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I Came with Anna Karenina and I Left with Lolita
By Geo Ong Bear with me please while I allow myself to revisit, in an attempt at sincere reconciliation, one of the worst and most regrettable decisions of my life. For those who believe that there is one right person … Continue reading
Posted in Geo, Literature, Travel
Tagged anna karenina, books, edinburgh, fictional characters, lolita, Love, novels, reading
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Urchin Travel Advice
*** Don’t make assumptions! Some of your worst experiences/best stories come from assuming that something will work. For example, do not assume that just because you have a Eurail pass you don’t need to purchase a seat reservation. You will … Continue reading
Essential Reading According to Your Friendly Neighbourhood Urchins
Let’s take a look at what have officially and unofficially been deemed the most widely read books of all time. The Bible, the Harry Potter series, Stieg Larsson’s Millenium Trilogy, and the Twilight series. Of those four, we ourselves can … Continue reading
A Personal Reading Year in Review, Part Two
By Geo Ong You didn’t think I was done, did you? There’s more. In addition to the categories I’ve covered last week, here are some more reading trends to share with you. The Travelling Writer Travel literature is a mainstay … Continue reading
Posted in Geo, Literature, Travel
Tagged a field guide to getting lost, a walk in the woods, bbc, Bill Bryson, books, bruce chatwin, eadweard muybridge, edmund white, geoff nicholson, gertrude stein, helene hanff, in patagonia, Jack Kerouac, notes on a dirty island, paris, paris france, reading, rebecca solnit, river of shadows, satori in paris, the duchess of bloomsbury street, the flaneur, the lost art of walking, travel literature
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A Personal Reading Year in Review
By Geo Ong I like to read. I’m one of those people who keep track of what they’ve read, what they’re reading, and what they want to read. 2011 was a wonderful reading year for me personally, filled with great … Continue reading
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Tagged a house on the heights, anatole broyard, belles lettres, books, boris pasternak, brooklyn, brooklyn is, cannery row, correspondence, e.b. white, east of eden, Ezra Pound, fran lebowitz, friendship, gertrude stein, here is new york, james agee, james laughlin, john steinbeck, kafka was the rage, letters, marina tsvetayeva, metropolitan life, new york, new york city, rainer maria rilke, reading, social studies, tennessee williams, travels with charley, travels with charley in search of america, truman capote
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High Noon Urchins
This week, we learn that there is such thing as too much.
High Noon Urchins
A new year brings new year’s resolutions!
Posted in Collaborative, Examples in Urchinism, High Noon Urchins, Holidays
Tagged books, camping, cartoons, cooking, exploring, Geo Ong, hawaii, margaret hedderman, microwaves, new year's, new year's resolution, reading, sarah jost
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Independent Bookstores Level the Playing Field
By Geo Ong I wish that, just once, an author promoting her book on a talk show would say right after the talk show host repeats the book title at the end of the interview, ‘And buy my book from … Continue reading
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Tagged amazon, books, bookstores, diesel bookstore, e-books, e-readers, google, google e-books, independent bookstores, indie bound, kindle, reading, shopping
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