Category Archives: Ideas About Reading

The Hobbit: Clearly, I Am Too Geeky

14th
Feb. × ’09
By Ian Stewart
I’ve started reading my almost-five-year old son The Hobbit. A book I’ve read so many times I thought I owned it. I didn’t. Needing a copy I ordered the hardcover off Amazon after carefully researching the exact hardcover version I wanted. That’s not even really the geeky part. The really geeky part is the deep, [...]
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What Would You Read If You Were Going Blind?

16th
Feb. × ’08
By Ian Stewart
So, you find out you’re going blind, what are you going to do with the remaining days of vision? Let’s pretend, okay? First of all we’re going to pretend that we don’t have braille or books on tape. Those are out of the question. We’ve got a few months left and aside from spending time [...]
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An Introduction To… Don’t Read This Book

21st
Dec. × ’07
By Ian Stewart
I’m at a point in my life where I no longer want to read anything with a title that begins with “An Introduction To…”. You know like, “An Introduction To Alligator Wrestling” or “An Introduction To Bankruptcy” or—you get the picture. Much better of course, is a comprehensive overview. Any comprehensive, or exhaustive, overview is going [...]
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Updates at DailyLit

13th
Dec. × ’07
By Ian Stewart
Read books by email service DailyLit have expanded their feature list (and redesigned their site—very nice). From the (first ever) email update: We now have over 675 public domain and creative commons books available for free.We have started to release bestselling and award-winning titles (for a small fee) including the #1 New York Times bestselling title, [...]
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Rich Hippies Talking to Fairies

12th
Dec. × ’07
By Ian Stewart
I’m currently reading Little, Big by John Crowley and I’d like to recommend it to you—but I can’t. When I’m actually reading the book it’s great. The pages turn and the plot surprises. But when I stop reading it I ask myself, “Why am I reading a book about rich hippies that talk to fairies?” It’s [...]
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