Today’s Sunday Salon post will be short and sweet. Its topic is something that’s been bothering me just a little bit each time I update my Books page. Here’s the problem. A B C D E F G H _ J K L M N O P _ R S T _ _ W _ …
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Sunday Salon: Welcoming December
I’m enjoying my last day at my parents’ house with my family today. I haven’t gotten much reading done; there has, instead, been much eating, watching football, and hanging out. It’s been wonderful! I’ve spent a little time over the past few days looking back over 2010. I’m on track this year to hit 100 …
Sunday Salon: Defining “Classic”
As I’ve mentioned in passing, I’m working on a reading project for myself for next year. I want it to focus on a certain sort of book which I have been calling “classics.” The problem I keep running into, though, is how, exactly, to define “classic.” I used to think of a classic as an …
Sunday Salon: Vlogging
I posted my first vlog (video blog) yesterday. When I made it, I wasn’t sure anyone but me would ever see it; I was just curious to see whether I liked vlogging and how the final product might come out. I ended up being quite happy, and so my first vlog was released upon the …
Sunday Salon: Rereading
I have never been a rereader. As Nick Hornby writes in The Polysyllabic Spree: “I don’t reread books often; I’m too conscious of both my ignorance and my mortality.” (p. 25) I agree. With so much out there to read and so little time in which to read it, it’s hard for me to justify …