October 2010
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Still Alive and Reading.
Okay, so I have been bad about my blogging. I actually have a few entires typed up and awaiting proofreading. Hopefully I will get those posted soon. I will admit, I am painfully behind on my reading, mostly due to getting a job. I am currently reading The Alchemy of Air and Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time. I started The Alchemy of...
August 2010
4 posts
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*Blushes*
Book Four: Pride and Prejudice. Austen, Jane.
Background: Jane Austen was born in 1775, at Steventon Parsonage, Hampshire, England. She was the seventh of eight children in a tight-knit family. Her father and brothers provided her education along with extensive reading. She began her literary career by writing parodies and sketches to amuse her family. Her family moved for her father’s health and...
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A Book for a Sunny Afternoon
Book Three: The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories. Sarah Orne Jewett
Background: Jewett was born in South Berwick, Maine in 1849, where she spent most of her life. She wanted to become a doctor, like her father, but ill health prevented it. She turned to writing, with her first story being published when she was eighteen. Going on rounds with her father, along with the walks she took...
Catching up.
So, I know I said the blogging would be up to date several days ago. I am working on it. Feel free to pester me if I am not getting things posted.
At the moment, I have finished five books and am two books behind in my reading. The book of the moment is Everything You Know About English is Wrong, which is delightful. What Masie Knew was replaced by The Country of the Pointed Firs, but Masie might...
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A Book for the OED Lover
Book Two: The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary. Winchester, Simon.
Background: Simon Winchester was born in London in 1944, but currently lives in New York. He has written over a dozen non-fiction books as well as one novel. Winchester started out in journalism and still contributes to several travel magazines. He entered Oxford...
July 2010
4 posts
I am a bit behind.
I have neglected both my blogging and reading. I should have a book post or two up in the next day or so. I am currently reading Pride and Prejudice, which is somehow taking me longer than Catcher in the Rye, but I am not sure why.
For now, bed!
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Maybe if I were a sixteen- year- old boy.
Book One: The Catcher in the Rye, Salinger, J. D. (A), American.
Background: Catcher in the Rye was originally published for adults, but quickly became popular with teens for the themes of teenaged angst, confusion, alienation, and rebellion. The novel has been translated into almost all of the major world languages. Modern Library lists Catcher in the Rye as one of the 100 best English- language...
Technical Difficulties
Hello all,
(And by all I mean my two current followers and anyone else reading this)
I seem to be having some issues. No one can comment on my post at the moment, we can not figure out why, but we are working on it.
Please stay tuned for further developments.
100 Books
Not long ago, my sister and I decided to embark on a great adventure. We shall read 100 books in one years time! Naturally, such an endeavor requires rules. There we sat, in the car, ipad in hand, brain storming categories and rules to ensure we did not read all of one thing. Once the rules were set, the great list making was easy for the first 50 books or so. At some point it became so many books...