#fullpost { display: inline; } This week, Wendy asked Weekly Geeks to ‘fess up to our less-than-lofty reading pleasures: Recently NPR aired a Guilty Pleasures episode where writers talked about the books they loved but were embarrassed to be seen reading. It got me thinking about all those books I love but don’t necessarily want other people to know I love them. Given that the holiday season is filled with eating the foods we love […]
Thoughts From My Reading is an occasional feature in which I consider my reactions to books beyond the scope of my typical review. It was 1981, and as I neared the end of my high-school career, it was hard for me to fathom that legal equality for women wouldn’t be in place by the end of the decade. Despite side issues like the “unisex bathrooms” debate (which I had with my best friend – I […]
Sisterhood, Interrupted: From Radical Women to Grrls Gone WildDeborah Siegel (blog)Palgrave Macmillan (2007), First Edition, Paperback (140398204X / 9781403982049)Nonfiction (history/gender studies), 240 pagesSource: Personal/purchased copyReason for reading: Topic of interest, blogging author Opening Lines (from the Introduction): “On February 15, 1969, the day I was born, the newly formed women’s liberation movement launched its national attack on domesticity. In New York City, members of the Women’s International Terrorist Conspiracy from Hell – WITCH – stormed […]
I haven’t done a Bookkeeping report for a few weeks because there hasn’t been a lot to report. I haven’t added many books to TBR Purgatory for the last couple of months. I’m scaling back review books, and have been trying to confine my book-buying to titles already on my wishlist – and at least until Christmas, my book-buying will be limited to books for other people. However, it certainly looks like I’ve been busy […]
It’s about time we got a button in here, isn’t it? I got myself a Tumblr blog after all, and if you’re on Tumblr, I’d be more than happy for you to follow it (and I’ll follow you back)! But here are a few reasons you might choose not to: I’m treating it as a “spinoff” from this blog, so a lot of what I post there will probably end up back over here anyway. […]
Girl Power: The Nineties Revolution in Music Marisa Meltzer Faber & Faber (2010), Edition: 1, Paperback (ISBN 0865479798 / 9780865479791) Nonfiction (music/women’s studies), 176 pages Source: personal/purchased copy Reason for reading: topic of interest; blogger recommendation (Viva la Feminista) Opening Lines (Chapter 1): “The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, is the kind of university that offers neither grades nor majors. Its central quad is called Red Square; its concrete-block, riot-proof buildings are nestled among […]
I was born the same year that the Beatles took over the world, but by the time I became aware of the band, they’d already been broken up for several years. I’d become a serious fan by the time I was in high school, though, and had learned a lot about their lives and music. Throughout the 1970s, fans still harbored hopes for a Beatles reunion, wondering if each collaboration between two (or occasionally even […]
The presence of extra traffic on the streets (at least near Best Buy) this time of year inspires this week’s Assignment: Weekend Assignment # 347: Car Crazy Some people are car connoisseurs, able to discuss the finer points of 1960 Corvette engines, find or build replacement Model T parts, or argue the merits of the latest high-end Italian sports car. (Okay, maybe it’s not the same person in each of these scenarios, but you get […]
It’s that time of year…and I had planned to talk about it in this week’s Sunday Salon, but I didn’t get a chance to write one. However, when Weekly Geeks posted it as this week’s topic, I decided I’d make my response a special belated Salon post as well. Becky asked: Do you plan on participating in any reading challenges in 2011? Are you planning on hosting any reading challenges? Are there any challenges you […]
