Blogroll

Musing Mondays: Assigned reading

How did you react to assigned reading when you were in school/university/college/etc? How do you think on these books now? What book were you ‘forced’ to read when you where in school that you’ve since reread and loved?

I still blame/credit high school English for the fact I can’t tolerate Shakespeare. Of course, at […]

Tim January 12th, 2009 | Tags: , | Category: A Reading Life | 2 comments - (Comments are closed) | |

Booking Through Thursday: Reading resolutions

Any Reading Resolutions? Say, specific books you plan to read? A plan to read more ____? Anything at all?

Name me at least ONE thing you’re looking forward to reading this year!

As I long ago resolved to give up resolutions (just as each year I give up for Lent giving up things for […]

Tim January 1st, 2009 | Tags: , | Category: Book Memes | One comment - (Comments are closed) | |

Musing Mondays: Recommendations

How often do you recommend books to others, and who do you recommend them to? Do you only recommend books to your “reading friends” or to anyone you think might find the book interesting? What does it take for a book to make it to your ‘recommendation’ list?

Other than what people may gather […]

Tim December 29th, 2008 | Tags: , | Category: Book Memes | 2 comments - (Comments are closed) | |

Booking Through Thursday: Wintery books

What are the most “wintery” books you can think of? The ones that almost embody Winter?

The two books that come to mind are about as diametrical as you can get.

Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s description of the conditions in which the gulag prisoners work in One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich has stayed […]

Tim December 25th, 2008 | Tags: , , | Category: Book Memes | 2 comments - (Comments are closed) | |

Booking Through Thursday: A gift twofer

Likely because next Thursday is Christmas, there’s two Booking Through Thursday subjects this week, addressed separately below:

Do you give books as gifts?

To everyone? Or only to select people?

How do you feel about receiving books as gifts?

I will buy books as presents for family members because I have a general idea […]

Tim December 18th, 2008 | Tags: , | Category: Book Memes | Comments are closed | |
« Newer Entries  
  Older Entries »