Notes From Ann: Here Come the Big Fall Books
After my last book report in which I recommended a ridiculous number of books, I had a great idea – I would post a book report in which I only recommended one book. Wouldn’t that have been genius? Read the rest of this entry »
Notes From Ann: Cheating
I often say that the one thing I’m most likely to do on any given day is answer five questions for a newspaper in Australia, by which I mean I spend a lot of my time filling out forms. None of them are hard, many of them are from other countries, and for the most part they’re all pretty much the same. A very clever writer friend keeps a computer file of answers and just pastes them into different questionnaires. I keep meaning to be that organized. Read the rest of this entry »
Notes From Ann: Re-reading
Every now and then a book comes along that is held in such universally high regard — great reviews, staggering sales, ebullient word of mouth — that I don’t feel the need to read it. Somehow I missed it when it first came out, and then time went by and, for reasons I can’t explain, the moment passed. Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand, was just such a book. Read the rest of this entry »
Notes From Ann: Less Is More
I recently read Quiet: the Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking, by Susan Cain. This is a perfect book for Parnassus. After all, we are a business founded by two introverts (Karen Hayes and myself), staffed with introverts (probably everyone in the store except Niki and Lauren who run events and therefore really can’t be introverts). We feature a product mostly created at home by introverts (books), which we then sell primarily to introverts (readers). In short, it’s our kind of book. Read the rest of this entry »
Notes From Ann: Father’s Day
Somewhere back there several book reports ago I made note of the fact I was writing too much, and that I would appreciate it if readers would remember this fact in February when I wasn’t writing at all and give me a pass. At the time I hadn’t actually intended to slack off, but I did. Let’s hear it for being able to know the future! Read the rest of this entry »
Notes From Ann: The Ice Storm
As anyone who has spent any time in Nashville knows, weather reports, especially winter weather reports, are often a hoax. They tell us it’s going to snow. We run to the grocery store and buy up all the hot chocolate mix and frozen pizza. Children, certain that schools will be closed, refuse to do their homework. We run inside, light a fire, and wait. No snow. Read the rest of this entry »
