Last weekend, I went down to Chicago for the Wizard World Chicago Comic Con. I didn’t quite know what to expect; while I am fairly nerdy, I am not nearly as intense about comic books as some people. I had a surprisingly wonderful time, and I met some fantastic people. I also have a confession: [...]
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The Reading Life: Chicago Comic Con
Posted in The Reading Life, tagged Comics, Webcomics on August 26, 2010 | 3 Comments »
The Reading Life: Textbooks Worth Keeping
Posted in The Reading Life, tagged Non-Fiction, Textbooks on July 27, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I went to three different universities in three different states to get a four-year bachelor’s degree. (And it actually only took four years!) After that, I went to graduate school for two years. I’ve taken quite a few classes, purchased many textbooks*, and often neglected to sell them back at the end of the semester. [...]
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The Reading Life: Macabre Short Story Collections
Posted in The Reading Life, tagged Short Fiction on July 21, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I love short stories. They are the perfect vehicle, in my opinion, for horror fiction; macabre tales encapsulated into little nuggets of terror. Short stories are a great choice for people who don’t have a lot of time for sustained reading. You can read one or two short stories in a relatively short period of [...]
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The Reading Life: Magazines
Posted in The Reading Life, tagged Magazines on July 14, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I know, I know: last week, coffee table books, this week, magazines? What’s gotten into me? Here’s the deal, loyal readers: I want to put my money where my mouth is. I’ve been saying for years now that I don’t care what people read, as long as they are reading, and then I only write [...]
The Reading Life: Sideshow
Posted in The Reading Life, tagged Academic, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Young Adult on June 15, 2010 | Comments Off
I used to attend the University of Vermont in the lovely city of Burlington, Vermont. UVM is a great school with fascinating class options. While I was there, I took a class that has informed how I think about the world. It was a sociology class titled, “The Sociology of Freakishness,” and it was taught [...]
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