Category Archives: Reading
Thoughts on Do the Work by Steven Pressfield
It’s tough to write about Do the Work by Steven Pressfield without focusing on how the book was published. It’s the second release from the Domino Project, a joint effort between Amazon and Seth Godin. Their first book was Poke the … Continue reading
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High Quality Is the Future of Paper
I’ve been reading The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins for the last few weeks. It’s one of those massive tomes that’s been on my to-be-read list for years. Last Christmas, I got a copy of it in a recently … Continue reading
Thoughts on Letters of a Woman Homesteader by Elinore Pruitt Stewart
For months, Letters of a Woman Homesteader by Elinore Pruitt Stewart has been hovering near the bottom of the list of the top 100 free Kindle ebooks. It’s a collection of letters from a Wyoming homesteader, dated from when she first arrived on her claim in … Continue reading
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Thoughts on Incarceron by Catherine Fisher
Incarceron by Catherine Fisher fits snugly into the dystopian trend in young adult fiction. It tells the story of two people in different worlds. There’s Finn, an inmate in a futuristic prison with the same name as the book. He has … Continue reading
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How to Live on 24 Hours a Day
While reading the remarkable series on changes in publishing by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, I came across her mention of Making the List: A Cultural History of the American Bestseller 1900-1999 by Michael Korda. This book deserves a whole post, but … Continue reading
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Trawling Through Powell’s World of Books
Wow, two whole weeks since my last blog entry. How highly negligent of me, though I do have a good excuse. I got lost in Powell’s. I made the trek to Portland from Seattle, thinking a weekend in a different … Continue reading
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Suggested Reading from the Book Banners
This week is Banned Books Week, at least according to the American Library Association (ALA). They have a great site on the phenomena of the banned book, with a statistics pages that appeals to my inner nerd. Surprisingly, total challenges … Continue reading
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Video Trailer for It’s a Book by Lane Smith
Here’s a one minute video that offers yet more insight on the digital transition. It’s the book trailer for It’s a Book by Lane Smith, though part of me wonders if (as is often the case with movies) this trailer might not … Continue reading
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Thoughts on The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
I read The Lightning Thief primarily to see what all the fuss is about. It’s the first in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan, which seems to have taken over multiple shelves in book stores everywhere. … Continue reading
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Guys Read: Funny Business Book Trailer
One of the things I often hear at writer’s conferences for kid’s books is that boys don’t read. As someone who at one time was both a boy and a voracious reader, I’ve always felt that this has a lot more … Continue reading
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