Parental Choices on Reading and Viewing
My wife has some thoughts on this topic.
My wife has some thoughts on this topic.
I’m always amused by stories about writing or about publishing, or news articles that talk about journalism. Of course, such things must exist, but they still feel funny to me. Cory Doctorow wrote a very good short story for theBookseller titled The story so far . . . and beyond (HT: Cory Doctorow’s craphound.com. It’s…
Occasionally one of my Christian acquaintances will question my taste in reading, movies, TV programs, or even games, though having attained 50 years of age, video and other online games are less a part of my life than they used to be. I don’t think their question is inappropriate, but I do very often disagree…
Note: This is a long post with me bloviating on what I regard as good literature and how I come up with my ratings in book notes. This is fair warning for those who expect shorter, lighter material on this blog. I have been a reader for as long as I can remember. As soon…
I’ve decided that putting a single entry for each book I decide to write a paragraph or so about is too scattered. I think I’ll just try to make weekly entries on my reading. Where applicable, I’ll do something similar for what I watch as well, though I watch less than I read. This week…
I’ve posted before on the idea of what is great literature and what is not, and particularly on the tendency of some people to become gatekeepers over the distinction. I personally reject the very idea of reading lists. If people think my reading is eccentric (it is), or that I have not read certain pieces…
I’ve been reading a viewing a variety of things over the last couple of weeks and I thought I’d comment on a few of them and provide “buy” links. First on my list is a mystery by a new author (for me), Donna Andrews, titled Access Denied. This is one of a series, the Turing…