I recently began reading for pleasure again when I realized that denying myself one of my deepest pleasures for so long had ceased to help my productivity. Rather the opposite, in fact. Also, I took a long overdue unplugged holiday over the Christmas break and I recently contracted pneumonia again, both of which offered opportunities [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Books'
Recent Reading: Brief Reviews Part 1
March 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Motherhood: The Elephant in the Laboratory
October 27th, 2008 · 2 Comments
In keeping with my themed reading (all pleasure reading must at least have some practical applicability to my life) I took Motherhood: The Elephant in the Laboratory with me to a conference combined with a stopover to visit my in-laws last week. The book was interesting, inspiring, and had some wonderful anecdotes, but I was [...]
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Mama, Ph.D.
October 5th, 2008 · 5 Comments
I read this book a couple of months ago, and it really resonated for me. I love books of essays. I have always been an enormous fan of books of short stories, and over the years, I have gravitated more and more towards nonfiction and especially creative nonfiction. (I really do like bite-sized reading.) The [...]
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Mental Shift
March 8th, 2008 · No Comments
I love books of essays and short stories, especially during busy periods when I have to carve out time for bite-sized pleasure reading. I am currently reading The Best American Short Stories 2007, and so far, I’ve had a wide range of reactions to the different stories. As I finished one story that I didn’t [...]
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