One of the best non-fiction books I read last year was The Art of Loving by Erich Fromm. It's sort of a philosophy book, which I'm normally not terribly interested in, but it was still enjoyable, especially because it was free.
I had come across a few partial quotes from the book before, so I had a feeling that it would be interesting. Here is one that I had used in classes before for occasions like Valentine's Day:
"Infantile love follows the principle: 'I love because I am loved.' Mature Read more [...] Sitzbook Review: “The Art of Loving” by Erich Fromm
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One of the best non-fiction books I read last year was The Art of Loving by Erich Fromm. It's sort of a philosophy book, which I'm normally not terribly interested in, but it was still enjoyable, especially because it was free.
I had come across a few partial quotes from the book before, so I had a feeling that it would be interesting. Here is one that I had used in classes before for occasions like Valentine's Day:
"Infantile love follows the principle: 'I love because I am loved.' Mature Read more [...] 
Hi again! Like I mentioned yesterday, I've got a few really short book review posts lined up. This one just has two quotes I really liked from a book called Stasiland, by Anna Funder.
If you're not familiar with the Stasi, then you're probably better off. They were the secret police in East Germany, and this book details interviews and experiences from people who worked for, fought against, and lived among the Stasi. It was a really interesting book, but it's also not terribly lighthearted.
Anyhow, 
Good evening! I'm getting close to caught up with my book reviews for this year's Sitzbook project. I actually don't think I'll have too much to say about these two books, but I did want to at least mention them.
Even if you've not read anything by John Hodgman, there's a chance you've seen him. I knew him from an episode of "Flight of the Conchords" and some episodes of the "Daily Show" where he was the "Resident Expert." And I guess he was also in some Apple commercials a few years, but I never 
When I see the title of this post, it's hard not to think that the word "book" appears too many times, but that's just how it is.
I read this book a little bit ago. It's listed as my book for July, but I got a bit behind (and still am), and I actually read it mostly in September when I was visiting Colorado. But I had even tried to start it at the end of last year, but when I saw that it was over 500 pages, I decided to save it for this year's Sitzbook project. And here we are.
I was in a bit 
The Blogtoberfest train keeps partying along in a tornado of words and mixed metaphors! Today I have a short post talking about June's book, Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by Manning Marable.
Ever since I read The Autobiography of Malcolm X when I was about 20, I've been a big fan of the man. I'm probably not (OK, definitely not) within his target demographic when he was alive, but I just think he was a fascinating man. The whole series of transitions he made throughout his life were compelling to 
Wow, I just realized how out of practice I am when it comes to writing blog posts, especially book reviews! Um,... hello? Welcome to this blog...site? Here's a book thing?
OK, let's start over. I'm obviously very behind on a lot of things, and book reviews is one of those things. I read this book back in February for my Sitzbook project. Those were the days when we didn't have a baby, so I tended to get more reading done. If you'll remember, over the past few years I'd been reading a book a week, 
I've been working hard (well, reading hard) lately, trying to finish this year's Sitzbook book-a-week project. I'll probably be OK, even though I'm just at number 42 so far. The middle of the year was a great time, but it wasn't a great time for reading.
I'd been meaning to do a review or at least some kind of quote post about each of the books I read. I'm not sure if I'll actually get that done, at least without combining a bunch of books, but I'm still going to try. And since I need to start