5.Jan.2010 at 5 | jspeyton
On end of the year best-of lists, a retrospective look at the highlights of 2009, YA books, new discoveries, dark magic, and a whole lot of good reading:
I’m sure you’ve never heard me say this before, but I love end-of-the-year best-of lists. I love the ones published by newspapers and magazines and especially those published [...]
Tagged: Reading ,anne fadiman, beginner's greek, clueless, dan simmons, daniel mendelsohn, emma, gil adamson, graceling, his dark materials, hornby, jim butcher, learning to drive, mr james, natalie angier, persuasion, philip pullman, pride and prejudice, roberto bolano, ron rash, the disreputable history of frankie landau-banks, the graveyard book, the hakawati, the hunger games, wilkie collins
6.Dec.2009 at 6 | jspeyton
On readathons, sleeping – not reading – the day away, back pain, and a few books:
First off, I hope everyone had a great time participating in Bethany’s Read. Read. Read-a-thon yesterday. I looks as if a lot of people got a lot of reading done, and those who didn’t at least had fun. As for [...]
Tagged: Reading ,daniel mendelsohn, gil adamson, no name, readathon, the outlander, wilkie collins
30.Nov.2009 at 30 | jspeyton
On thankfully reading weekend, sea monsters, ghosts, and same sex unions:
You probably don’t need me to tell you that I didn’t get nearly as much reading done as I’d planned. I figured it was an ambitious plan to begin with, but well, a girl can dream, right? I didn’t keep a page count, because I’m [...]
Tagged: Reading ,24 hour readathon, ben winters, daniel mendelsohn, jane austen, mr james, sense and sens, thanfully reading weekend
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 [...]
Tagged: Reading ,100 notable books of 2009, aleksander hemon, amy gerstler, ben h. winters, bill streever, colsen whitehead, colum mccann, dan choan, daniel mendelsohn, daniyal mueenuddin, david grann, greg grandin, hilary mantel, m.r. james, maile meloy, mary beard, mary karr, new york times, nick reding, sarah waters, steven johnson, wells tower
8.Nov.2009 at 8 | jspeyton
On all those great thoughts, Sunday spotlights, and the ‘middle’ in Middlesex:
Sunday is usually the most difficult day for me to blog, which is why I generally avoid it. I always feel as if I should write something deep and insightful about something – anything – I’ve read over the course of the week. I [...]
Tagged: Reading ,daniel mendelsohn, how beautiful it is and how easily it can be broken, jeffery eugenides, michael cunningham, middlesex, virginia woolf
14.Oct.2009 at 14 | jspeyton
On my inherent flakiness, internet on the fritz, lesbian fiction, and all that good reading:
If it were possible to hug and kiss a blog I would definitely do so right now. Oh, BiblioAddict how I’ve missed you! I know, I know. I say this – what? – at least like every other month, right? By [...]
Tagged: Books, Old Youtube, Reading ,alan bradley, daniel mendelsohn, fingersmith, how beautiful it is, just after sunset, no name, ryszard kapuscinski, sarah waters, stephen king, the sweetness at the bottom of the pie, travels with herodotus, wilkie collins