Tag: Reading
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Reading through the Oakland Public Library main branch’s poetry collection, book by book. What is there to say about Man-Fate by William Everson? Honestly, the less said about it the better. But I read it–I want it to go back to the library. I’m sick of looking at it on my desk waiting to be…
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Join me as I read my way through the poetry section at the main branch of the Oakland Public Library! First of all, I can’t talk about this book without mentioning how fun this 70s sunset is on the cover–bold, interesting, and really quite simple. I think this library copy is probably a first edition.…
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You think you’ve read a lot of poetry for your degree and from whenever you’ve picked up a random collection…. and then you start reading established poets talk about poetry and you realize that the scratch you thought you’d made has in fact left no visible mark at all. Some of these poets I’ve known…
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April Showers Bring May Roundups
Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir, Arsenic and Adobo, books, Brandon Taylor, Brit Bennett, Caste: The Origins of our Discontents, Charles Yu, Daughter of Fortune, Edward Carey, Elisabeth's Lists, fiction, Get a Life Chloe Brown, Hafsah Faizal, Howards End, Interior Chinatown, Isabel Allende, Isabel Ibanez, Isabel Wilkerson, Kaitlyn Greenidge, Libertie, Lucy Worsley, Mia P. Manansala, Reading, Real Life, Salman Rushdie, Talia Hibbert, The Girl with the Louding Voice, The Housekeeper and the Professor, The Mitchells vs the Machines, The Mothers, We Free the Stars, WolfwalkersEventful Events and Happening Happenings We got our first Covid shots! And our second Covid shots! Two steps closer to quasi-normal life! I’m very excited about it (if you couldn’t tell). It took almost two weeks to get an appointment and we’d been checking every day and then all of a sudden appointments! It was…
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My Top 10 Reads of 2020
Akwaeke Emezi, Alix E. Harrow, Angela Carter, books, Brit Bennett, Casey McQuiston, favorite books 2020, Geraldine Brooks, Margaret Atwood, Naomi Novik, People of the Book, Reading, Red White and Roya Blue, Spinning Silver, Stone Mattress, The Death of Vivek Oji, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, The Magic Toyshop, The Ten Thousand Doors of January, The Vanishing Half, V.E. SchwabThis year I read 150 books, and though it was a bit of a mixed bag with plenty of books I didn’t finish and lots of reading for classes, there were still a number of great books. In fact there were well over 30 books this year that I unreservedly loved, and narrowing it down…
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Welcome to the weekly roundup on Ink in the Archives! Every week (or so) I will share what I’ve been up to and interested in and ask you to fill me in on your week too. Eventful Events and Happening Happenings Finishing the semester came with a profound sense of relief, but as we prepared…
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In my reference class this semester we’ve been talking about how to find books for patrons in need of a new great read. The holidays are fast approaching and maybe you’re planning on getting a book for yourself or for someone else this holiday season. Need a good recommendation? You can drop a comment on…
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This has been a strange year for reading. There are times when I’ve devoured books, and other times where I don’t read anything (except required reading) for weeks. I wanted to reread a series, more for comfort than anything else, and I decided to pick something other than the Harry Potter books, which I reread…
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Welcome to the weekly roundup on Ink in the Archives! Every week I will share what I’ve been up to and interested in and ask you to fill me in on your week too. Eventful Events and Happening Happenings I don’t normally get very personal on this blog–I like to focus more on what I’m…
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Welcome to the weekly roundup on Ink in the Archives! Every week I will share what I’ve been up to and interested in and ask you to fill me in on your week too. Eventful Events and Happening Happenings My partner and I celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary with sushi and an evening of watching…
Allison Burris 