Youth on Feb 6, 2012 in Marginalia Art & Illustrations Daniel Handler Fiction - Novel Maira Kalman #07 of 2011 • Why We Broke Up, by Daniel Handler; art by Maira Kalman. 1. I don’t want to write …Continue reading »...
A little bit of housekeeping on Feb 5, 2012 in Digressions Elsewhere The usual excuses: Work’s been crazy, what free time I can smuggle in would rather be spent on reading books …Continue reading »...
My first dip into Dawkins on Jan 9, 2012 in Currently Reading Marginalia Atheism Excerpts Richard Dawkins Science Seems handy to keep a notebook ever-ready when reading this book. It threatens to rock my world, yes, it does. …Continue reading »...
A reunion with Disquiet, anyone? on Jan 9, 2012 in Currently Reading Excerpts Fernando Pessoa Fiction - Novel Poetry So. At the close of June 2011, I picked up The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa. In the weeks that …Continue reading »...
Because I can’t mind my own business on Jan 7, 2012 in Marginalia Maya Banks Romance Novel So I’ve finished reading Maya Banks’ foray into historical romance: the McCabe Trilogy, featuring the three brothers McCabe, warrior highland …Continue reading »...
Let’s get the duds out of the way on Jan 6, 2012 in Marginalia Books About Books Fiction - Short Stories Joan Silber Paulette Roeske Reference I think I’m learning how to take bad and mediocre books in stride. That is, I’ve decided that 2012 will …Continue reading »...
Sweeping Declarations on Jan 4, 2012 in Digressions Here’s to another year, and let’s hope it’s above ground. - From The Stone Diaries, by Carol Shields. Not even …Continue reading »...
Sweeping Declarations on Jan 4, 2012 in Digressions Here’s to another year, and let’s hope it’s above ground. - From The Stone Diaries, by Carol Shields. Not even I, with my faux coolness, can resist the symbolism of the new year. Logically, it’s nothing more than continuation,...
Cobwebs for Christmas on Dec 25, 2011 in Digressions It’s Christmas, and so I thought I’d do this blog a well-earned kindness and shut it down. Heh. I kid. …Continue reading »...
