Sunday Salon: A Shift In Focus

Today is the third and final in series of Sunday Salon posts in which I also reviewed my 2011 reading goals and launched a new project. There comes a moment in most book bloggers’ blogging careers, I think, when the review requests start to take over. It’s exciting when they start rolling in, so many …

BAND: Truth in Nonfiction

BAND, the Bloggers’ Alliance of Nonfiction Devotees (and “advocates for nonfiction as a non-chore”…how cool is that??), has recently gotten me to think about why I shy away from nonfiction. I’m quite excited to be hosting this month’s BAND discussion! I am, primarily, a fiction reader. With fiction, I know what to expect. Events and characters …

Sunday Salon: Learning How to Read

Until recently, it never occurred to me that there are so many different ways to approach reading. More than that, I didn’t realize how different the experience of each approach could be. Reading has always been about picking up a book that looks interesting and reading until I get to the end. But over the …

CRP: “The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge” by Rainer Maria Rilke (Part 1)

The Classics Reclamation Project is my personal challenge to read and enjoy the classics. Each Wednesday, I post about the classic I’m reading at the moment. I’m currently about half way through The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge by Rainer Maria Rilke for my IRL book group meeting in early February. My edition is translated …

War and Peace: Characters

Ten days into Jillian’s War and Peace readalong and I haven’t quit! What’s more, I’m not feeling particularly intimidated. And on top of that? I’m quite enjoying the story. My copy (the Anthony Briggs translation), as you can see in the photo, is marked with tabs at monthly checkpoints. Should I lose track in all …