I am moving to Austin in like three weeks and downsizing from a three bedroom, two living room house to a small one-bedroom apartment. The only thing on my to do list for today was to start packing (and possibly culling?) my approximately 400,000 books. As of 11:00am, I have packed exactly zero books, but I have ordered […]
Category: Books
Death, The Holocaust, and Other Childhood Experiences
I had a lot of things I needed to do this evening, so naturally, I started making a list of all the books I would hypothetically buy for the starting library of any children I might one day have.
Recent Reads
Everybody really liked my year in reading post, so now I’m thinking I should maybe write more about the books I read. But I have this problem – because I read so much, people tend to go read the books I rate at five stars or say that I love, and then a lot of times […]
Books I Read in 2015
This time last year, I made a resolution to read less and live more. I failed miserably on both counts, oops. I read 95 books in 2015! And one was Infinite Jest, which should probably round me up to 100 at least. I think this might be a personal record.
I’ve Been Reading: Winner of the National Book Award
Shit, I had some vague idea I might write this book one day, but it seems Jincy Willett has beaten me to the punch (and undoubtedly done a better job of it than I would have).
