http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ en Vox Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:41:19 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252bbb1e549d00fae8d3962d000b.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Tryphaena) http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252bbb1e549d00fae8d3962d000b.html?_c=feed-rss http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252bbb1e549d00fae8d3962d000b.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:41:19 -0700 For this Friday's 13: A list of books on my shelf that I fully intend to read. It would be even cooler if I could set myself a time line of sorts, like say, for the duration of my maternity leave (one year) but I have a feeling reading books with... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252bbb1e549d00fae8d3962d000b.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252bbb1e549d00fae8d3962d000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> books reading friday the 13 http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00cdf7f0c721094f00f48d05ccb60001.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(LittleGreenBook) http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00cdf7f0c721094f00f48d05ccb60001.html?_c=feed-rss http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00cdf7f0c721094f00f48d05ccb60001.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:53:20 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/book/6a00cdf7f0c721094f00f48d05cc7e0001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00cdf7f0c721094f00f48d05cc7e0001-50si" alt="The Oceans" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Synopsis: "Over two-thirds of the earth is covered by bodies of water that many believe hold the secrets to the beginnings of life. In this absorbing survey of oceanography, Prager (Furious Earth) and Earle (The Living Ocean: Understanding and Pr... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00cdf7f0c721094f00f48d05ccb60001.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cdf7f0c721094f00f48d05ccb60001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> seattle science sea book pacific reading oceans washington atlantic 2008 university of washington uw ris earle sea floor prager ocean sciences http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c225280d1d8fdb00fa968e21c10002.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ms Genevieve) http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c225280d1d8fdb00fa968e21c10002.html?_c=feed-rss http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c225280d1d8fdb00fa968e21c10002.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:49:04 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c225280d1d8fdb00fa968e21b20002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c225280d1d8fdb00fa968e21b20002-50si" alt="Draco and Harry" /></a> <a href="http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c225280d1d8fdb00fae8d2b4f4000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c225280d1d8fdb00fae8d2b4f4000b-50si" alt="Erotic Harry Potter Night" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Critically-acclaimed erotica writer Cecilia Tan comes to Chicago under her nom de plume “Ravenna” to gather together some of the world’s best-known writers of erotic fanfiction for a group reading on Wednesday, August 6 at 7pm. It's going to ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c225280d1d8fdb00fa968e21c10002.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225280d1d8fdb00fa968e21c10002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> harry potter chicago erotica draco malfoy quimby's bookstore cecilia tan http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252b54078e1d00fae8d1ed5d000b.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Lightchaser) http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252b54078e1d00fae8d1ed5d000b.html?_c=feed-rss http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252b54078e1d00fae8d1ed5d000b.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 03 Aug 2008 05:59:11 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252b54078e1d00fae8d191a2000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c2252b54078e1d00fae8d191a2000b-50si" alt="Vernon God Little" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> This is the first Booker-Prize-winning book that I have actually liked, and I must admit to being quite surprised by it. I could call this "The Catcher in the Rye of our times," but it would be unnecessary because Vernon God Little manages to hol... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252b54078e1d00fae8d1ed5d000b.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252b54078e1d00fae8d1ed5d000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> books dbc pierre vernon god little http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d4141a65c9685e00fa968d2cfa0002.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(M-----l) http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d4141a65c9685e00fa968d2cfa0002.html?_c=feed-rss http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d4141a65c9685e00fa968d2cfa0002.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 02 Aug 2008 13:26:48 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/book/6a00d4141a65c9685e00fad68d42640004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00d4141a65c9685e00fad68d42640004-50si" alt="Tristram Shandy" /></a> <a href="http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/book/6a00d4141a65c9685e00fad692e7ad0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00d4141a65c9685e00fad692e7ad0005-50si" alt="Swann&#39;s Way" /></a> <a href="http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/book/6a00d4141a65c9685e00fae8ccfa84000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00d4141a65c9685e00fae8ccfa84000b-50si" alt="Buddy&#39;s Got Three Moms" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> BOOKS BOUGHT: Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic--Alison Bechdel Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron--Daniel Clowes Fight Club--Chuck Palahniuk (for $1) The Escapists--Brian K. Vaughan The Enchantress of Florence--Salman Rushdie BOOKS READ: The Life &... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d4141a65c9685e00fa968d2cfa0002.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141a65c9685e00fa968d2cfa0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> in search of lost time hate marcel proust tristram shandy book reviews swann's way peter bagge remembrance of things past stuff i've been reading lawrence sterne http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252ab767f2190100a7edd54d000e.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Red Pen) http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252ab767f2190100a7edd54d000e.html?_c=feed-rss http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252ab767f2190100a7edd54d000e.