I Am Somebody
When I was young, I would see commercials for RIF: Reading Is Fundamental. The ad showed a bookmobile arriving in a neighborhood, and a child (I think a boy, but it’s been a while) would select a book with the… Read moreI Am Somebody
Category: Books and Reading
Parenting, Page by Page
This is not my bookshelf. When I was pregnant with Baguette, I bought The Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy and The Panic-Free Pregnancy. I figured that pretty much covered it, considering that I have an obstetrician who I… Read moreParenting, Page by Page
Go, Dog, Go!
Baguette loves books, but she won’t let me read to her. She grabs the book out of my hand and goes through the pages in whatever order makes sense to her, pointing and chattering about what’s on the page. At… Read moreGo, Dog, Go!
Melancholy
Recently I bought the Kindle edition all of Thomas Hardy‘s novels for something like 89 cents. Now that’s a literary bargain. The only problem? Thomas Hardy is insanely depressing. I am further convinced that Tess of the d’Urbervilles is a… Read moreMelancholy
The Written Word
I continue to work on The Confusion by Neal Stephenson. In the meantime, I also finished Emma by Jane Austen and read The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson. That last one, by the way, was the… Read moreThe Written Word
Repeat Offender
I could read Neal Stephenson’s Cryptonomicon over and over. I know because that’s what I’m doing. I’ve read it front to back twice, and the triple storyline makes it easy to dip in and out of a particular plot. Why… Read moreRepeat Offender
The Girl Who Read a Lot of Books
I haven’t posted much about books lately, which isn’t surprising–I don’t have the time to read that I once did. But I am enjoying Stieg Larsson’s books; I read The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo before Baguette was born, and… Read moreThe Girl Who Read a Lot of Books
Adieu, Gourmet
Alas, the nearly 70-year-old Gourmet magazine is folding. Conde Nast announced the decision on Monday, and although the recipes will still be available at Epicurious.com, there will be no more of those rich, wonderful articles arriving in my mailbox. I… Read moreAdieu, Gourmet
Misplaced
Lately I’ve been losing my library books. First it was Debra Winger’s Undiscovered, her odd but interesting memoir about her career and personal life. To make matters worse, it’s overdue. I looked at home, in the car, and at work…. Read moreMisplaced