Sometimes you really want to read Pride and Prejudice, but when you go to find the book you realize that you somehow ended up with 2 copies of Persuasion and no copies of Pride and Prejudice. There's an easy way to solve this, if only you hadn't taken your friend to the airport and it's now after 9pm. But wait! The internet tells you that the ( Read more... )

It's spring break. I've done all sorts of fun things. I took a road trip to Boston and New York with the boy to see Amanda and Lacey. The boy made fun of me for driving 10 hours to spend all day cooking in Boston, but he seemed to enjoy New York a lot. It was great to get away from CMU and spend time with friends and see cool things. Like the ( Read more... )

I was just brushing my teeth (with my new toothbrush, it was amazing) and was reminded of subtext (don't bother, either you know why or you don't). And then I thought of how I usually read books. It's like the words are the interface for the story. The user interface. The more I thought of it, the more I liked the analogy. And I'm not even in ( Read more... )

Simon R. Green has long been one of my favorite authors. The Deathstalker Saga is excellent sci-fi. The original books, at least. Blue Moon Rising was a fantasy I read straight through the first time I picked it up. Blood and Honor is one of my favorite books. His books have always had a wry sense of humor and an excellent subtlety to them. ( Read more... )

I've noticed that there is a dearth of cuddling at home. But there is an abundance of fireplaces and good books that provides some happy alone time I haven't had in quite awhile. I'm rereading the Anne of Green Gables books. I used to read them once a year. I've noticed that it's not as easy any more to sink back into the mind of that 11-year- ( Read more... )

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance seems to have become my traveling book. Which seems rather appropriate for the book. It means that it's taking me a long time to get through it, since I don't travel all that frequently. But I think this is a very good way to read it. Not that just reading it straight through wouldn't be a good way, ( Read more... )