Rebecca Reads

I really love the concept of reading deliberately. Although I feel I have been doing this to some extent since I began blogging, when I saw the series of posts about this concept (who started it?!), I decided that “reading deliberately” is what I need to do with my 2010.
There are so many books tempting [...]

When I was a teenager (probably aged 13 or 14), I selected a book on the freshman reading list with an interesting title: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. My English teacher pulled me aside. There was a disturbing scene in it, she warned me, and I should think about it and ask my [...]

Yeay! My guest post on reviewing the classics is up on the Book Bloggers Appreciation Week site!
I wrote it in response to Amy’s query on Twitter for what parts of book blogging are underrepresented. I said without hesitation, “Classics,” and I’ve been pondering that thought ever since. (This post is, therefore, rather long.)

I like to read lots of books at once so I can choose which to read at any particular moment. But there is something so wonderful about focused reading.
I spent a few nights just concentrating on architecture. First, I finished the last 60 pages (which took longer to read than I’d like to admit) of [...]

I’m behind on blogging this week, as in I have three reviews that need to be written. I’m behind on the administrative things, like memes (I still haven’t done the BBAW meme and nominations are already closed!). I’m behind on reading your blogs.
And yet, there are so many things I want to talk about.
I want [...]

In June, I started a new feature on my blog: Reading Journal. I have always wanted to do a weekly update, like Sunday Salon, but I don’t have time on the weekends. So I started a midweek one for myself.
I have enjoyed reflecting on my bookish thoughts, especially since I didn’t have many reviews to [...]

I don’t usually write up a post for each new challenge I join; I just put my pool of books on my current challenges page. But, as I’m running the Spice of Life Challenge, I hope my list of hopefully delectable books will tempt you to join.
There are three levels of participation: “A Taste” (read [...]

Last June, I had just barely begun book blogging. My reading was beginning to expand beyond my comfort zone (i.e., go to the library and randomly take a book with a pretty cover off the shelf) and into the world of TBR lists. When I read the preface to Harold Bloom’s How to Read and [...]

I don’t often read modern fiction, but when I heard Bridget Jones’ Diary was a “modern day retelling” of Pride and Prejudice, I thought I’d give it a try. I was lucky enough to find a fairly new, nice-looking copy on a library cart for (probably) a quarter a few months ago, so I thought [...]

I’ve been sick. I guess it’s “just a cold.” But it’s a monster “just a cold.” Sore throat. Cough. Congested chest, sinuses, head. You name it. I’m feeling better tonight, so I might actually read.
But I won’t be reading poetry (which I should since I wanted to do a few different “poetry” posts this month). [...]