Abide with me
friend of my youth
let the great world spin
the pleasures and sorrows of work
infinite jest
Abide with me
friend of my youth
let the great world spin
the pleasures and sorrows of work
infinite jest
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“This can be a quick one. Don’t take too long to think about it. Fifteen books you’ve read that will always stick with you. First fifteen you can recall in no more than 15 minutes.”
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Hardcover? Or paperback?
Illustrations? Or just text?
First editions? Or you don’t care?
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Since “Inspiration” is (or should be) the theme this week … what is your reading inspired by?
People have been known to white knuckle it while riding in a car that I am driving. I freely admit to arriving places that I have only faint recall about how I got there. My mind is always all over the place. And so is my reading. I simply arrive at some point or book or another, ready for the experience at hand. What inspires me to pick up a certain book? I could make something up, but truly, I do not have the foggiest most times. Just fly by the seat of my pants wherever the moment takes me. It is like being in the food hall at Harrods. How can one possibly choose? Appetite. Subjective.
On the other hand, I do find beautiful libraries to be inspirational places. Temples of knowledge, of belief. Always a bit awestruck at such assemblies of the written word. Trinity College Library in Dublin above. The Library of Congress reading room here in Washington DC below. Two personal favorites. Do you have a favorite library? Is it a source of inspiration for you?
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"But, enough about books … Other things have words, too, right? Like … songs!
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Happy New Year, everyone! So … any Reading Resolutions? Say,
specific books you plan to read? A plan to read more ____? Anything at all? Name
me at least ONE thing you’re looking forward to reading this year!
Reading resolutions, if too specific, can be indicators of failure at year’s end rather than a celebration of all you did read, of all the unexpected paths you turned down just flying by the seat of your pants. So…my very general resolutions include reading much more nonfiction (do photography books count?), and much, much more in translation. I feel as if a whole new world has opened up for my reading life in researching for the reading challenge I am hosting, Lost in Translation, and I cannot wait to see where I land. And the ONE thing I am looking forward to reading? The next book of course. Just finished Olive Kitteridge, and have my eye on The Elegance of the Hedgehog at this very moment. Happy New Year everyone!
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