What Makes This Book So Great is a compendium of blog posts about Jo Walton's rereads of books, not necessarily all science fiction and fantasy. These are blog posts originally published on Tor.com, so they are short, breezy, and quick to read. Walton is such a prodigious reader, averaging a book or more a day (I wonder … Continue reading Recommended Reading: What Makes This Book So Great
Some interesting links I've stumbled across lately: On annotating books (BookRiot): I personally cannot mark up a paper book, which is another reason why I like my Kindle--it makes highlighting painless. More marginalia (New York Review of Books). A book is a heart that only beats in the chest of another (Brain Pickings). What's reading … Continue reading Links for readers…
In a recent post, I discussed trying to read books written by women. This led me to consider which women authors I would recommend, and I came up with a list of books by women that I think are entertaining and enlightening reads. Of course, I am not the only person to have come up … Continue reading Books by women: A reading list
