Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading by Nina Sankovitch To read one book every day for a year: that is the kind of goal I can get behind. As a professor, I read for hours every day, but those hours are usually scattered upon student papers, historical and theoretical works, and […]
Monthly Archives: December 2013
December
23
Lettered Ladies Book Club: My take on Tolstoy, the Purple Chair, and the Act of Reading
posted by Kate Krueger
December
12
Hunkering Down with Holiday Picture Books
posted by Laura
Down in our basement, along with the Christmas ornaments and tree skirt and advent calendars and various other household decorations, we keep a very special box labeled “Christmas Books.” A while back, I decided that this stash would go away for eleven months of the year so that come December, these books would feel fresh […]
Just the kind of “list” that works for an nerdy English professor…
posted by Stacy
It’s Finals Week. And it’s 10 degrees. Holiday planning stress is upon me. Therefore, I’m falling captive to all kinds of distractions, including those on social media. Here’s the latest I found on Facebook – and it’s perfect for all of us Lettered Ladies (and Gents). What are your “significant” books, friends? (I included short […]
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