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my beautiful bookshelf: Book Place: BookBuyers
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Bibliophilia in the Bay. Monday, September 26, 2011. On a recent trip to Castro Street (the coolest part of Mountain View), following a satisfying hamburger lunch at new restaurant SteakOut, Paul and I did the usual rounds- Red Rock Cafe, Books Inc. (Mountain View edition), and BookBuyers. BTW, speaking of, check out my new Book Places page. Will get bigger as I revisit all my book places and take iPhone pictures. Labels: Bay Area bookstores. September 26, 2011 at 10:19 PM. I love this place! You know, I...
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my beautiful bookshelf: Ada, or Ardor
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Bibliophilia in the Bay. Thursday, July 7, 2011. Ada, or Ardor. Vladimir Nabokov, ADA, OR ARDOR. New York: Vintage International, 1969. Acquired at a Borders somewhere. New. True Confession(z): I bought, and started, this book over a year and a half ago. What can I say? Nabokov has really florid, dense prose; this book is really long; I've been busy with grad schoolish activities; I have no tenacity. I'll say all of those things. Emphasis mine.) I think that is very apt. You know, like gone, "oh! So I gu...
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my beautiful bookshelf: October 2011
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Bibliophilia in the Bay. Tuesday, October 25, 2011. Last Friday I glanced in the reflection of the night-dark BART window to notice that of ten statistical standers holding on to overhead steadying bars, nine were gazing down at some glowing electronic gadget—iPods and iPads, Droids, Kindles. The tenth was maybe looking at a book, or nothing. This Friday (I take BART on Fridays) I was heartened to notice, of an undisclosed actual. Number of fellow commuters, at least seven were reading actual. Also a qui...
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my beautiful bookshelf: July 2011
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Bibliophilia in the Bay. Monday, July 25, 2011. A Big Box Eulogy. I feel like I should say a few words regarding Borders Bookstores’ recent passing. But I’m not sure what those words are. Like with most corporations whose services I’ve sporadically employed I feel only a faint attachment; an attachment made more tenuous by the fact that I know no human. Person who will be dramatically affected by its demise (i.e. employees; CEOs). We were kind of fair weather friends. The Seattle’s Bests. Ome people blam...
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my beautiful bookshelf: June 2011
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Bibliophilia in the Bay. Sunday, June 26, 2011. Nooks and Kindles and Kobos. My boyfriend bought a Nook at Barnes and Noble the other day. Quite frankly it’s adorable. Small, black, with a muted magnetic screen that shows author caricatures when it’s asleep (Joseph Conrad – Jules Verne – Kurt Vonnegut – Oscar Wilde), snugly wrapped in a (sold-separately) navy and black leather cover, designed to look like a *real* book. Even the name is adorable. 8220;Nook.”. I like to say it. An entire bookshelf in your...
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my beautiful bookshelf: September 2011
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Bibliophilia in the Bay. Monday, September 26, 2011. On a recent trip to Castro Street (the coolest part of Mountain View), following a satisfying hamburger lunch at new restaurant SteakOut, Paul and I did the usual rounds- Red Rock Cafe, Books Inc. (Mountain View edition), and BookBuyers. BTW, speaking of, check out my new Book Places page. Will get bigger as I revisit all my book places and take iPhone pictures. Labels: Bay Area bookstores. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.
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my beautiful bookshelf: Los Angeles, I'm Yours
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Bibliophilia in the Bay. Tuesday, July 12, 2011. Los Angeles, I'm Yours. By a band well-loved by me, the Decemberists, who also happen to be one of the more literary bands I can think of. See lyric at bottom.*). And by Los Angeles, I mean Southern California. Kind of a metonym(? Because that’s where I’ll be this week. Sometimes it’s nice to get out of the city. And by the city, I mean your life. I’ve actually only lived in what I’d call a proper city for the past six months. So I move to the city aspirin...
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my beautiful bookshelf: About the Author
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Bibliophilia in the Bay. My textual interests are eclectic: I read history, of course, and scholarly works, but I also love classics, 20th-century literature, and I occasionally tear through mysteries (Agatha Christie) and sci-fi (stuff my boyfriend gives me) and bestsellers (stuff my mom gives me) as well. My favorite author is Vladimir Nabokov, which I recently discovered makes me a Nabokovian. I love to write as much or more than I love to read. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.
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my beautiful bookshelf: God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian
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Bibliophilia in the Bay. Tuesday, August 2, 2011. God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian. Kurt Vonnegut, GOD BLESS YOU, DR. KEVORKIAN. New York: Seven Stories Press, 1999. Acquired at Christopher’s Books, Potrero Hill, San Francisco. New. 8220;All generalizations are false, including this one.” (Mark Twain, not Kurt Vonnegut. Though I kinda have the feeling they’d have gotten along.) My generalization: Where Nabokov- subject of my last Book entry- wrote ecstatically. 8220;I want to get this straight,” I said...
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my beautiful bookshelf: Other Bookshelves
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Bibliophilia in the Bay. Seeing Catch-22 Twice, by Ron Rosenbaum. On Slate, Aug. 2, 2011. His revelations on the true. Message of Catch-22, which downplay the most moving part of the novel, the Snowden chapters. National Review questions Obama's summer reading. On Salon, Aug. 23, 2011. Obama picked up some critically-acclaimed fiction in Martha's Vineyard, including Alduous Huxley and Emma Donoghue, and National Review criticized his choices for their fiction-iness. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
