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The year’s reading fixations: World lit, particularly Russia

As I was reviewing my reading list for the year in preparation for making my nominations (due today) for the National Book Critics Circle book awards, I noted clear evidence of the fixations I’ve commented on in the last year or so.

First, there was the foreign fiction fixation. That, in turn, led to […]

Tim December 15th, 2008 | Tags: , | Category: A Reading Life | Comments are closed | |

Mortality and the “to be read” stacks

All book lovers have some feelings of guilt about the “to be read” stacks or shelves in their home. They are the result of the literary equivalent of one’s eyes being bigger than their stomach. Now two columnists on opposite sides of the Atlantic have added mortality to the implications of the TBR.

I first […]

Tim December 9th, 2008 | Tags: | Category: A Reading Life | Comments are closed | |

Booking Through Thursday: 5 for Favorites

This week’s BTT is a series of 5 questions, listed below with my answers:

1. Do you have a favorite author?

Not to be too flip, but that’s kind of like asking a parent if they have a favorite child. Each child (author) is unique and while one might excel at one thing (genre […]

Tim December 4th, 2008 | Tags: , , | Category: Book Memes | One comment - (Comments are closed) | |

Tuesday Thingers: Most popular book

What’s the most popular book in your [Library Thing] library? Have you read it? What did you think? How many users have it?

Mine is George Orwell’s 1984, which another 23,068 Library Thing members have as of the writing of this post. It ranks 11th overall on Library Thing. (Seven of the top eight […]

Tim December 2nd, 2008 | Tags: , , | Category: Book Memes | 3 comments - (Comments are closed) | |

Musing Mondays: Christmas reading

With the holiday season now upon us, how does it affect your reading? Do you have more, or less, time to read at Christmas? Do you read Christmas themed/related books?

The only change I see comes from any related days off work. Of course, some of that time is spent with family activities and […]

Tim December 1st, 2008 | Tags: , , | Category: Book Memes | Comments are closed | |
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