I received a copy of The Emergence of Memory: Conversations with W. G. Sebald, edited by Lynne Sharon Schwartz, through LibraryThing’s Early Reviewers program. Many thanks to the publisher, Seven Stories Press, and to LibraryThing, for the chance to obtain and review this book. When I found out I’d won…
Month: May 2010
Not really a review of King Dork by Frank Portman
To say this post is overdue would be quite an understatement. I started reading King Dork, a novel by Frank Portman, during the 24-Hour Read-a-Thon on April 10, and finished it the following week. It’s one of the funniest, and most fun, books I’ve read in my life. In the…
List of things to do… Write a book?!?!?
Last Saturday, I made a list of things I needed to do on Sunday. It looked like this:–> call Grandma A.–> update checkbook (did I get paid this week?) & pay bills–> update Google calendar with game & picture changes–> housecleaning–> switch purse back to black one On Sunday, I…
Post-pulled wisdom teeth post
About ten hours ago, I got all four of my wisdom teeth pulled out. I don’t think I’d ever had any teeth extracted before — certainly none of my adult teeth, but I don’t remember having any baby teeth pulled, either. The first four or five hours were hard, my…
On the threshold of change … at least for my blog
I’ve been thinking about changing things up with my blog. I still like the template I chose when I started this blog, about two years ago, and I think it’s suited me well, but I feel like I’m ready for a new look. My first inkling of this need for…
Read 20 Pages Project: a new idea for climbing TBR Mountain
Some weeks ago, I started reading the novel Absurdistan by Gary Shteyngart, which I’d purchased over two years ago. After reading more than a hundred pages, I decided I wasn’t enjoying it enough to finish it, and donated it back to the public library. (I’d initially purchased it from their…
FreeVerse: Still trying to decide on a title
Only a few hours after my mother died on October 14, 2009, I got up during the night and began writing this poem. I added to it on October 16, but then didn’t really touch it until last week. Then, I decided to type it up on the computer, maybe…
How the heck am I doing? Reading Challenges update
It is May 2nd, first four months of the year already done, and I haven’t yet posted an update on my 2010 Reading Challenges. So, I decided today is a good time to take a look at my progress to date (if any). The first challenge I decided to try…