Ooops, there's a WORD for that!

tsundoku (n.) japanese word for buying books and not reading them; letting books pile up on shelves

So guilty of this it's ridiculous! But it's so comforting to have them all lined up, waiting for me! Like literary wall-flowers at a school dance and, unlike at my real-life school dances, I get to choose the next

Exactly a week from today I will be winging my way to Sydney, Australia. YAY...and...OMG, NO!!!  I'm excited but freaking out because I have no time to get everything done, both at work and in my personal life, before I go.  ARRRGGGGG!!!

I am popping by Borders during lunch, taking a break from all the other million errands I need to do, to buy some ( Read more... )

I'm going to be an aunt...AGAIN!!!  I'm super excited!  This morning I found out that my sister T is expecting.  Two weeks ago I found out that my sister B is expecting.  They're due within 3 weeks of each other, in March and April.  It's exciting and scary.  They made me an aunt to two wonderful boys: my nephews, J and B, are sweet and funny and ( Read more... )

Is there something wrong with me in that I'm not the least bit excited about Amazon's new wireless reading device?  Actually, I foresee it as an instrument of doom: yet another "screen" and gadget that clutters up our lives.  Yes, yes, books clutter up our lives more, but I don't believe that they insulate and separate us from others as much as all ( Read more... )

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I believe, nay, I'm pretty certain that I am the only individual that I know that intensely disliked Dave Eggers' A Heartbreaking Work.  It's one of a total of 3 books that I've never been able to finish since I first learned how to read.  I couldn't force myself to get half-way through.  I don't think I've been more annoyed by a writer and his ( Read more... )

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...and they were correct. Almost. I think the results of this poll should have had "Book Snob" listed as second, at least, for yours truly:

One of my colleagues, one of my staff, and I were having a leisurely morning today, drinking coffee and talking about books.  I had just returned D's copy of The Namesake, which I loved and devoured in 3 days. ( Read more... )

Need new reading suggestions, darlings. As all y'all are some of the most well-read individuals I know and have fantastic taste in books (seriously, I believe that most, if not all, of you either refused to read or hated with extreme passion The Davinci Code!!) I am soliciting suggestions from you.  Yes, yes, my TBR shelves are bursting but nothing ( Read more... )