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
14.Jan.2010 at 14 | jspeyton
On booking through Thursday and the flapper in you:
This week’s Booking Through Thursday:
Suggested by Prairie Progressive:
Do you read the inside flaps that describe a book before or while reading it?
I often read the inside flap of books I’ve never heard of before, but not so much if it’s a book with which I’m already familiar. If [...]
Tagged: Reading ,booking through thursday, david grann, lost city of z, the new yorker
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