Since making myself a fun little “Assigned Reading” list back in September for the school year, I have noticed a distinct pattern—without fail, I have finished my “personal development” (usually self-help or religious nonfiction book) first, read the YA pick within a few days of starting it, and then I’ve left the so-called “Hard Hitter” …
I semi-recently read a post by a book blogger who said she read something like 150 titles last year, and that she had only “counted” all the books that she made it to at least page fifty on. I was floored… People actually COUNTED books they hadn’t read all of? The horror! The horror! But …
About a year and some-odd months ago, I wrote a post about our (ahem, mostly my) spending habits when it came to certain discretionary spending categories (such as clothing, books, movies, etc.). In it, I shared that for several years running, I had usually spend upwards of $350-400 every year on purchasing more books (not …
The more I listen to podcasts like What Should I Read Next? and follow other bookish bloggers, the more I’m convinced that the more avid of a reader you are, the quirkier your readerly habits tend to be. For instance, many avid readers tend to be super finicky about how they record what books they’re …
A couple of years ago, to save ourselves space, sanity, and money, I made an important decision— I was only going to let myself buy books that fit one of the following three criteria: A) Books I have read and loved and planned to reread again (usually nonfiction, since there are very few fiction titles …
I have a theory that readers tend to lean towards one of two tendencies— Either they feel the need to push through and finish a book (even if they don’t like the book at all), or They grow restless if a book doesn’t pick up fast enough or if it slows down too much …
I saw this blog post idea ages ago on the Lady Okie blog (who saw it originally on this blog), and I’ve had it in my head ever since that I wanted to do one myself (so thanks to Amanda and Kate for the inspiration!). I’ve been thinking for awhile that I wanted to do …
My students seem to be slightly obsessed with all the e-reader options available today–they’ve asked permission to bring everything from Kindles to Nooks to iPhones to read in class, and they’ve repeatedly asked me for months to tell them yet again how to cite page numbers off of an e-book. While I can see the …
