Library Mishap Update: Week 3

Well, kids, this is it.  The moment of truth.  Did I, or did I not, manage to read 1,927 pages in three weeks?  And more importantly, did I learn one single blessed thing from the experience?  Read on. Tuesday (5/1): Still a touch burnt out from 11/22/63, so I didn’t do any reading today.  Instead, [...]

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Library Mishap Update: Week 2

Yep.  Still reading. Tuesday (4/24): Started 11/22/63, by Stephen King, and was instantly captivated.  Blazed through the first 75 pages before starting work for the day, then 32 before bed, for a total of 107 pages.  (I don’t have much time in the evenings this week, as I’m on a business trip to a very [...]

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Library Mishap Update

Last week after I posted about the little problem I had at the library (oh, playing with that holds queue is a dangerous game – let this be a lesson to you kids out there), Eagle-Eyed Editor gave me a vote of confidence and some much-needed encouragement in my quest to read 1,927 pages by [...]

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Oops I Did It Again

Had another library mishap.  Or, well, not really a mishap.  At least no one can blame me this time. Here’s what happened: I’d been adding books to my holds queue, I thought strategically.  I spaced out the additions and I seemed to be at wildly varying points in my wait for all of these books.  [...]

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My First Literary Crush

Raise your hand if you have crushed on a fictional character. Last week I read Austenland, by Shannon Hale – a fluffy, fun bit about a woman who lets her crush on Mr. Darcy get in the way of her real-life relationships.  Most bookish girls have had crushes on their favorite fictional heroes… right?  I know I [...]

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Bookmark Rodeo

About a week and a half ago, Eagle-Eyed Editor, a blogger I’ve recently come to admire, posted about souvenir book hunting.  Now, I usually don’t bring books home from vacation, because I’m often traveling on the strength of one backpack.  (A big one, to be sure, but you can’t do two weeks in England on [...]

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In Which I Ponder Why I Read

Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read.  One does not love breathing. ~Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird I’m not like Scout Finch.  It didn’t take a stern teacher forbidding me from reading to convince me that I loved to read.  I think that, on some level, I’ve always known [...]

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Sister Lit

Last month I read The Weird Sisters, a debut novel by Eleanor Brown.  In many ways, it followed a formula.  Sisters butt heads but love each other at the same time.  (Well, to be honest, the Andreas sisters of The Weird Sisters did more head-butting… metaphorical, of course… than loving.  But there was some loving.)  [...]

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I Might Have Overdone It

…Just a little bit.  Sometimes I don’t know when to stop.  It’s a particular character flaw of mine: I get carried away in libraries.  I don’t think there’s a cure.  It happens in tea shops too, but usually not to this extent.  (That involves spending money, which tempers me a little bit.  Darn free public [...]

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On Being There

I’m a reader, and a traveler – of both the “armchair” and reality persuasions.  The turning of pages transports me to other places and times and introduces me to new people who, sometimes, become almost as real as the people I meet in my day-to-day life.  Reading has also enhanced my travel experiences tremendously; for [...]

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