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 [...]
Tagged: Reading ,colum mccann, jasper fforde, let the great world spin, readathon, shades of grey, sunday salon
13.Sep.2009 at 13 | jspeyton
On pride, prejudice, and brain-eating zombies:
Earlier this year, I heard of the imminent publication of a little book called Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Now, I love me some zombies. There’s just something about the dead rising from their graves to eat and infect the living that makes me all tingly inside. Have I mentioned [...]
Tagged: Reading ,jane austen, pride and prejudice and zombies, seth grahame-smith, sunday salon
12.Apr.2009 at 12 | jspeyton
On a week of firsts and read-a-thons:
This week will be a week of firsts for little ole’ BiblioAddict. Firstly, I’ve finally joined Sunday Salon! I can’t believe it took me so long to join, especially since Sunday Salon has opened up a whole new world of book bloggers who I’ll be adding to my reader [...]
Tagged: Reading ,a jury of her peers, alan bennett, anne fadiman, e. lockhart, elain showalter, ex libris, graceling, j.d. robb, kirsten cashore, nadine gordimer, natalie angier, nick hornby, read-a-thon, roberto bolano, sunday salon, the canon, the disreputable history of frankie landau-banks, the uncommon reader, wilkie collins