May 2012
3 posts
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March 2012
3 posts
“For most of the time we were married I was in love with Diana Maitland. Never...”
– Young Hearts Crying - Richard Yates (1984). (via besieging)
Yates forever.
(via housingworksbookstore)
February 2012
6 posts
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“I’ve always felt an obligation to keep any book with which I’ve had some sort of...”
– Another from Francesa Mari in Paris Review – Shelf-Conscious, Francesca Mari. My book club’s next pick is The Great Gatsby; can’t wait to compare my 14-year-old (high school), 19-year-old (college), and current selves reactions.
Of course, if you’re weeding out your collection, please consider...
January 2012
6 posts
“People always say that it’s nice to have someone with whom to share the...”
– I <3 <3 <3 traveling alone. When I think of my best moments, the moments when I’ve felt the most confident, the most glamourous, the most like the person I want to be, they all take place in airports and airplanes, by myself, at the beginning of a journey.
[How the Internet Changed Solo...
Every Book I Read in 2011
In 2011 I read 68 books, compared to 2010’s 57 books. Some of these are series of comics (i.e. Preacher) and are only listed once.
I did this last year because I was trying to make a best-of list, and I hate ranked lists like that, so instead here’s every book I read in 2011 in reverse order I read them (December to January). Book club picks (I’m in two) are indicated with an...
“There are conversations that you’ll have in a car you’d otherwise never have. If...”
– Elissa Schappell, “Aren’t You Dead Yet?” from Blueprints for Building Better Girls, which I am currently reading and will be recommending to every single person I know and don’t know. Perfect way to kick off my 2012 year in reading. (via housingworksbookstore)
December 2011
14 posts
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November 2011
15 posts
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Be a bike person! Bike, helmet, locks, rear rack,... →
Buy my bike and all of the accessories! I tried to be a bike person, not very hard, but I am walking/subway person.
“Unlike in generations past, when (I imagine) you just kept doing what you and...”
– Edith Zimmerman, Dealing With Your Own Cultural Irrelevance (at Age 28) - NYTimes.com
October 2011
8 posts
