One of the reasons I love reading so passionately is that I firmly believe that books can permanently change your outlook on life. Recently, I’ve been thinking about the books that had the most impact on me, and I’ve realized I read most of them between the ages of 9 and 14. I’ve forgotten many […]
Books
Reading The Newspaper
I have a confession to make. I have never, ever read a newspaper. Not really. When I was a kid, I’d read the comics. When I was a teenager, I’d read the advice and opinion pages (and also the comics). But I never read the actual news. Since I moved out of my parents’ house, […]
All the Money in the World
If you had all the money in the world, not literally, but enough to accomplish whatever you wanted, what would you do? How would you live? How would your life be fundamentally different from the way you live it now? What can you do to make some of those dreams into reality, with the resources […]
The Perfect Reading Day
Today I had one of those perfect reading days. I read almost an entire book- about 350 pages of the 400 in the novel- in one sitting. It was glorious. Here are the factors required for a perfect reading day: 1. An unspecified chunk of time. You can’t have any serious obligations to rush off […]
The Rise of Young Adult Fiction
The other day, while reading the NY Times online, I stumbled across this brief, interesting article by Patricia McCormick, a young adult fiction author: http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/ The article begins: If “Harry Potter” made it safe for grown-ups to read kids’ books, “The Hunger Games” has made it cool. Why are so many adults reading young adult […]
I’ve Got Your Number
Vacation week merits a light, fun book to read. I couldn’t have picked a better one than I’ve Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella: I’ve always loved Sophie Kinsella’s books. I think she’s one of the best women’s fiction writers out there. Her heroines are strong, ethical women who are also witty, quirky and more […]