August 2009
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EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED
I’m still waiting on that.
I know it’s been a while since I’ve written about a book I’ve actually in real time read, but I have been busy building a website with friends for Rails Rumble, visiting kinda-in-laws in Indiana and working my butt off. But I’ve been reading Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer quietly on the side. It was easy reading, and...
DECOLONIZING EATS
I read a zine today called “Decolonising Eats” that I got yesterday. The zine was a collection of pieces by people from various cultural backgrounds who had something to say about food, appropriation, racism and body image. A lot of the writers shared recipes and anecdotes, some drew parallels to food and politics while still others were able to include food in their commentary on...
Favorite Harry Potter character?
everythingharrypotter:
Hermione, positively. I even named my car after her.
fuckyeahfacts:
Personally, Draco is my fave. I have a thing for bad boys.
I would definitley have to say Fred and George Weasley.
FEMINIST FESTIVAL! →
Hi New York City-ers,
The feminist collective I am part of is hosting an event tomorrow- it’s pretty much a festival celebrating DIY spirit and how it relates to feminism. It is going to be really fun, and there are going to be tons of tables, artists and live music. If you’re into it, stop by!
ROMANTIC V FEMINIST
Simone De Beauvoir describes Stendhal as both a feminist and a romantic. While I’ve never read Stendhal, I must say this description is tantalizing. I find myself torn between these ideals myself; one of the reasons I love Jane Austen. Being a romantic feminist banishes you from both the world of romantics and the world of feminists and forces you to straddle both worlds; compromising each...
“Two who know each other in love make a happy couple, defying time and the...”
– Simone De Beauvoir
Here are the rules: Don't take too long to think...
libraryland:
twowaymonologue:
booklover:
1-1984 by George Orwell
2-The Magus by John Fowles
3-Stories by Edgar Allen Poe
4-Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
5-Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevski
6-Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin
7-One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
8-Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
9-Fellowship of The Ring by J.R.R.Tolkien
10-Amber...
hiding in air conditioning for my “lunch break” aka sit around at 11am break.
A 14 year old can write, but can he/she write well? http://booksijustread.tumblr.com/
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PLEASE DON'T KILL THE FRESHMAN
I just read Zoe Trope’s Please Don’t Kill the Freshman (PDKTF). Trope, who was 14 when she wrote this book, evokes the thoughts of an era. She is able to personify teenage-erdom of the early 00s. Her words cause people to say “I thought that” ”I did that” and “I wrote that.” I am not sure if that’s a good or bad thing.
I’m not...
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GET READY
I just finished a book, and though I don’t have time ce moment, I have a lot to say about it.
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INTERPRETER OF MALADIES
The reason I was wondering if awards affect reading choices is because I picked up Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri from a thrift store because it had a big WINNER of the Pulitzer Prize sticker. So clearly, I was affected by this fact!
I really enjoyed this collection of stories, and my favorite was the last one. A lot of the stories were a little shallow and skimming, but the realty in...
I picked up a book because it said “Pulitzer Prize Winner” and now I wonder… http://booksijustread.tumblr.com/
Hm?
Are you more likely to read a book if it’s been awarded a literary prize of some kind?
What about if the book’s been on best seller lists?
BOOK JA VUE
I was talking with someone about how good writers are able to uncannily insinuate themselves into your daily life. You’ll be living your regular old day, then all of a sudden you’re reminded of the book you just read, of the way the writer phrased something. You’ll see their descriptions or a person who reminds you of a character they created. I love when this happens, and...
Reading at the Brooklyn Promenade http://twitpic.com/csokr (via @doitoutloud)
Fold laundry, or read Asterious Polyp? (via @ami_with_an_i)
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JEWISH DETECTIVE STORY
I sped through The Yiddish Policeman’s Union by Michael Chabon in two days. Mystery books always have that affect on me! I can’t wait to see how they end, I speed right through them and read them realllly fast! I have read so many Hercule Poirot books, Markson’s early detective novels, and of course, I loved the Boxcar Children series as a young’n.
Chabon has a fresh...