by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jul 3, 2009 | reading |
David Foster Wallace’s 1079 page Infinite Jest has been in residence in my study for 13 years–since 1996. When I first heard about Infinite Summer, I glanced over at the large book on the bottom of my ToBeRead shelf, and I thought nooooo. Then, after...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jun 29, 2009 | accumulation, reading |
In 1999, I started keeping a list of the books I read on an old computer program called Sidekick, which was amazing because you could create cardfiles and name the categories exactly what you wanted to. As the years went by, they did not update the program. It became...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jun 21, 2009 | reading |
We’ve been having a discussion about writing in books. If you’re interested, check out the comments to Some People Buy Shoes (a prequel). I buy books. One thing leading to another, I mentioned that I had a slight problem with making more use of the library...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jun 19, 2009 | accumulation, craft of writing, memoir, reading |
Some of you may have noticed that on the Reading List page, I’ve been adding how I chose the book or books I’m currently reading. Well, the story of how I chose Abigail Thomas’ Thinking About Memoir seemed too long to add on that page. Talk about one...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jun 10, 2009 | Columbus GA, place, reading, the day |
Yesterday, June 9th, I sat and read under this little piece of sky–one of those skies that appeared still, the clouds unmoving. It looks like a sky that might be over you at the beach or in a meadow where you might be ripping a piece of baguette to go with a...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jun 1, 2009 | reading |
June 1st, although not officially summer, is in my mind, which makes it time for summer reading! My recommendations: The Earth Hums in B Flat (novel) by Mari Strachan. This is out now. I just read it….See my review forthcoming in July in the summer issue of...
