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Just before Memorial Day this year, I did something different. As I noted at the time, I shipped some books off to military personnel in Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan. Early Wednesday morning, I got an email from the soldier in Afghanistan, a staff sergeant originally from Pennsylvania who’s been in the Army for 17 years. […] This month’s list is a little skewed. That’s because I came across most of the books in May but, as things worked out, they were on sale or available now from the library or publicity person. So I’ve already read a couple on them. That doesn’t negate the lust that existed though. Hellhound on His […] Tim June 1st, 2010 | Tags: bibliolust, Books, Hans Fallada, reading | Category: A Reading Life | Comments are closed | | It looks like my reading challenge efforts are more than a little weak this year. If you take a gander at the list of them to the right, there’s two I’ve done nothing toward. And the others aren’t get much better. In one — a challenge I came up with — I’ve only read one […] Tim May 27th, 2010 | Tags: Books of the Century challenge, Notable Books Challenge, Random Reading Challenge, reading, reading challenges | Category: A Reading Life | Comments are closed | | Although there’s undoubtedly a self-congratulatory element at play, avid readers will say they’ve long believed what a study across 27 nations has confirmed: having books at home is extremely important for children. According to the study’s abstract, “Children growing up in homes with many books get 3 years more schooling than children from bookless homes, […] Tim May 25th, 2010 | Tags: Books, children, education | Category: A Reading Life | One comment - (Comments are closed) | | Everyone probably has a couple self-acknowledged oddities or failings we wonder if anyone else shares. It’s always a relief to find out that other people are in the same boat. So while plenty of people have been talking about Reading in a Digital Age by Sven Birkerts in the latest issue of The American Scholar, […] Tim May 5th, 2010 | Tags: Books, reading | Category: A Reading Life, Personal/Family | One comment - (Comments are closed) | | |
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