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Again, a relatively short list and the library is serving as my source for three of them. One good thing about the holidays, it seems to provide more time to read, especially when you see it as a way to insulate yourself from some of the holiday rush and tumult.
The Hangman’s Daughter, Oliver Pötzsch […]
Through the Publishers Weekly blog I see Hugh Prather died. While I’m quite skeptical contemptuous of most self-help, touchy feely or pop psychology books, I’ve probably read Hugh Prather’s Notes to Myself: My Struggle to Become a Person more than any other book in the last 35 or so years.
Written in a journal style, […]
I did this meme on my birthday last year and since it’s been revamped for 2010, I thought I might do it this day each year it’s around. Basically, you just complete the sentence with a title of a book you’ve read during the current year. Here’s this year’s story/summary of my life (although I’m […]
When I first saw something about Bowker releasing a new research report “on who buys books and why,” I was thinking about a post on how I fit — or didn’t fit — the mold. But then a particular statistic grabbed me:
32% of the books purchased in 2009 were from households earning less than […]
It is true. Sometimes you can have too much of a good thing.
Due to publication dates and other somewhat time sensitive matters, I have three book reviews that are simmering and percolating. Bits and pieces have been written but the summer doldrums combined with the lack of a pressing deadline to push them to […]
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