I was intrigued to see the title Blindness in the list of Apple movie trailers. I had an optimistic guess as to the literary source for the film and click through to the trailer confirmed my hope. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Nobel Laureate Jose Saramago. In this [...]
I have a deeply significant matter to discuss but I have not yet decided how to do so, or if I should at all. To break my recent silence, resulting from the aforementioned hesitation, I would like to share a selection of recent links that I found interesting.
First, a new stick figure slideshow cleverly and [...]
Steven Poole describes wonderfully the reader experience upon first enjoying José Saramago, the Portuguese Nobel Laureate. Saramago was without doubt my favorite new (to me) author of 2007. I will certainly read “Death at Intervals” based on Poole’s recommendation.
Virgil Griffith created a simple mash-up of average SAT/ACT scores and top ten favorite books, as listed on Facebook, for US universities and colleges. He presents these data as Books That Make You Dumb. I’m amused to see that “I don’t read” correlates to higher scores than do The Holy Bible and Fahrenheit 451. And [...]
The New York Times has published their list of 100 Notable Books of 2007. I will have to peruse this list in consideration for holiday reading.
I hoped to read thirty or more books this year but I think I will have to settle with 24 or 25. Still, I am happy that I have been [...]
I once had a period of unexpected joy when, for no apparent reason, the Claremont Vons carried broccoli crowns for ten cents less per pound than full broccoli crowns and stems. This madness lasted a few blessed weeks and even the produce employees I questioned could not explain it.
Despite near perfect weather, I found no [...]
I will easily read two more books before I leave for Europe, putting my 2007 total at nine. Riding the bus to Belltown three days per week has certainly increased my throughput and I hope to continue the trend to consume over thirty books this year.
Saramago’s The Double easily supplanted A Fine Balance as the [...]