and I’m always a little sad when I miss out on the fun of Teaser Tuesdays. In keeping with the plan I made a while ago, this [...]
Tagged: Reading ,barbara roden, meme, northwest passages, teaser tuesdays
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