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- Jul 20, 2009
- 1 min
What makes a good beach read?
NPR has posted the 200 finalists for their “100 Best Beach Books” vote. But rather than this being a useful list of books I might want to take on vacation, it reads like a random assortment of people’s favorite books. The list ranges from “Bridget Jones’s Diary” to “Ender’s Game” to “War and Peace” and for me, very few of them are actually beach books. For me a beach book is light and fluffy, yet attention grabbing as well and many of these books don’t fit the bill (Anna Kare
- Oct 3, 2008
- 1 min
Literary Landmarks in Massachusetts
I have had this podcast from NPR’s Radio Boston in my iTunes library for a while, but only just got around to listening to it today. Maybe someday I’ll get around to visiting some of these places, though it looks like The Mount, Edith Wharton’s beautiful estate and gardens, is in danger of foreclosure. I think I have seen the fountain dedicated to Anne Sullivan (Helen Keller’s teacher), and I’ve definitely passed by Longfellow’s house many many times, but have never gone ins
- Jul 8, 2008
- 1 min
Amazon Kindle
I am still not a convert. One would think that I would be after having read all of Mansfield Park on my Palm during downtime in medical school (when I should have been studying). I just enjoy the feel and weight of an actual book in my hands and reading something on a screen is just not the same. There is no new book smell, no actual flipping of pages, no cool colorful bookmarks, or dog-eared pages (and no paper cuts). Not to mention…how could you possibly enjoy illustration
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