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michelle obama in naeem khan2 comments

no uppercase wrote 2 days ago: my week continues with endless translating, writing, and editing as the western (american? i do real … more →

Tags: on dressing, On Looking, Michelle Obama, Naeem Khan, Thanksgiving

Women Unbound Reading Challenge9 comments

Robin wrote 1 week ago: The Women Unbound Reading Challenge has been calling to me. When it was first announced, I thought i … more →

Tags: Challenges, Life

recent reads and eats

no uppercase wrote 1 week ago: left to right – inventing japan, by ian buruma. picked this up in a little second-hand booksto … more →

Tags: On Eating, Gitanjali, José Saramago, the cave, Tagore, The Somnambulist, potluck at opening ceremony

The Criminal Mastermind

megbenj1 wrote 2 weeks ago: For some reason, I’ve been reading a lot of serial killer novels lately, even though I’m not a huge … more →

Tags: Mysteries, Serial Killers, Thrillers

YEAR END TOTALS

Eli wrote 2 weeks ago: My year in books ended last week. In the past year, I read sixty-four books. That’s 1.2 books … more →

Tags: 2009 books

Life update

rosmant wrote 3 weeks ago: Haven’t updated this blog for awhile, partly because of being too busy, partly because i had n … more →

Tags: Freewriting, On Situ, personal rants, rants, Self-explorations, Work, Bored?, chronicles, Freewriting Sessions

A Pleasure10 comments

Robin wrote 1 month ago: What a pleasure to have some time for reading again!  Oh, I’ve got plenty of papers to correct … more →

Reading to Learn7 comments

Robin wrote 1 month ago: My reading has seriously slowed down over the last few months due mostly to the starting of another … more →

Tags: Teaching, The Grandboy, Life

John Wesley on Spiritual Reading

mjjhoskin wrote 2 months ago: As promised, here are some thoughts on Wesley’s thoughts on spiritual reading. First, go and r … more →

Tags: Books, Christianity, Classic Christianity, Anglicanism, Mediaeval Christianity, small group study, Reading, John Wesley, Methodism

Coming Up For Air12 comments

Robin wrote 2 months ago: For the last four weeks, I have been immersed in another world!  Those weeks have been incredibly bu … more →

Tags: Teaching, Blogging

September 22: Why read old stuff? Who really cares?

mjjhoskin wrote 2 months ago: On September 22, the first meeting of my new small group will discuss, “Why read old stuff?  W … more →

Tags: Books, Christianity, Classic Christianity, small group study, CS Lewis, G.K. Chesterton, John Wesley, St. Athanasius, Small Group

On reading

Warren Langer wrote 2 months ago:   “Some people read for instruction, which is praiseworthy, and some for pleasure, which is innocent … more →

Tags: Personal Memories, History, Books, Somerset Maugham, Book Collecting, Allan Kurtzman, Bill Brady, Don Grody

Regency Sex

megbenj1 wrote 2 months ago: I’m a big fan of regency romances, although I’ll probably never try to write one (the research invol … more →

Tags: Reading, Regency Romance, Romance, romance heroines

Notes On Reading from André Kertész

michaelexon wrote 2 months ago: Paper is needed now. Bring it in any time. Try and get to the Photographers’ Gallery before Oc … more →

Tags: Events, Photographers Gallery, Andre Kertesz, writersblock, London

Ready, Set, Go!9 comments

Robin wrote 2 months ago: It’s been a lovely summer, with time to relax and recover, and enough time to replenish the su … more →

Tags: Teaching

54. "Blindness," José Saramago

Eli wrote 3 months ago: Really interesting, but very problematic– frequently sexist and blindness exists only as a met … more →

Tags: From: library, 2009 books, Genre: Fiction and Literature, author of European descent, Library: C/WMARS interlibrary loan, Dystopian, gender and women's studies, Movie adaptation, 350-399 pages

A lifelong mystery put in context

Eli wrote 3 months ago: Sometimes I don’t really understand why I have always felt like an outcast in my family, where … more →

Tags: Liberalism, Conservativism

BBC Book Challenge Meme6 comments

Robin wrote 3 months ago: A friend tagged me for this books-read meme that is circulating on Facebook. I liked the list and th … more →

Tags: Memes, Book Lists

Kopying Kertész

jonsmalldon wrote 3 months ago: On Reading is such a simple idea. André Kertész walked round seeing pictures everywhere and captured … more →

Tags: photos, Waffle, Photographers Gallery, Chesham, kertész, Homage, baines walk


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