Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s Top Ten Tuesday was originally supposed to be “Top Ten Authors I’d Like To See On A Reality Show,” but then some feedback about its difficulty made Jamie give us a Freebie Week, as well. Thank goodness, because–and […]
Tag Archives: Annie Dillard
Book review: An American Childhood by Annie Dillard
May 28, 2011
An American Childhood by Annie Dillard Memoir Harper Perennial, 2008 Paperback 272 pages An American Childhood, first published in 1987, is Annie Dillard’s memoir of growing up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the 1950’s. Dillard had a pretty idyllic childhood, her family being relatively privileged and living in the more privileged neighborhoods in Pittsburgh. She recalls with […]
Book Love: A Family Affair
--My dad, 4/29/12
- Review: The Black Country by Alex Grecian May 21, 2013
- Review: Immortal Bird by Doron Weber May 14, 2013
- Review: Frozen in Time by Mitchell Zuckoff May 9, 2013
- April 2013 Reading Wrap-Up and May Plans May 5, 2013
- Review: Amity & Sorrow by Peggy Riley May 4, 2013
- Armchair BEA 2012: An Introduction June 4, 2012
- Altogether, 2012 in the Shire was a marvelous year. August 29, 2012
- Dearest Joey: Putting it in the freezer didn’t make me feel safer. February 8, 2013
- Armchair BEA: My “Best of 2012″ Featuring Books From Barbara Kingsolver and Zadie Smith June 5, 2012
- April 2013 Reading Wrap-Up and May Plans May 5, 2013
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Tweeting Between the Covers
- RT @MargaretAtwood: Magic Number Follower Request #3: Highschool Formal! (I sewed it myself...) twitpic.com/csm64s 2 hours ago
- RT @estellasrevenge: Lots of activities swirling in the book blogging world. Check out this week's Water Cooler post at The Estella... http… 2 hours ago
- @cestone40 You're welcome, Celestine! 2 hours ago
Book Club Reads — April / May 2013
- #TuesBookTalk: The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane, by Katherine Howe
#TuesBookTalk meets on Twitter every Tuesday night from 9:30-10:30pm ET. Not on Twitter? No problem! We also have a group on Goodreads where you can share your thoughts. Anyone is welcome to join us--if you're interested, click the link above to be taken to Goodreads for more detailed information!
- #1book140: The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
#1book140 is an international Twitter book club, created by Jeff Howe and hosted by The Atlantic. Anyone is welcome to join, and you can find more information on The Atlantic's website by clicking the link above, or by following @1book140 and the #1book140 hashtag on Twitter. There is also an unofficial website--1Blog140, the verbose extension to #1book140--where participants can contribute to the conversation using more than 140 characters.
- The Next Best Book Club (TNBBC): Fight for Your Long Day, by Alex Kudera
TNBBC (Goodreads) is hosted by Lori of TNBBC (the blog). Discussion of Fight for Your Long Day will be taking place in the TNBBC Goodreads group from May 15 through May 30. If you're interested in joining the discussion, click either of the links above for more information.
- BOOK CLUB: The Golem and the Jinni, by Helene Wecker
BOOK CLUB is hosted by Jen of Devourer of Books and Nicole of Linus's Blanket. The discussion for The Golem and the Jinni will be taking place on Devourer of Books on May 21. If you're interested in participating in future BOOK CLUB discussions, keep your eyes on Jen's and Nicole's blogs for their giveaway/sign-up posts!
Project Read All Of Atwood
Here's the schedule:
2012:
MAY -- The Edible Woman (1969)
JUN -- Surfacing (1972)
JUL -- Lady Oracle (1976)
AUG -- Dancing Girls (1977)
SEP -- Life Before Man (1979)
OCT -- Bodily Harm (1981)
NOV -- Murder in the Dark (1983)
DEC -- Bluebeard’s Egg (1983)
2013:
JAN -- The Handmaid’s Tale (1985)
FEB -- Cat’s Eye (1988)
MAR -- Wilderness Tips (1991)
APR -- Good Bones (1992)
MAY -- The Robber Bride (1993)
JUN -- Alias Grace (1996)
JUL -- The Labrador Fiasco (1996)
AUG -- The Blind Assassin (2000)
SEP -- Oryx and Crake (2003)
OCT -- The Penelopiad (2005)
NOV -- The Tent (2006)
DEC -- Moral Disorder (2006)
2014:
JAN -- The Year of the Flood (2009)
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