I have started so many posts for this blog in my head over the past few months. A post about My Age of Anxiety, which I actually finished ages ago and would probably have to reread at this point to properly write about. A post about Mary Szybist’s Incarnadine and another about Leslie Jamison’s The […]
Category Archives: Reading Lists
January
13
Lettered Ladies Book Club: Tolstoy and the Purple Chair
posted by Laura
I still can’t believe that Nina Sankovitch did what she did. Reading a 250-300 page book every day — and then writing about it! — for an entire year seems frankly impossible to me. Truly it does. Lettered Lady Kate could totally do this. She sacrifices no comprehension at all for her enviable speed, which […]
January
01
What Stacy’s Reading Now: Bittersweet
posted by Stacy
Ahhh…Christmas Break. The time when all English professors take a break from grading and lesson plans and meetings and …. read. (Hmmm…maybe we need new hobbies?) At least for me, the kind of reading I do during the three weeks in between the end of our Fall semester and the start of my January session […]
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 […]
November
20
Giddy to Talk Kids’ Books
posted by Laura
As a compulsive book buyer who likes to maintain a relatively uncluttered household, there are few things I love more than getting recommendations about books that will be worthy of taking up prime bookshelf real estate. So when I saw that my local bookstore, Prairie Lights, was hosting a talk about children’s book recommendations, I […]
August
14
Best Books of All Time?
posted by Stacy
Last week, I came upon this article: “40 Books to Read Before Turning 40”. I jokingly sent it to my boyfriend – currently enjoying his last few months in his 30s – and noted that he “has a lot of reading to do.” The books on the list are certainly some I’d recommend to anyone […]
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