by Cynthia Newberry Martin | May 16, 2009 | reading |
One of the comments on the last post has me thinking about when, during the process of reading a book, I will go back to reread. Because I have so many books waiting to be read, I only stop to reread small patches–sentences or paragraphs. And I read with a...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | May 14, 2009 | reading |
How many times have you thought this or said this? When I say it, I actually don’t mean good; I mean that will take my breath away. That will make me want to read it again. So I say this, I’m guessing, three or four times a year. I’m not the only...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | May 12, 2009 | life, reading, the day |
Hey, do you remember in elementary school when there would be paper drives? You’d go around to your neighbors’ houses, maybe with your little brother’s red wagon, to collect all the newspapers they had. Well, I was thinking we’d have a comment drive. To collect all...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Apr 6, 2009 | journeys, place, reading |
It’s a blustery day in Seaside, Florida, a town many of you may know from the movie The Truman Show. I was taking a quick break from Tender is the Night for a fun beach read, The Sunday Wife by Cassandra King, which takes place in Seaside and the surrounding...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Feb 26, 2009 | reading |
It doesn’t bother me not to finish a book. I have so many I want to read, not to mention reread. And if I don’t like a book, I want it out of the house. The faster, the better. Toss–feed the buzzards. One exception: If it is a universally...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Feb 24, 2009 | craft of writing, details, novels, reading |
Here is the first sentence from Richard Russo’s novel, Empire Falls, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize in 2002: “The Empire Grill was long and low-slung, with windows that ran its entire length, and since the building next door, a Rexall drugstore, had...
