On Monday night I dashed through one of the quickest books I’ve ever read: Betty White’s latest memoir. It took me about 40 minutes, cover to cover. That’s 258 pages. And no, I wasn’t speed-reading. The chapters are really short, there are lots of pictures and filler pages, and the margins are wide. It was […]
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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 […]
On Writing
My grandmother, who was also a writer, left On Writing by Stephen King with me when she died. I know it was a favorite of hers, so I felt compelled to read it. I’m also in no position to turn down a writing advice book from one of the most popular authors of all time. It […]
The Glass Castle/ Half Broke Horses
I think I’ve mentioned a few times that I really enjoy memoirs. The two that I’ve profiled so far have been celebrity memoirs, but I also enjoy reading about average folk: hairdressers, unemployed Prada lovers, the formerly overweight. “Average,” though, hardly applies to the characters in Jeannette Walls’ memoir/novels, The Glass Castle and Half Broke […]
Don’t Trip Over the Ottoman!
I’m a big fan of classic television. When I was a kid, we didn’t have a TV for awhile, and the years that we did, we only got PBS. (This is how I became a reader.) So whenever we went on vacation, it was a big treat to watch TV, and my dad took advantage […]
How I Choose Books
Last weekend I was out with my friend at a local bookstore and she asked me, “How do you choose what books to read?” It’s a great question, because there are so many books out there that interest me, but even if I read all day and all night (what a great job that would be!) […]