The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as the charm of music dwells not in the tones but in the echoes of our hearts. - Oliver Wendell Holmes
11.Apr.2010 at 11 | jspeyton
On boggled plans, letting the great word spin, and a classic epic reimagined into classic mini epics:
So, yesterday didn’t work out quite as I’d planned. I’d planned on reading for all of the afternoon and all of the evening with a few breaks here and there. As it happened, I ended dipping out of reading [...]
28.Nov.2009 at 28 | jspeyton
On the Times’ 100 notables of 2009:
Yesterday was a big, fat no man’s land day for me. I wasn’t a part of the rampaging crowds mobbing the stores on the Black Friday (just the thought of it gives me goosebumps *shivers*) and obviously I didn’t post. What did I do yesterday? Read. I’m pretty sure [...]
20.Nov.2009 at 20 | jspeyton
On seven (!) new additions to the TBR shelf:
This week was a good week for book-buying. I’m so excited about the books I got this week that it makes me sad that I don’t/can’t read all of my books as fast as I buy them. Still, it’s nice to be able to look at them [...]
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