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I have no idea how old this news is, but I've just discovered it. First, when you login to your online Nashville Public Library account now you can get Due Date Email Reminders and "My Reading History." The Reading History is not retroactive, and you have to click a button to "Opt In" in order for them to keep track, but it could be useful ( Read more... )

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It has come to my attention in the past few years as a graduate student that I am a bad reader. In particular, I skip footnotes and endnotes. It's like those little superscripts are invisible to me. I don't know when that habit started, but I'm trying to correct it. Unfortunately that usually means that I get to the bottom of the page, realize that ( Read more... )

I just finished reading White Teeth by Zadie Smith. The LIttle Red Haired Girl did not love it, so I've put off reading it until now. Maybe it's because my expectations were low, but I ended up really enjoying it. Although it takes place in England and the characters are Jamaican or Bengali, the way she presents the story of these immigrants ( Read more... )

So, if you are thinking about joining Audible, feel free to mention that I referred you. friedapplepie [at] gmail [dot] com. If you don't know it, they do audiobooks, audio magazines, speeches, podcasts, and probably other stuff I don't know about. They have a number of different subscription plans, or you can buy a la carte. The service is pretty ( Read more... )

I'm getting back into audio books. Not in a "I listen to them" way, but in a "I wish I had a long car ride every day so I could listen to them, because there are so many I'd like to listen to" way. Which is silly, because now that I'm sort of on summer break I have way more time to read with my own eyeballs. I could probably get through many more ( Read more... )