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
7.Jan.2010 at 7 | jspeyton
On new year’s resolutions, the TBR shelves, the book beast, old and new friends, and magazine madness:
A word: I’m terrible at New Year’s Resolutions. The only year I’ve ever stuck with my resolution is in 2001 when I vowed to follow Polonius’ advice, “To thine own self be true.” That was the year I graduated [...]
Tagged: Reading ,hunger games, jane austen, m.r. james, new year's resolution, tbr shelf, virginia woolf, wilkie collins
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