Archive for the ‘Books’ Category
Kindle Pricing Is Still Wrong
My lovely wife bought me an Amazon Kindle for Christmas. It’s a fabulous gift and I’ve really enjoyed reading on it. The whole experience is fantastic. All of the questions that I had about it haven’t been an issue at all. I’ll write another post about what those concerns were and how/why they’ve simply melted [...]
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Tags: ecommerce, kindle, pricing
Open Letter to Amazon
Dear Amazon, As an avid reader and buyer of books, almost always from Amazon, I have been paying much of my limited attention to your Kindle e-reader. I find myself enthralled with the prospect of having many books right at my fingertips no matter my location. Your wireless capabilities and note-taking features are icing on [...]
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Ain’t No Sunshine
I’ve just started reading Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow and it’s a dense piece of work. I’m intrigued by the style and I’m well aware that Pynchon is considered by many to be an American master, but the book hasn’t really grabbed me yet. The density and veracity of every sensation in the book tends to [...]
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Tags: Gravity's rainbow, lowry, mathiessen, pynchon, shadow country, under the volcano
LibraryThing
I read a lot. As an English teacher, part of my reading addiction is work related. However, since I was young I have found that reading is something that allows me to block out everything else. The only other “escape” I have found is alcohol and playing the guitar. The former was toxic to me [...]
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New Senior Class
Our English department is developing new electives for our seniors to take. These are year-long classes that each teacher develops based on their own personal interests in literature. They range from outdoor writing to science fiction to Greek myths. My class will focus on contemporary literature, predominantly novels. For the purpose of the class, I [...]
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Feeds to Eat
