Reading
December 31, 2016
2017 Reading Challenges
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Historically, I’ve been terrible at fulfilling reading challenges, but I’m determined to do some things differently in 2017. One of my goals is to spend more time reading books and less time on social media. Not that I’m anti-social media – it’s allowed me to connect with readers, re-connect with old friends and access hundreds […]
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December 3, 2016
Welcome to the final Six Degrees of Separation for 2016. If you’re a recent arrival to this blog, and have no idea what I’m talking about, let me explain. This literary meme is based on the concept that we’re all connected to each other by less than six degrees of separation. Kate from booksaremyfavouriteandbest chooses […]
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November 5, 2016
Welcome, once again, to Six Degrees of Separation, a literary meme in which Kate from booksaremyfavouriteandbest offers us the title of a book, and we link it to six others in any way that comes to us. Six Degrees of Separation often begins with books I’ve not yet read, but probably should add to my to-read […]
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November 1, 2016
I have a social media rule: don’t friend someone on Facebook unless you know them in real life. I made an exception for poet and artist, S. Nagaveeran – or Ravi to those who know him. I ‘met’ Ravi after his poetry was shared online, and while he was still in immigration detention awaiting the […]
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October 1, 2016
Welcome back to Six Degrees of Separation, a literary meme in which Kate from booksaremyfavouriteandbest gives us the title of a book, and we link it to six others in any way we wish. It’s easy, and fun, so please play along. This month’s starting point is Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer. […]
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September 13, 2016
With the current popularity of dystopian novels, it would be easy to think it’s a recent phenomena; however, it apparently dates back to the eighteenth century, and includes Gulliver’s Travels (1726). Of course there are more recent classics, such as The Trial by Franz Kafka (1925), Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (1932) and 1984 by George Orwell (1949). […]
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