It’s no secret that I sometimes miss being in school–I miss the external push of deadlines and teachers, I miss the exposure to literature and views that I normally wouldn’t think of, and I miss the feeling that I know, for at least that one thing, that my progress can be measured, tracked, and assessed. …
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 …
First, a caveat– How many books a person reads in a year (or thinks she can read in a year) varies dramatically, so while for some people, 36 books in six months will seem a small number, for others, that number seems so huge that this post is exhausting you even to read about it. …
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 …
I happened to be looking through some old blog posts the other day when I realized that I haven’t done a full update on what I’ve read lately since August of last year. Whoops. Sure, I covered some of the more recent titles in my post on the top 10 books I read last year, …
Maybe it’s just because I’m actually writing a novel myself about World War II, but it seems like there has been a vastly huge crop of new books about WWII that have come out the last few years. In fact, I’ve read seven books this year alone that were set during the period of World …
