Posted in Challenges, Reviews on Dec 29th, 2007 No Comments »
Last night I had awesome fun plans that got canceled, so on a whim, I decided to do what I’d read of some of you others doing, and that is to hole myself up in my house and read for 24 hours straight. I wanted to use the opportunity to clear off part of […]
Posted in General Prattling On, Reviews on Dec 28th, 2007 4 Comments »
Hey, Sick Neglectful World Traveler here wishing everyone a happy late Christmas and early New Year! In the interest of catching up with everything and starting fresh in the new year, I’m going to do as some others are doing and give a quick digest rundown of what’s been up.
I’ve been busy and traveling […]
Posted in Challenges on Dec 6th, 2007 1 Comment »
Chronically behind in everything, I present to you my official tiny reading list for Bellezza’s Japanese Literature Challenge. Three books. January 30, 2008. I can totally handle. I’m going out of town in a week, so lots of airport time awats… ok.
The Woman in the Dunes / Kobo Abe
Kokoro / […]
Posted in Challenges, Reviews on Dec 6th, 2007 1 Comment »
Eats, Shoots & Leaves / Lynne Truss
Gotham Books, 2006 (paperback) [orig. 2003]
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero-Tolerance Approach to Punctuation is the one charming little grammar book everyone should read. Yes, I like grammar, ok? I don’t use punctuation properly, especially on the Internet, but I am generally well-aware of the atrocities I […]