It’s been over five weeks since my last bookconscious post. In that time, I only finished reading four books, although I’ve got three others started and have dipped into several volumes of poetry. Two of the books I’m currently reading are all about grounding oneself in the quiet within an ordinary day. I can’t seem [...]
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Looking for quiet gifts
Posted in autodidactism, books, interconnectedness, life learning, reading, seeking, unschooling, writing, tagged autodidactism, book clubs, book discussion, book groups, Bookconscious Theory of the Interconnectedness of Reading, books, culture, fiction, historical fiction, history, humor, libraries, life learning, literary, memoir, mindfulness, New England, New Hampshire, Norse literature, novels, peace, poetry, reading, readings, Tolkien, unschooling, writing on October 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Fiction and food, the familiar and the faraway
Posted in books, cultures, interconnectedness, life learning, poetry, reading, travel, writing, tagged book clubs, book discussion, book groups, Bookconscious Theory of the Interconnectedness of Reading, books, cultures, fiction, grail quest, history, humor, interconnectedness, libraries, life learning, memoir, mindfulness, New England, New Hampshire, novels, poetry, race issues, reading, writing on July 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I read a variety of books this month, but I noticed as I looked over the list that many of them, fiction and nonfiction alike, featured food prominently. Location mattered, too, as I gravitated towards books set near and far, from Seattle to New England, from New York to Paris, to the mountains of Bhutan. [...]
Powerful personalities, poems, and promises
Posted in books, interconnectedness, life learning, poetry, reading, writing, tagged book clubs, Bookconscious Theory of the Interconnectedness of Reading, books, fiction, historical fiction, history, interconnectedness, marriage, memoir, New England, novels, poet laureate, poetry, reading, translation, writing on May 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It’s rainy and cool here in New Hampshire as I start this post, perfect weather for getting into pajamas after supper and curling up with a good book. I have somewhere to be, however. It’s a place I’ve mentioned several times on bookconscious: Gibson’s Bookstore. Tonight will be different: I’m the new events coordinator for [...]
What would Thoreau think?
Posted in Thoreau, autodidactism, books, cultures, interconnectedness, life learning, poetry, reading, unschooling, war, writing, tagged autodidactism, book clubs, Bookconscious Theory of the Interconnectedness of Reading, cultures, fiction, historical fiction, history, interconnectedness, libraries, life learning, New England, novels, poetry, reading, suspense, Theory of Interconnectedness, Thoreau, unschooling, Walden, war, writing on May 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
April turned out to be a busy month, but I did find time to read. I suspect that the author of one of the books I finished, Walden, would not think much of either my hectic schedule or my eclectic reading. I started reading Walden last year, when the kids and I were learning about [...]
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