I have had this blog address "on reserve" for an unknown purpose--or perhaps as a springboard from my other blog, Words, words. But inspired by Chris at Stuff as Dreams are Made On and the multitude of hardcore book bloggers I have encountered through his posts, links, and challenges, the purpose has now come to light! "Booknotes from Literacy-chic" will (hopefully) be a record of the various books I want to read in the coming weeks, months, even--who knows?--years, as I gather material for future scholarship and teaching. I don't promise reviews, this will be more "thoughts that occur to me" with a wrap-up when I finish the book. But if I'm posting thoughts on the book all along, it might keep me honest--you know, I might actually finish the book lest the blog be disappointed.
The first things I will likely be reading are related to various academic projects. I have been given a short list of Modernist works that I need to read in order to market myself as an "expert" on the authors I cover in my dissertation. I will be working on some archival research on representation of literate activity in science fiction of the early 20th century. I will be preparing to teach children's literature in July. And I will be reviewing some nonfiction for freshman comp in the fall.
I recently read D. H. Lawrence's Women in Love, though perhaps not recently enough to have many coherent thoughts. I may see what I can recall from that reading endeavor, though, just as a starting point!
I hope to have many visitors--both familiar and new. Looking forward to sharing some bookish ideas!
3 comments:
Yay! Sounds like it will be a great blog! I've found that keeping my blog really is a great motivator to actually finish a book that I've started reading and to read it more in depth than what I usually do. Though of course it's your JOB to read a book in depth, so I doubt that you need a blog to help you do that :p You'll have fun with this I'm sure though!
You'd be surprised! ;) Thanks for visiting! (Of course, I'll be depending on YOU!)
I'm looking forward to all your bookish ideas. Maybe you'll inspire me to get back to some of those books I should have read or to re-read some old forgotten favorites.
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