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The Book Inscriptions Project

Reader — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 03:35:02 +0000

“The Book Inscriptions Project” blogs book inscriptions. As their “about” page says:

We collect personal messages written in ink (or pen or marker or crayon or grape jelly) inside books.
Pictures count. So do poems. So do notes on paper found in a book. The more heartfelt the better.

Check it out.

New Reader’s Diary Features: Twitter & Amazon Ordering

Reader — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:45:02 +0000

You can now follow Reader’s Diary on Twitter. Each new post generates a tweet.

And you can now order books from Amazon via the “Order this book from Amazon.com” link after each review post.

Reader’s Diary for the Kindle

Reader — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:10:17 +0000

Reader’s Diary is now available for the Kindle. Click here to order (includes free delivery via Amazon Whispernet).

Technorati “Claim”

Reader — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:49:10 +0000

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8 Years and 500 Books

Reader — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:00:55 +0000

Today is the eighth birthday of Reader’s Diary. The previous review is the 500th book review I’ve written in that time. That’s 62.5 books a year almost evenly divided between fiction and nonfiction.

Reader’s Diary is probably the longest-lived unread blog on the Web, though at times the readership has jumped to as many as a half dozen. It’s a good thing that popularity wasn’t my aim. Reader’s Diary has achieved its goal, which is to help me keep track of the books I’ve read and to give me a way to exercise my atrophied writing skills. Its unintended effect has been to make me a more thoughtful reader, one more conscious of the writer’s craft. I’ve benefited from the effort I’ve put into it.

Veracity Alert

Reader — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 06:59:58 +0000

Kudos to Jessica Livingston, author of “Founders at Work” for noting that some of the information in her book was in error. See my updated review for details.

Veracity Alert

Reader — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 04:45:27 +0000

“Non-fiction”? See the updated entry for “Bringing Down the House”.

You Have To See This Movie

Reader — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 07:02:57 +0000

If you love to read you have to see this movie. “Stone Reader” is a documentary about one man’s search for the author of a forgotten book. There’s some deep sadness in it, but I was smiling much of the time I watched it. It’s a lovely film. For me to say any more would spoil it for you. Watch the trailer, but don’t Google for it, don’t look at the rest of the film’s web site, just get it, watch it, and post a comment telling me what you thought of it.

So Many Books…

admin — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 02:57:18 +0000

This observation by Edward Pettit rings true:

There are so many books out there to choose from, but there is a finite number of books that I will be able to read in my all too-short, smoke-filled, hoagie-eating lifetime. I figure that every book I read means there is another book that I won’t get to read. So each one has to be worth the time it takes to read, worth the other book that I won’t get to read.

Number 2,049,864 With A Bullet

Reader — Sat, 12 May 2007 06:13:54 +0000

Thanks to a link from Homer’s Travels, Readers Diary has rocketed onto Technorati. Onward and upward!

Reader’s Diary Makeover

Reader — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:33:30 +0000

I’ve been remodeling. In addition to the book cover images, you’ll find a set of “get the book” links after each review.

Fraud!

Reader — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 09:43:00 +0000

Fraud!

It seems there’s more than one example lately of fiction pretending to be non-fiction. See the update to this post.