Category Archives: Reading

Reaction to Poetry

Posted on 01/31/2019 by chick

Life on Mars by Tracy K. Smith Grade: none I added Life on Mars by Tracy K. Smith to my list of books read in 2019, but it felt almost dishonest to do so. Yes, I did read the entire … Continue reading →

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Obsessed With Reading

Posted on 01/31/2019 by chick

I go a little overboard on the books sometimes, and it must be an inheritable (or contagious) condition, because Livia has it, too. She picked out dozens of books at the library last night. There was a family leaving the … Continue reading →

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Unusual Words

Posted on 01/30/2019 by chick

Because one of my favorite books of all time, The Last Legends of Earth by A.A. Attanasio, has such weird words in it, here is an Unusual Words post for you today. tractate: treaty; essay; any book of the Talmud … Continue reading →

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Time and the Art of Not Procrastinating

Posted on 01/26/2019 by chick

I’ve been working on one of my 30 Must-Read Books, Time and the Art of Living by Robert Grudin. It’s a book on the subject of Time, and it’s a difficult read, as you might expect from a philosophy book … Continue reading →

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Reviews and Regrets

Posted on 01/17/2019 by chick

OMG, my review killed Mary Oliver! I posted about her book yesterday, giving her a low grade, and today she died. This is why I hate giving low grades. Low grades bring bad news. Mary, I’ve always loved your poems. … Continue reading →

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Three Books on Poetry

Posted on 01/16/2019 by chick

In my quest to better understand poetry, I read three books on the subject. The first book was Stephen Fry’s The Ode Less Travelled. I’ll tell you the bad news first: the book suffers from what seems to be an … Continue reading →

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Books on My Nightstand

Posted on 01/11/2019 by chick

20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill (finished) Inheritors of the Earth: How Nature Is Thriving in an Age of Extinction by Chris D. Thomas (finished) Life on Mars by Tracy K. Smith (finished) Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield … Continue reading →

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Okay, Okay, Let’s Deal With This

Posted on 01/09/2019 by chick

I was partly serious in my conversation with myself yesterday. I do have a book problem. It was bad before Christmas, and it’s gotten worse since. I received several books for Christmas (some of which I asked for, and all … Continue reading →

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Talking to Myself

Posted on 01/08/2019 by chick

We have to talk about our book problem. OK. I’m listening. We have too many books. Define too many. More books than fit on the shelves. By that definition, I concede we may have one or two more than is … Continue reading →

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Short and Sweet (But Too Short!)

Posted on 01/02/2019 by chick

Notes from a Public Typewriter edited by Michael Gustafson and Oliver Uberti Grade: A- The owners of Literati Bookstore in Ann Arbor, Michigan left out a typewriter as an experiment, to see if people would use it. And people did. … Continue reading →

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