Do you ever find yourself skipping to the end of a book, only to seriously regret it two minutes later? Last week I started re-reading Midwives by Chris Bohjalian. (It was part of the stack of books I had amassed from the library book sale in my post Importer/Exporter.) I’d read the book before, but it […]
Books
Favorite Reading Quotes
I’m dipping into some favorite reading quotes today. What’s your favorite quote about books? “A writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it.” -Samuel Johnson “I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.” -Groucho Marx “Reading takes us away […]
Sense and Sensibility: Emma Thompson
If it would fit, the title of this post would read: Sense and Sensibility, Part 2: An Homage to Emma Thompson As I re-read Jane Austen’s first novel (for more on the plot and analysis of Austen’s writing, see Sense and Sensibility, Part 1) I found myself thinking about and feeling awed by Emma Thompson’s screenplay […]
Importer/Exporter: Library Book Haul
For those of you waiting for Part 2 of the Sense and Sensibility post, it’s coming. But right now I want to share the things I’m most excited about in my reading and writing worlds. This afternoon, on a whim, I stopped by the library on the way home, thinking to restock on audiobooks for […]
Sense and Sensibility: Jane Austen
When I was in high school, a friend and I read all of Jane Austen’s books together, from Sense and Sensibility (1811) to Persuasion (1817). That experience was enough to certify me as an Austen lover for life; however, since then, I’ve only re-read Pride and Prejudice about once a year, and haven’t touched the other […]
Abridgments
When I first started listening to audiobooks, I didn’t pay much attention to whether the recording was abridged or unabridged. I often found myself disappointed by plot holes, strange character progressions, and lack of description. Eventually I caught on and now I never pick up an audiobook or download a recording without first ensuring that […]