“If we approach reading mindfully, we’ll get more out of it.” ~Brian Jackson One thing that came up in April’s exploration of Depth that I wanted to explore further was Deep Reading. In Madhu Bazaz Wangu’s Unblock Your Creative Flow(Amazon assoc. link), she says Deep Reading is “transformative reading that will help you grow inContinue reading “Deep Reading”
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Read Broadly, and Not As You Are Told
Hi everyone! Sorry I checked out for a bit, but summer hit hard, and I had some adjusting to do. The fourth of July was huge this year with my niece turning eighteen. Our fourth of July baby is going off to college. Oh, the changes keep coming. I turned the fireworks into tigers thisContinue reading “Read Broadly, and Not As You Are Told”
Readers Imbibing Peril (R.I.P. XVIII) Update
I can’t believe we’re already over halfway through September. Yesterday was lovely and warm, but today feels like Fall. I’ve accepted that my summer is over, so I thought today would be a good day to talk about my progress in the Readers Imbibing Peril challenge. I linked each of the titles to the book’sContinue reading “Readers Imbibing Peril (R.I.P. XVIII) Update”
Review of My Seattle Summer Reading Bingo Card & My New Thriller Reading Bingo Card
I’m glad I decided to participate in the Seattle Arts and Lectures summer reading book bingo this year. The categories suggested for each square led me to variety of books and many great book discoveries that I most likely wouldn’t have found other wise. Below is the list of the squares starting in the topContinue reading “Review of My Seattle Summer Reading Bingo Card & My New Thriller Reading Bingo Card”
Reading Novels Like a Novelist Attempt 13: Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
I thought since there aren’t A to Z posts on Sundays, I would change my RNLN posts to Sundays for April and see how that goes. As it is Monday evening, I would say that is still to be seen. I will try to have the next one up this Sunday. Things I Learned KafkaContinue reading “Reading Novels Like a Novelist Attempt 13: Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami”
RNLN Attempt 12: The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Procedural Tips This week I tried a whole new way of reading. I used the free application Spreeder for my first read of The Awakening by Kate Chopin. Spreeder is an online speed reading application that flashes text at a central focal point. Its default is one word at a time at 300 words perContinue reading “RNLN Attempt 12: The Awakening by Kate Chopin”
RNLN Attempt 11: Home by Toni Morrison
Reading Novels Like a Novelist This week I read Home by Toni Morrison. Home is a compact novel of only one hundred and forty six pages. It has a great opening hook of a man trying to escape from a hospital and letting the reader in on his plans of deception and escape. He doesn’tContinue reading “RNLN Attempt 11: Home by Toni Morrison”
RNLN Attempt 10: Kaleidoscope by Brian Selznick & S. by Doug Dorst and J. J. Abrams
This week is going to be a little different. Every time I look “Abstract Art” in my local library system’s catalogue, the novel Kaleidoscope by Brian Seznick comes up. The cover looks like an extreme close-up on a green eye with the white lettering across the pupil. I’ve been curious why that novel comes upContinue reading “RNLN Attempt 10: Kaleidoscope by Brian Selznick & S. by Doug Dorst and J. J. Abrams”
RNLN Attempt 9: The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
This week I enjoyed a fun read: The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman. I brought this popular mystery home from the library and read the whole thing in one sitting, reading into the night. I laughed out loud and almost cried. So I thought this would be a good week to start re-reading TheContinue reading “RNLN Attempt 9: The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman”
RNLN Attempt 8: To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
Overview: To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf is an intimate look at a philosopher’s wife, her husband, and eight children and their guests at a summer house. The young son wants to take the boat trip to the Lighthouse but the weather is not cooperating and he is very disappointed. The novel is told inContinue reading “RNLN Attempt 8: To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf”
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