I think most book lovers agree that the experience of reading a book is always greater than the experience of watching that book come to life onscreen. It’s a simple reason: when you read, almost everything is left up to your interpretation and imagination. That’s always going to be a deeper, more personal engagement than […]
memoir
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
As a huge fan of The Office, I’ve been eyeing this memoir by Mindy Kaling, one of the head writers/ producers and actresses on the show, for many months now. Funnily enough, I apparently bought it in the Kindle store awhile back, and then forgot that I had it until I opened my Kindle to […]
Clinton’s Life
Hi everyone! It’s been over a week since my last post. I’ve had a very busy week at work and haven’t really had the creative headspace to think about blogging. I did, however, manage to finish two books this week, one on audio and one paperback. Tonight I’ll give you my impressions of the audiobook, […]
Such A Pretty Fat
I haven’t really found anything lately that I was super-excited to read, or at least was able to read fairly quickly. I tried out a few library books that didn’t quite meet my standards, and am still in the middle of In the Garden of Beasts, but otherwise I’ve run dry. I haven’t even listened to […]
The List I Wish I’d Made
This afternoon I stole a few minutes to wander through my local library. It’s a small branch, with the mere basics of fiction: all the classics, and the most popular books of the last 10-15 years. As I walked the aisles, titles and authors’ names jumped out at me like the formulas in A Beautiful […]
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 […]