I’m a book person. It’s how I identify with myself. I’m a husband, a father, a nerd, and a book person. When students ask me what I’m going to do on the weekend, I normally say “Books and whiskey.” They laugh—which is the point—but only the whiskey part is a joke. (Christine’s more strict about [...]
Inspired by Wendy, the family essayist, I’ve decided to try my hand at a few essays about reading. Fun, huh? Well, while I’m working on the first, I found myself using the word bibliophile. It’s a word I’ve known for a while, but I’ve taken a new liking to it ever since reading this passage [...]
At the recommendation of Ella and Scott, I recently read Eragon. I can recommend it further. One of the things I like about it is the age of the author. I don’t mean that in the ‘my, isn’t he precocious’ kind of way that you might think. I mean that Christopher Paolini writes about things [...]