CarrieK | February 22, 2010
Title: At Large and At Small: Familiar Essays
Author: Anne Fadiman
Genre: Essays
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Source: Print copy from my personal library
First line: Just over half a century ago, in “A Gentle Dirge for the Familiar Essay,” a dispirited writer mourned the imminent death of a genre that was “setting to [...]
CarrieK | February 11, 2010
Title: The Polysyllabic Spree
Author: Nick Hornby
Genre: Essays
Publisher: Believer Books
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Source: Print copy from my own library
First line: So this is supposed to be about the how, and when, and why, and what of reading – about the way that, when reading is going well, one book leads to another and to [...]
CarrieK | January 1, 2010
Remember, there is still lots of time to join the Essay Reading Challenge, since it runs from today until November 30, 2010. I have created a page in my sidebar for the challenge, and there is now a Mr. Linky there to add your review links to as we go. There’s also a place to [...]
CarrieK | December 20, 2009
With the New Year comes a host of reading challenges, including The 2010 Essay Reading Challenge, the one that I’m hosting. I thought today’s Sunday Salon post would be a good opportunity to list some recommended essay collections.
Here are some collections I have read and enjoyed:
~ How Reading Changed My Life by Anna Quindlen
~ To [...]
CarrieK | December 14, 2009
Last year’s Essay Reading Challenge was a lot of fun – and several people have expressed interest in joining again for the New Year. I’m going to add an element that I think could make it even more interesting.
Here are the basics:
~ Join anytime, but don’t start reading until January 1, 2010. The challenge ends [...]
CarrieK | December 12, 2009
Guess what came in the mail this week? A brand new copy of Best American Essays 2009, edited by Mary Oliver. So, without further ado, the winner of the Essay Challenge 2009 Giveaway is…
….Lezlie from Books ‘N Border Collies!
Congratulations, Lezlie – watch your e-mail box; I’ll be contacting you for mailing information.
And for the rest [...]
CarrieK | December 3, 2009
Title: Best American Nonrequired Reading 2008
Author: various, edited by Dave Eggers
Genre: various
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Source: Print copy that was a gift from Vasilly
I have read several editions of the Best American series – essays and short stories – but this was my first foray into the Nonrequired Reading titles edited [...]
CarrieK | December 1, 2009
2009 was the first year of what I hope will be an annual event – the Essay Reading Challenge. We had 26 bloggers who signed up to read either 10, 20, or 30 essays over the course of the year. At the main challenge page, you can see a list of all the participants, as [...]