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Open Enrollment. Three trips in three weeks. Peppermint hot chocolate. Spending too much money. And taking off every Friday (that I am not on the road) so that I don’t “lose” my vacation time. I also start power-reading because I may or may not… Continue Reading “That Time of Year”
This summer, at the book sale formerly known as Brandeis, I picked up a box set of Junie B. Jones books for my nephew, Alex. He is five years old, so they are a couple of years ahead of him, but Ramona the Pest… Continue Reading “Pre Literacy Skillzzz”
Once upon a time, I was at a conference attending a session on managing diversity. The hour began with a talk about privilege. The speaker asked us a bunch of questions that proved what a bunch of lily-white-collared folks we all were. A few… Continue Reading “The Privilege of Books”
I do not understand why I cannot finish The Brothers Karamazov. It is not a bad book. There is one noble creature to root for. There is intrigue. There is danger. There will be a mystery if I could just bloody get to it.… Continue Reading “With God as My Witness, I Am Going to Finish This Book”
I had just realized that I haven’t bought any books – new or used – since Labor Day Weekend. It helped that my own Library Used Book Store has been out of commission for the last month. (Not that I’ve gotten much reading done.) … Continue Reading “Used Book Sales”
Julia Keller, the literary critic at the Chicago Tribune, wrote a piece about reading more than one book at a time. She says that she has about a half dozen “active” books at a time. There is some debate, of course, over whether “serious… Continue Reading “How Many Books Do You Read at a Time?”
I’ve been perusing The Chicago Reader lately and a book review by Noah Berlatsky jumped out at me as interesting. He was reviewing Bring on the Books for Everybody: How Literary Culture Became Popular Culture, by Jim Collins. It is a decent article and… Continue Reading “The Literary Brouhaha”
Yesterday, Tim at LibraryThing posted an essay about the economics of e-book lending from public libraries. He did some research on the cost of lending and came to the conclusion that it probably wouldn’t work. By dividing number of books lent each year by… Continue Reading “E-Book Lending at the Public Library”
http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=leartojugg-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0470541261&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifrBefore I do my official recap from Toronto, I must give a shout out to my little guide book. I used Frommer’s Toronto 2010, borrowed from my library. I didn’t check it before booking my hotel, because I am still racking up Marriott points… Continue Reading “Back Home”
http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=leartojugg-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B002QCJO0M&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifrI remember being warned about the Amazon Kindle: The prices of the books are more fluid. The ones that are showing up as freebies today may not be freebies tomorrow. Fair enough. You might remember that back in January, I downloaded the Sookie Stackhouse… Continue Reading “The Prices Don’t Always Go Down”
The Next Dark Age 