What I’ll be Reading in 2011

Posted by Kevin Donovan on January 4, 2011 · 1 Comment 

What other fairly passive hobby can give more satisfaction than the reading of a book? Really, it is silly to think of it as an accomplishment when you flip the last page. You read something. Most of us read things all day but we hardly feel self-satisfied when putting down a newspaper or magazine. Well, … Continue reading →

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Book 1.1 If on a winter’s night a traveler

Posted by Kevin Donovan on October 13, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

You are about to begin reading Italo Calvino’s new novel, If on a winter’s night a traveler. Relax. Concentrate.     This is a blog about books, about reading them and understanding the writers who write them. I remember a line that Stephen King (who makes it into this blog’s canon by a whisker) wrote … Continue reading →

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