TASTING LIFE TWICE

50 in 365 update

nobody@vox.com(Crystal) — Thu, 15 May 2008 22:09:31 -0400

Sooo I know I promised to read 50 books this year, and I AM well on my way but have been lax on updating. Here are my most recent reads: #10 The Little Friend by Donna Tartt -- I listened to this as an unabridged book on tape, read by the aut...

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50 in 365: Books 1-10

nobody@vox.com(Crystal) — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:02:43 -0400

I haven't been posting as I go for the 50 in 365, but I have been reading. Sooo here is the backtrack for what I've read in the last two months. #1-3 The Gormenghast novels are really three books, Titus Groan, Gormenghast and Titus Alone. Incr...

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the sickness

nobody@vox.com(Crystal) — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 17:50:18 -0500

lazily cross posted from crystalking.com I wish that I could say it was a writing sickness of some sort, but no, it’s just plain sickness. Second time in less than a month, which makes me quite unhappy indeed. My husband finds my pitiful forlo...

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heavy reading ahead

nobody@vox.com(Crystal) — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 18:30:23 -0500

Lots and lots of books to read in the new year. To start me out, I'm going to be tackling: I also have the collected works of James Merrill sitting here waiting for me to crack open: Trying to knock a few more off my massive lifelong booklist....

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Words Coming to Life

nobody@vox.com(Crystal) — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 16:08:39 -0400

Last night Joe and I went to hear a Grub Street reading that featured Debutante Ball bloggers Tish Cohen, Jennifer McMahon and Patry Francis talking about writing and their debut novels. It was a very fun night and I loved hearing about the pro...

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good reads?

nobody@vox.com(Crystal) — Thu, 31 May 2007 07:36:18 -0400

Anyone use Good Reads? If so, drop me a PM with your email addy and I'll add you to my friends. It's similar to LibraryThing but more social.

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ouch! costly books!

nobody@vox.com(Crystal) — Wed, 23 May 2007 23:08:12 -0400

In researching Apicius, I've found that some of the books I'd like to have are quite expensive! First off, Pliny's Natural History, which I realize can be found online, but there is something quite nice about having a book in front of you chock...

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can I just say

nobody@vox.com(Crystal) — Wed, 23 May 2007 20:06:19 -0400

how fucking cool I find Jezebel? One of my new daily stopping spots... A new mag founded as an answer to the five great lies of women's magazines.

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if you could only recommend ONE book

nobody@vox.com(Crystal) — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:26:00 -0400

for someone else (i.e. me) to read, what would it be? I'm loading up my massive booklist still and would love to make sure it's well-rounded. Any kind of book, genre, etc. Just let me know.

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bibliophile

nobody@vox.com(Crystal) — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 18:25:46 -0400

I've become obsessed with the compilation of my ever-growing Books To Read Before I Die list. I've taken the best of many numerous lists and begun to add in many less obscure texts as suggested from other great book lists. The end result will be ...

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