Tagged With: Reading
Multiples
I’m reading The Story of English in 100 Words. I haven’t finished it yet, so I don’t feel qualified to remark on the success or failure of such an ambitious project, but it includes a fun little list of collective nouns which I will partly reproduce here for your pleasure: an absence of waiters a … Continue reading
Fore!
I’ve now failed to attend two large book sales and my page-turning finger is kind of starting to itch. I was thinking I might check out the Berkeley Library sale next month; they’re selling 4,500 books, which sounds like SO MANY…until I realize that’s only four times the size of my current collection. Maybe I … Continue reading
Literary mashups
There should be mashups for books, I think. I’m not talking about this ridiculous(ly lucrative) new trend of taking a classic book and shoehorning in some new elements, a la Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. I’m talking about a true mashup: taking two existing pieces of art and shoving them together to make something new. … Continue reading
An informative post
Michele has alerted me to the fact that the SF Library is having one of their ninja spring sales this weekend. Every year they have the giant book sale in September, but every few years they randomly have an equally giant sale in the spring and it sneaks up on you like a ninja. This … Continue reading
Conversation at the Library Book Sale
Kris: “I can’t buy all three of these Martha Stewart Christmas craft books.” Michele: “You really can’t.” Kris: “I mean, hardbacks are $4 apiece, and these are all hardcover.” Michele: “Right.” Kris: “So I’ll just buy…two of them.” Michele: “I can’t even fathom how you could have picked up a Martha Stewart Christmas book, much … Continue reading
Decorum
Yesterday I finished reading The Fabulous Girl’s Guide to Decorum. This is pretty much the same good advice my mom’s been giving me through the years, bound into a book. You know this advice: send thank you notes promptly, don’t continue to date a guy if you can tell on the first date he’s not … Continue reading
Escapism
We spent the weekend in Portland for the Oregon Brewers Festival, which was held at a park in downtown Portland. Do you know what else is in downtown Portland? That’s right. Powell’s City of Books. Now, I am not saying it’s unreasonable to expect me to stick around a beer tasting festival that I have … Continue reading
Walking on the sidewalk, hotter than a match head
What a lovely summer we’re having, eh? Last night I went to dinner in San Francisco wearing nothing but a tank top, jeans, a sweater, sheepskin boots, a down parka and a fur-lined hood. Hot town, summer in the city! This is the perfect weather to get my outdoor work done without melting, of course. … Continue reading
Keep Calm and Carry On
I’m fascinated by the Blitz. I feel like this is a part of WWII that didn’t really get covered in school. I may be wrong — maybe the hugeness of the Holocaust part drove everything else out of my head. But I don’t remember learning about it, and now it’s the most interesting part of … Continue reading
Heh.
This guy creates better titles for classics. A few that made me giggle: Happy Monday!