Reading
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As many of you who follow my blog know, I’ve been engaged in a project to read 100 books in one year. I’ve tried this project a few times, have never succeeded, and keep coming back for more. My best number so far is 77 books from January 1st to December 31st. I’m pretty sure…
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Congratulations to everyone on making it to the year 2012! If we follow all that ancient Mayan propaganda, it might just be our last year, so I hope everyone plans on making the most of it. I know I’ve got a lot of big plans for this coming year, which is what this post today…
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“I’d learned something. Viscerally, instinctively, spiritually–even in some small, precursive way, sexually–and there was no turning back. The genie was out of the bottle. My life as a cook, and as a chef, had begun. Food had power.” “Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly” by Anthony Bourdain. Certain books, I believe, are probably more…
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“‘You can find winter snow here, in the shadows, in the summer. Things last a long time, in the shadows.’” “Fragile Thing0s: Short Fictions and Wonders” by Neil Gaiman When Grace over at Books Without Any Pictures was reading Fragile Things and did a review, I remarked on how I should really read this collection…
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“Suddenly Kira knew that although her door was not locked, she was not really free. Her life was limited to these things and this work. She was losing the joy she once felt when the bright-colored threads took shape in her hands, when the patterns came to her and were her own.” “Gathering Blue” by…
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“Individuals are thus the sole authors in their good or bad fortune.” “Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction” by Damien Keown As the title may suggest, this little guide to the basic tenants, beliefs, and history of Buddhism is a very short introduction. It was one of the books required for my university class that introduced…
L.S. Engler 