July 2008
29 posts
I'll admit it...
Some days I just don’t feel like reading. So I watch movies, listen to music, and talk to the people I love instead.
June 2008
29 posts
“If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I...”
– Emily Dickinson
Note to self:
Do not read about secret government operatives right before bed. It makes you have crazy dreams.
The Great Gatsby summed up in three lines:
NICK: I love being rich and white.
GATSBY: Me, too, but I’d kill for the love of a woman.
DAISY: We can work with that.
(via Kottke via McSweeney’s)
slaugh:
i have this desire to walk into the bookstore, wave my wrist and say, i’ll take one of everything.
Story of my life.
“Do you have doubts about life? Are you unsure if it is worth the trouble? Look...”
– The Shared Patio by Miranda July
27 Down, 25 To Go
This year I started a book project. The idea is to read fifty-two books in fifty-two weeks. I keep track of the books I read and put up small reviews on a website sometimes known as a blog. In the time since people have found the site and started commenting, I have received many lovely emails from strangers. They have commented on their own reading, given recommendations, and even gone so far as...
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“Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.”
– Mark Twain
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The Monotones - Book of Love
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