What is reading, anyway? Novels, comics, graphic novels, manga, e-books, audiobooks — which of these is reading these days? Are they all reading? Only some of them? What are your personal qualifications for something to be “reading” — why? If something isn’t reading, why not? Does it matter? Does it impact your desire to sample [...]
Archive for May, 2008
27 May
Bookin’ Around May Review
With it being the end of the month I realized I still didn’t read the book for May yet. There are a number of reasons I could give for taking so long to read the book but the primary reason was that the book was Korean. My last few months in that country [...]
26 May
Bookin’ Around
Recently I’ve created a page for the book club that I created on Facebook, thus bringing it That’s the Book! I’ve brought it here to encourage readers of That’s the Book! to join Bookin’ Around and get more discussion. I know not everyone here is on Facebook so I wanted to bring a [...]
26 May
Stratford There’s More Than Shakespeare
I’ve been back in Stratford for a little over two weeks now and I’ve started to fully immerse myself in everything that is Stratford. When people come to Stratford they usually come for the superb theatre that is available here. With four stages and 16 shows to choose from there is something on [...]
22 May
Booking Through Thursday #11 – Books and Movies
Books and films both tell stories, but what we want from a book can be different from what we want from a movie. Is this true for you? If so, what’s the difference between a book and a movie?
Superfastreader suggested this one, and I must say really like the question. The short answer is, [...]
21 May
The Canadian Book Challenge – Newfoundland
This will be my last post for this first Canadian Book Challenge, I’m a little disappointed because I didn’t all thirteen books read for the challenge. I know this disappointment is irrational since I started this challenge rather late (January 27th) and this is book number eight that I’ve read for the challenge and [...]
15 May
Booking Through Thursday #10 – Manual Labour Redux
It’s hard to believe it’s that time of the week again. I’m beginning to feel bad that I’m not getting all the reading done these days that I want to so my blog is filling up with memes and other type things. I’ll get back into it once I’m fully settled in the new surroundings. [...]
14 May
I’ve Been Tagged Again! – Blogging Tips Meme
Melody from Melody’s Reading Corner has tagged me to do the Blogging Tips Meme. I don’t typically talk about anything non-book related on here but I thought this might be of some interest to anyone that comes here as most visitors have their own blog. The more information we can get about blogs and blogging [...]
