Purplesque Vox 2008-08-03T23:41:19Z Purplesque http://purplesque.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00cd971973d74cd5/tags/books/ Pull down your pants and slide on the ice Library Loot tag:vox.com,2008-08-02:asset-6a00cd971973d74cd500fad69f23a80005 2008-08-02T01:01:29Z 2008-08-03T23:41:19Z Purplesque http://purplesque.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

The small read

They didn't have Brideshead Revisited, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, the Maugham and some of the others that my neighbors had recommended. I didn't put a hold on them because this bunch might take a while...third year start...

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]]> The Big Read tag:vox.com,2008-07-11:asset-6a00cd971973d74cd500fae8cae994000b 2008-07-11T03:34:33Z 2008-07-28T01:35:00Z Purplesque http://purplesque.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom ( I am exceeding my rule of one post a day, but I can't believe I missed this! Doh.) “The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they’ve printed.” 1) Bold: I have read. 2) Underline: Books I love. 3) Reprint...

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]]> The Philosopher's Apprentice tag:vox.com,2008-06-26:asset-6a00cd971973d74cd500fad69506c40004 2008-06-26T14:28:44Z 2008-06-27T13:20:39Z Purplesque http://purplesque.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

The Philosopher's Apprentice: A Novel

How, then, should we live? I started reading this book the night before. I took it to work yesterday. I returned home and burrowed into the couch, staying up all night, giving up another 'Movies and Mental Illness' event at the hospital to fini...

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]]> The New Rushdie tag:vox.com,2008-05-29:asset-6a00cd971973d74cd500fa96793a100002 2008-05-29T01:19:24Z 2008-05-30T02:52:17Z Purplesque http://purplesque.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

The Enchantress of Florence: A Novel

*Drool* Excerpt here.

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]]> Sex libris tag:vox.com,2008-04-15:asset-6a00cd971973d74cd500e398f035940005 2008-04-15T03:30:59Z 2008-04-18T00:46:26Z Purplesque http://purplesque.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

STIFTSBIBLIOTHEK-ST.-GALLEN

Enjoy.

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]]> These mythopoeic times tag:vox.com,2008-03-11:asset-6a00cd971973d74cd500e398e4c0a20005 2008-03-11T02:43:13Z 2008-03-11T02:43:13Z Purplesque http://purplesque.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

In Your Dreams

Just finished reading the second book in the series of The Portable Door > In Your Dreams > Earth, Air, Fire and Custard > You Don’t have to Be Evil to Work Here, But It Helps. They don't really have to be read in order, which is good. The book ...

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]]> All you ever wanted to know tag:vox.com,2008-02-27:asset-6a00cd971973d74cd500e398e09b1c0004 2008-02-27T01:48:18Z 2008-02-28T02:41:31Z Purplesque http://purplesque.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Encyclopedia of Life is being released on Thursday! Joy to the world! As a child, I was obsessed with books in general and encyclopedias in particular. While we never owned one, I spent hours in the school library pouring over the Encyclopae...

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]]> Library Loot tag:vox.com,2008-02-18:asset-6a00cd971973d74cd500f48cdc31880003 2008-02-18T05:19:49Z 2008-02-19T00:15:20Z Purplesque http://purplesque.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Library loot

I hate 15-minute downtown parking. It gives me barely enough time to rush inside, drop my books off at Returns, run down through the fiction section pulling off books at random, check them out and return back to the car. After all these years, I ...

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]]> Guilty Pleasures tag:vox.com,2008-01-17:asset-6a00cd971973d74cd500e398d36b270004 2008-01-17T22:33:54Z 2008-01-21T16:57:46Z Purplesque http://purplesque.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade (Lord John Grey) Lord John and the Hand of Devils

Diana Gabaldon is a great story-teller. She's mostly classified as a romance writer, and certainly her website does nothing to dispel the notion (including the cheesy portrait of Claire..I always imagined her to be more solid, earthier..more like...

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]]> Enjoy tag:vox.com,2007-12-28:asset-6a00cd971973d74cd500e398cc83030002 2007-12-28T23:44:43Z 2007-12-28T23:44:43Z Purplesque http://purplesque.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom The best and the worst literary quotes of the year. (Link via India Uncut)

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