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Booking Through Thursday: Recently serious

What’s the most serious book you’ve read recently?

Again, I’m too picky with words as my response depends on the definition of “serious.”

I consider the just-reviewed The Challenge a serious book because it deals with serious issues. If the term is meant in a more cerebral context, then it would probably be […]

Musing Mondays: Library Meme

Library Habits meme:

1. If you don’t frequent your local library, why not? 2. If you do visit the library, how often do you go? 3. Do you have a favorite section that you always head to first, or do you just randomly peruse the shelves? 4. How many books are you allowed to […]

Booking Through Thursday: Preferences

Which do you prefer? (Quick answers–we’ll do more detail at some later date)

Reading something frivolous? Or something serious? Frivolously serious.

Paperbacks? Or hardcovers? Home: Hardcovers. Away: Paperbacks

Fiction? Or Nonfiction? Used to be nonfiction but now has moved toward fiction.

Poetry? Or Prose? Prose always

Biographies? Or Autobiographies? Biographies

History? Or Historical […]

Double Booking Through Thursday: The TBR

A double dose of BTT this week. I was in Massachusetts last week so didn’t have at hand the info to respond to that BTT, listed first. And since today’s is a follow-up, I’m posting both today.

Give me the list or take a picture of all the books you have stacked on your […]

Booking Through Thursday: Celebrity

Do you read celebrity memoirs? Which ones have you read or do you want to read? Which nonexistent celebrity memoirs would you like to see?

Generally, no, although I make exceptions for musicians, such as Dylan, Clapton, Zappa or others whose music I’ve enjoyed. I do have a copy of Sidney Poitier’s autobiography that […]