[thankful for a book-a-day advent to thanksgiving: 5 days left]
when i was a boy i liked to write. it was the only thing i wanted to do with my life. i invented imaginary people and filled notebooks with their stories. i wrote about a boy who grew up and got so hairy people wanted him [...]
[thankful for a book-a-day advent to thanksgiving: 6 days left]
of course c.s. lewis’s chronicles of narnia must make this list. these books worked their way so deeply into my imagination that i still check for hidden worlds at the back of wardrobes.
of the series, i found the magician’s nephew the most startling. this is the [...]
[thankful for a book-a-day advent to thanksgiving: 7 days left]
reading a book about writing can actually help you write better.
for some reason, as a sophomore in college and novice writing tutor, this was an epiphanic moment. read this book, it’s true. and trimble’s is one of the most readable texts on writing around.
[yes! you too [...]
[thankful for a book-a-day advent to thanksgiving: 8 days left]
it is strange, i guess, that the shakespearian play i am most overwhelmed and moved by isn’t king lear or romeo and juliet or the tempest, it’s richard III. historical inaccuracies aside, richard’s character fascinates me. so very evilly evil.
and it was here, as i tried [...]
[book-a-day advent to thanksgiving: 9 days left]
i love love love this book.
(so i’ve loved loved loved all the books this month. but if i was stranded on a desert island and i was feeling particularly girly and i just needed a romance, i would smuggle this book under my shirt, along with rope, matches, and [...]
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