Personal Finance, Writing, and Blogging
Posted in Book Reviews on Jun 25th, 2008
Last week I wrote that I was a little concerned with my reading habits. I noticed I would actively criticize certain kinds of “popular” books without every having read them. I wondered if maybe I was a book snob. So I decided to go out there and pick a book based solely on how well [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, Books on Jun 13th, 2008
This book took me a LONG time to get through. It’s been on my sidebar under “Currently Reading” for a really long time. More on that later. But anyway, I finally made my way through it and all of the stories inside. The book is a collection of short stories that are supposedly the “best [...]
Posted in Books on Apr 4th, 2008
So I’ve had a lot of trouble recently finding great books to read. Sure, I really liked Call Me by Your Name and The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, but it seems like I’ve been quitting a lot of books and it’s kind of bothering me. I used to read on until the end [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, Books on Mar 21st, 2008
Recently I’ve been quitting a lot of books and it’s made me think about the value of reading a “bad” book vs. just putting it away and picking up one you potentially might like.
I used to read through any book no matter what, but I think since I realized that books are infinite and you [...]
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