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:50:25 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900fad695fc110005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900fad695fc110005-50si" alt="Child 44" /></a> <a href="http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900fa968431840002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900fa968431840002-50si" alt="When You Are Engulfed in Flames" /></a> <a href="http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900fae8c933a0000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900fae8c933a0000b-50si" alt="The Complete Persepolis: Now a Major Motion Picture" /></a> <a href="http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f2190100a7e8b233000e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f2190100a7e8b233000e-50si" alt="Away: A Novel" /></a> <a href="http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900fae8cd2ab4000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900fae8cd2ab4000b-50si" alt="Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions" /></a> <a href="http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900fad69be3ad0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900fad69be3ad0005-50si" alt="Xenocide (Ender, Book 3)" /></a> <a href="http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900fad69c5d5f0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900fad69c5d5f0005-50si" alt="Mother Night" /></a> <a href="http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f2190100a7ec1674000e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f2190100a7ec1674000e-50si" alt="Petropolis" /></a> <a href="http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900fa968b3d670002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900fa968b3d670002-50si" alt="Irreligion: A Mathematician Explains Why the Arguments for God Just Don&#39;t Add Up" /></a> <a href="http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900fad69ec6040005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900fad69ec6040005-50si" alt="The Cure for Modern Life: A Novel" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Favorites this month: Mother Night, Smoke and Mirrors, Child 44 <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252ab767f2190100a7edd54d000e.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252ab767f2190100a7edd54d000e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> fiction books nonfiction recommendations reading essays short stories ris byopl http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c225280b7a8fdb0100a7eda555000e.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Bookishly Fabulous) http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c225280b7a8fdb0100a7eda555000e.html?_c=feed-rss http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c225280b7a8fdb0100a7eda555000e.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:52:58 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/book/6a00c225280b7a8fdb00fa968c9f3c0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c225280b7a8fdb00fa968c9f3c0002-50si" alt="Mother Night" /></a> <a href="http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/book/6a00c225280b7a8fdb00fa968d422b0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c225280b7a8fdb00fa968d422b0003-50si" alt="A Man Without a Country" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> 19. Mother Night - Kurt Vonnegut - This was our book club selection for tomorrow night. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. It was so well-written that I would re-read passages just to enjoy them again. Mother Night is about an American spy on ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c225280b7a8fdb0100a7eda555000e.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225280b7a8fdb0100a7eda555000e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> books reading kurt vonnegut a man without a country mother night 50 in 365 http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2251d8df0604a0100a7ed7c40000e.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Hieronymus) http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2251d8df0604a0100a7ed7c40000e.html?_c=feed-rss http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2251d8df0604a0100a7ed7c40000e.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:24:02 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2251d8df0604a00fad69dc7680005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00c2251d8df0604a00fad69dc7680005-50si" alt="Game of Shadows: Barry Bonds, BALCO, and the Steroids Scandal that Rocked Professional Sports" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I finished Game of Shadows : Barry Bonds, BALCO, and the steroids scandal that rocked professional sports the other day and it lived up to its bulky subtitle alright. What an absolute fiasco the whole BALCO scandal was, pointing fingers at dozens ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2251d8df0604a0100a7ed7c40000e.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251d8df0604a0100a7ed7c40000e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> review barry bonds books steroids balco http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d414393d733c7f00fad69e6f850005.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(E) http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d414393d733c7f00fad69e6f850005.html?_c=feed-rss http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d414393d733c7f00fad69e6f850005.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:02:30 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/book/6a00d414393d733c7f00fa968cd8f80003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00d414393d733c7f00fa968cd8f80003-50si" alt="City of Bones (Mortal Instruments)" /></a> <a href="http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/book/6a00d414393d733c7f0100a7ed3c7c000e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00d414393d733c7f0100a7ed3c7c000e-50si" alt="City of Ashes (Mortal Instruments)" /></a> <a href="http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/book/6a00d414393d733c7f0100a7ed3c91000e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00d414393d733c7f0100a7ed3c91000e-50si" alt="A Spell for Chameleon (Xanth, Book 1)" /></a> <a href="http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/book/6a00d414393d733c7f00fa968cd9380003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00d414393d733c7f00fa968cd9380003-50si" alt="When You Are Engulfed in Flames" /></a> <a href="http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/book/6a00d414393d733c7f0100a7ed3cb6000e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00d414393d733c7f0100a7ed3cb6000e-50si" alt="Light A Penny Candle" /></a> <a href="http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/book/6a00d414393d733c7f0100a7ed3d6e000e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00d414393d733c7f0100a7ed3d6e000e-50si" alt="The Other Boleyn Girl" /></a> <a href="http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/book/6a00d414393d733c7f00fad69e6ecf0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00d414393d733c7f00fad69e6ecf0005-50si" alt="Guilty Pleasures (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter: Book 1)" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I recommend these titles: Cassandra Clare's: City of Bones and City of Ashes Piers Anthony's Xanth Series (I've read the first 7 books) Ah, what can I say? I've been... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d414393d733c7f00fad69e6f850005.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414393d733c7f00fad69e6f850005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> books david sedaris summer reading xanth piers anthony philippa gregory anita blake laurell k. hamilton maeve binchy the other boleyn girl cassandra clare when you are engulfed in flames city of bones city of ashes light a penny candle http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252bbb1e549d0100a7ecfc97000e.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Tryphaena) http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252bbb1e549d0100a7ecfc97000e.html?_c=feed-rss http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252bbb1e549d0100a7ecfc97000e.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:59:29 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://readingissexy.groups.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252bbb1e549d00fa968c97200003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00c2252bbb1e549d00fa968c97200003-50si" alt="What&#39;s So Amazing About Grace?" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> This origially started as a description alongside other books I'd been reading, but the more I typed, the more I realized it should just be on it's own. This book was a re-read for me. I first read it in university about 8 years ago. At the ti... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252bbb1e549d0100a7ecfc97000e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> grace yancey life stuff god stuff legalism what's so amazing about grace