This makes me pretty sad. This bookstore is right across the street from Roosevelt University. I have to admit I didn’t buy much there (part of the problem! not the solution!) but then I didn’t buy any architecture books anywhere else, either. At least not recently. I’m…
All happy novels resemble one another, each unhappy novel is unhappy in its own way. I don’t know. I was just trying something. Talked to friend/writer/fellow dog owner Mary Anne today about books that leave you happy at the end. Not just satisfied, which is a requirement….
Just posted about my love (jealousy) of Alice Munro, but you’re not sitting at school or at work with a copy of her book, are you? No, you aren’t. How about I do some linky-linky and you guys can pretend to be listening in a meeting or…
43. Strong Poison– Dorothy L. Sayers44. Sexing the Cherry– Jeanette Winterson (Wow, could two books be less alike?) 45. Selected Stories– Alice Munro….or, um, actually. That’s a lie. I’m thisclose to being done with this book, but not quite. These so-called short stories are like little mini…
For some reason today I was thinking about “summer reading” and how is “summer reading” different than other reading. I don’t believe I’ve come to any conclusions, although I think it might have something to do with people with kids. People with kids are too busy during…
I continue to ignore the reading list I set for myself this year. Classics! Who needs them? Here’s what I read instead. 41. Olive Kitteredge– Elizabeth Strout42. The Angel’s Game– Carlos Ruiz Zafón The Angel’s Game is Zafón’s second novel. I hate to say it, but I…
Some of this is cross-posted at my other (secret) (that I already told you about) blog. Every year I have a reading goal (could I be a bigger nerd?) and keep track of what I read (yes). I’ve found that keeping track is the only way to…
I should really be packing for vacation or at least thinking about packing, but I am not. I’m thinking about a story I read this morning about censorship of a high school short story class curriculum. First of all, how lucky are those bitches to be able…
OK, one more thing this morning before I get down to business. (Business today: playing with dog, reading story for Kelly H., readying for vacation to Wisconsin, picking up diploma(!), having wine with Kelly H. to talk about her story, and maybe, just maybe, putting some words…
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