Monthly Archives: January 2012
Book# 2 Balasaraswati: Her Art and Life by Douglas M Knight Jr
MY principle emotion while reading Balasaraswati: Her Art and Life was one of deep regret. I have never watched this legend sing and dance and so I’ll never truly know what beauty there was in something as basic as the … Continue reading
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Questions for a Bookworm
Orhan Pamuk – he’s so articulate and knowledgeable about his craft. Just like I could keep reading his books, I think I can keep listening to him talk. I’m sure I could learn a lot from him. Also Stephen King … Continue reading
Holy Cows, Holy Mess
In a recent interview he gave to Omnivoracious, Haruki Murakami says, sitting in the lounge of an airport in Hawaii, “… the airport’s security check is definitely an Orwellian world, an extreme dystopia. If you don’t take off your belt, remove your … Continue reading
Climbing Mount TBR with a few Chunksters on my back
I’ve spoken before of my inability to stop buying books. The result: a veritable mountain of Books To Be Read Sometime in the Near or Distant Future. How appropriate then, that there’s something called the Mount TBR Reading Challenge 2012 … Continue reading
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New Year, New Resolutions
I’m wondering…is it worth it? Making New Year Resolutions, I mean. I was 10 books short of my 2011 resolution to read 52 books within the year. 42 isn’t really a bad number…some of the books were long and tedious … Continue reading
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