by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Feb 24, 2012 | accumulation, reading |
I count how many books I read in a year, but I think I forgot to do that for 2010. So I just did: 50 books. About average for me. Then I counted the number for 2011–34 books. Way down. I was afraid of this. Since starting to work for The Writing Life section...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Dec 17, 2011 | novels, obsession, reading, stories |
My writing group just finished reading Colm Toibin’s collection, The Empty Family. Although some people in the group loved it, I didn’t. I’ve started giving away the books I know I won’t read again, and this one will be sent on its...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Nov 19, 2011 | accumulation, reading |
Although I note here what I intend to read and why I chose it, at the moment, here’s what I’m actually reading: 1 – The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards. I bought this hardback book because I’ve become fascinated by...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Aug 8, 2011 | life, reading, shapes, the day, time |
I adore this portrait of May Sarton. I used it in a blog post on August 8, 2009. I also used some of the same quotes, but I had a very different reaction to them two years ago. There is nothing to be done but go ahead with life moment by moment and hour by...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jun 23, 2011 | novels, reading |
“When enough years had gone by to enable us to look back on them, we sometimes discussed the events leading to his accident. I maintain that the Ewells started it all, but Jem, who was four years my senior, said it started long before that. He said it began the...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Apr 18, 2011 | reading |
The Pulitzer Prize in Fiction was awarded today to A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan, “an inventive investigation of growing up and growing old in the digital age, displaying a big-hearted curiosity about cultural change at warp speed.” For more...
