Monthly Archives: February 2012

“I Know It When I See It” and Other Random Thoughts

Posted on February 25, 2012 by

Blogging Update First, thanks to everyone who commented here and elsewhere on my last post, and who tweeted the link. The first three days it was up were by far the busiest my blog has seen (an average of 150 views a … Continue reading →

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Reading (About) Bodies: Links on the Body, Feminism and Romance

Posted on February 17, 2012 by

This week was my college’s reading break. I had a big list of Things I Will Do During Break. What I actually did was go to a bunch of meetings and mess around on the internet (plus a few of … Continue reading →

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Passionate Reading Update

Posted on February 11, 2012 by

Reading Outside the Lines A number of posts in the past couple of days have made me want to read more adventurously: Sandy at All About Romance asks “Are You an Adventurous Reader?” Like a lot of commenters, digital reading and audiobooks … Continue reading →

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It’s the End of the World! Franzen and Byatt

Posted on February 5, 2012 by

By now you’ve all probably laughed/wrung your hands/rolled your eyes over Jonathan Franzen’s supremely ill-considered remarks about how, as the Telegraph headline puts it, “e-books are damaging society.” What I wonder is, why would I read a book about contemporary middle-class Americans … Continue reading →

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Reading with a Passionate Eye

Posted on February 1, 2012 by

Sense vs. Sensibility? I’m a Sense girl, all the way. I am not exactly a fan of passion in my personal life. I mistrust anything that carries me beyond reason or makes me feel out of control. For me, there’s … Continue reading →

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