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And now, a picture of books. (by Jill)
A couple of weeks ago Powell’s City of Books was kind enough to send me an email with a coupon for 30% off my entire purchase either in-store or online. Seeing as how I had no free time to get … Continue reading
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True Confessions Tuesday, April 2016 Version
My true book confession for today is simple: I have been spending too much time the past week or so shopping for books and reading about books to actually do much reading. I’ve started my next book, Sebastian Barry’s On Canaan’s … Continue reading
A Brief Update on a Short Book: Progress Report on Armistead Maupin’s The Days of Anna Madrigal (by Jill)
I’m going to be done with The Days of Anna Madrigal sooner rather than later, but I don’t think that I’ll have enough to say about it to warrant two full posts, and today was kind of a long day at … Continue reading
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Reading on Muni
I only read a few paragraphs. It’s hard to read when a couple rows ahead of you there’s a guy with four prescription bottles that he’s trying to balance in his two cupped hands while also periodically opening one and … Continue reading
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Meanwhile, in Woodland….
Apparently being tired is going around at Postcards from Purgatory, because I am wiped out. I didn’t leave work until nine o’clock tonight. That would make my day a fourteen hour day. And I’ve gotta go back tomorrow to do … Continue reading
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A Sunday Evening Check-In
It’s been a mellow day here at Postcards from Purgatory’s San Francisco office. Immediately upon waking I decided to abandon two books that I am reading and not enjoying (Lauren Groff’s The Monsters of Templeton and Gore Vidal’s Burr), and … Continue reading
A Rain Check
I hope you’ll all forgive me for not posting a review today. The thing is, I didn’t get started with Read-All-Day Friday until about 6:00, and then once I started I could hardly stop. And besides, we’re having a wonderfully … Continue reading
In which PfP says goodbye to Pat Conroy, 1945 – 2016
How does one eulogize a writer whose work you have adored for more than half your life? I don’t even know where to begin, and I sort of wish I’d just elected to write the second half of my post … Continue reading
Some Brief Early Thoughts on Thomas Mallon’s Henry and Clara
I didn’t read all day today – not by a long shot – but I did do some other things, like getting lost in the Financial District in the rain and interviewing a startup CEO and changing my mind about … Continue reading
Things I was doing today while I was supposed to be reading The Bone Clocks (by Jill)
I was actually reading The Bone Clocks. And it’s getting weird. Crispin Hershey’s section ended with a woman named Soleil killing him so her poetry would be read by the masses. Something something Anchorites and something something The Script. … Continue reading
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