I think I showed admirable restraint at the Half Price Books warehouse sale, don’t you?
Book haul
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Daily Diversion #429: Bookish Restraint
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Tag Archives: Reading
[Book Nerd Links] Natalia Ginzburg, Colette, Dr. John, the Seventies, Judith Kerr, Etc.
- Natalia Ginzburg, the Last Woman Left on Earth [THE PARIS REVIEW]
- The Postmenopausal Novel [THE PARIS REVIEW]
- Farewell to Dr. John, Wherever You Is Now [THE PARIS REVIEW]
- A Pop Culture Photographer’s Epic Journey Through ‘The Seventies’ [FLAVORWIRE]
- Judith Kerr, Author Of ‘The Tiger Who Came to Tea,’ Dead at 95 [HUFFPOST BOOKS]
- The Anti-Capitalist Power of Jean de La Ville de Mirmont’s Fiction [LITERARY HUB]
The Reel Infatuation Blogathon Starts Friday!
The annual Reel Infatuation Blogathon starts Friday! I can’t wait.
We can’t wait to catch up with you at the Reel Infatuation Blogathon starting this Friday.
This is where we dish about our secret (or not-so-secret) film or book character crushes – past or present. Click HERE for the original announcement and list of participants.
If you, like us, are having trouble picking one fictional character, you can choose two or three!
If you haven’t yet signed up, there’s still time to join us. Just grab a banner and let us know your choice.
See you at the party!
Daily Diversion #422: Rex Stout/Nero Wolfe
It’s always a good day for re-reading Rex Stout mysteries!
Rex Stout! Nero Wolfe!
Gustave Flaubert on Reading
“Do not read as children do to enjoy themselves, or, as the ambitious do to educate themselves. No, read to live.”–Gustave Flaubert
[Book Nerd Links] Iris, Virginia, Human Chain, and Bookends
- Cooking with Iris Murdoch [THE PARIS REVIEW]
- Where Virginia Woolf Listened to the Waves [THE PARIS REVIEW]
- Epic Human Chain Moves Bookstore Into New Home [HUFFPOST]
- Jaw-Dropping Bookends Feature Detailed Back-Alley Dioramas [FLAVORWIRE]
Daily Diversion #417: Essentials
I’ve been enjoying my three days off…
Essentials
Reading in Art: The Sunday World (April 19, 1896)
The Sunday World (April 19, 1896):
The Sunday World (April 19, 1896)
Happy Birthday, Elizabeth Gaskell!
English writer Elizabeth Gaskell was born on 29th September 1810:
1832 miniature of Elizabeth Gaskell by William John Thomson
- KNOWN FOR: Mary Barton; North and South; Wives and Daughters: An Everyday Story; Cranford; The Life of Charlotte Brontë.
Fran Lebowitz on Life
Fran Lebowitz Quote
