Category Archives: books

Judging books by their covers: I

Posted on August 9, 2016 by jyourist

Off and on this summer I have been organizing the multitude of books in our house. Over these many years I have picked up appealing old books with awesome illustrations, intriguing titles, and/or engaging covers. Some of them I have already … Continue reading →

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Nothing else to do but read

Posted on August 5, 2016 by jyourist

Today JB and I went to the library. We haven’t been to the library in many, many years. We read a lot, but somehow have purchased all our reading materials from bookstores or online. When I was at work I would … Continue reading →

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Wow! Moby Dick

Posted on July 16, 2016 by jyourist

I just finished reading Moby Dick. For the first time. Somehow in school I was never required to read it. Somehow in all the reading I have done for my own personal pleasure since, I have never been enticed by … Continue reading →

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City on Fire

Posted on January 22, 2016 by jyourist

I just finished this remarkable book, City on Fire, written by a new voice– Garth Risk Hallberg, in fact his first novel. It’s 900 pages long and normally I would not have tackled it during the school year –being a … Continue reading →

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Introducing Fahrenheit 451 for the last time

Posted on December 2, 2015 by jyourist
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Painting hidden in the gilded edges of a book

Posted on November 29, 2015 by jyourist

(Thanks, MH, for the link.)

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Ta-Nehisi Coates at NYPL

Posted on October 25, 2015 by jyourist

A few days ago, on Oct. 22, Ta-Nehisi Coates was the speaker at the Schomberg Center at the New York Public Library. The Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture is an invaluable archive of African-American resources. Skillfully interviewed by … Continue reading →

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A single room, a single book

Posted on October 22, 2015 by jyourist

Issatsu, Isshitsu (一冊、一室) — literally “a single room, a single book.” This is the concept for the bookstore Morioka Shoten (Morioka’s bookstore) in Tokyo. Conceived of by Yoshiyuki Morioka, a former bookstore clerk, a single title takes center stage in … Continue reading →

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Oh Kindle, Oh Nook, What we miss with the digital book

Posted on July 19, 2015 by jyourist

This 16th century book is an amazing example of gifted and creative craftsmanship. It has taken the “dos a dos” (“back to back”) technique of bookbinding to a new level by binding 6 books together, the collection itself able to … Continue reading →

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How 8th graders prefer to annotate text 3 1/2 weeks before the end of the school year

Posted on May 14, 2015 by jyourist
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