Well . . . I did not get that much reading done this Sunday. I was up late on Saturday (sang a performance of the last two thirds of the Messiah — and then the conductor offered to buy the first round and so we all went out) and so on Sunday I was a [...]
Posts from ‘March, 2008’
Eco-Libris
Edit: Ooh, controversy! Quite a bit of discussion is happening in the comments. They’re worth a read. Here is the original post proper: I was reading the Phenix & Phenix blog and, some ways down the page, I found a very interesting interview held with Raz Godelnik, the founder of Eco-Libris. I had never heard [...]
BTT: The Cover
This week’s question comes from Julie, who asks: While acknowledging that we can’t judge books by their covers, how much does the design of a book affect your reading enjoyment? Hardcover vs. softcover? Trade paperback vs. mass market paperback? Font? Illustrations? Etc.? Who says we can’t judge books by their covers? How else do we [...]
The Whole Book Experience
I’ve been pondering something lately, something vague about books and e-books and libraries and hardcovers and paperbacks… and something I like to call the Whole Book Experience. I wrote a little about this before, and it’s still weighing on my mind a bit. I think it’s important. Here are some things that I think are [...]
Sunday Salon: Four Letter Word
Title: Four Letter Word Editors: Joshua Knelman & Rosalind Porter ISBN: 9780307396761 First published: Feb 2008 This edition: Feb 2008 P. came to church with us this morning, and he brought me two books he’d bought for me last week. It was entirely a surprise; P. is not much of a reader (dyslexia) and finds [...]
Links of the Whenever
Match It for Pratchett. A few months ago, Terry Pratchett announced that he has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. He also announced that — given that Alzheimer’s is a very common disease but only gets 3% of the research money that cancer does — he has donated half a million pounds (about $1 million USD) [...]
Review: Women Astronomers: Reaching for the Stars
Title: Women Astronomers: Reaching for the Stars Author: Mabel Armstrong ISBN: 0972892958 First published: 2008 This edition: 2008 (ARC) This is another ARC I’ve managed to snag from LibraryThing‘s Early Reviewers Program. This moderately-sized book has a hideous, hideous cover—but, I think, excellent contents. This is actually the first book in a planned “Discovering Women [...]
BTT: The End
You’ve just reached the end of a book . . . what do you do now? Savor and muse over the book? Dive right into the next one? Go take the dog for a walk, the kids to the park, before even thinking about the next book you’re going to read? What? (Obviously, there can [...]