<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' standalone='yes'?><rss version='2.0'><channel><title>My Blog Feed</title><link>http://www.tblog.com/</link><description>A tBlog Blog!</description><lastBuildDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 21:27:19 -0700</lastBuildDate><language>en-us</language><item><title><![CDATA[Comments]]></title><link>http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969867019</link><guid>http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969867019</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2006 01:41:57 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I have disabled Comments due to spam. If you want to comment, you can do so at Another 52 Books (see the previous post for link) where comments are moderated.... <a href='http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969867019'>more from bibliophile...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bye bye (kind of)]]></title><link>http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969836809</link><guid>http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969836809</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It’s time for me to say goodbye to Tblog. I like the easy user interface, but the downtime and “issues” have been annoying me for a long time. Now I am unable to access even the FAQ when I need ... <a href='http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969836809'>more from bibliophile...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[When is a book worth reading from start to finish?]]></title><link>http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969814339</link><guid>http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969814339</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Everyone has different criteria for deciding. Some will read any book to the end, slogging through piles of tripe or suffering endless boredom just so they can say they have read it. Several peopl... <a href='http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969814339'>more from bibliophile...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[My TitleTrader trade list]]></title><link>http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969805184</link><guid>http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969805184</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[If you see a book you would like to own, click on the "Swap books..." button to the right and join TitleTrader. You can request any book off the list once you have sent out one book from your own inve... <a href='http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969805184'>more from bibliophile...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children’s books I have fond memories of, part II of II]]></title><link>http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969797240</link><guid>http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969797240</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I thought it was about time I posted this.It is interesting to note that most of the books I loved best when I was a child were fantasies. Some of these I still occasionally pick up and... <a href='http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969797240'>more from bibliophile...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[I’m taking a break]]></title><link>http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969730712</link><guid>http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969730712</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I am taking a break from reviewing for a while, a month at least. I am preparing to start writing my master’s thesis in translation, and getting the thesis done entails, among other things, translat... <a href='http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969730712'>more from bibliophile...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Factual errors in literature (how I hate them!)]]></title><link>http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969728139</link><guid>http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969728139</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I am one of those people who hate factual errors in books. It’s one of the reasons why I stopped reading Philippa Gregory’s The Other Boleyn Girl - the (undoubtedly intentional) factual err... <a href='http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969728139'>more from bibliophile...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bibliophile’s book of the day: Head Over Heels (romantic suspense) by Susan Andersen]]></title><link>http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969721908</link><guid>http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969721908</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[This is the first in a trilogy of loosely connected stories about three marine buddies who find love when they least expect it. I have already reviewed the second book, Getting Lucky. The third... <a href='http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969721908'>more from bibliophile...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seen in the public library]]></title><link>http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969719604</link><guid>http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969719604</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[We’re used to thinking about librarians as very organised and precise people – a place for everything and everything in it’s place, and all that. Well, what can you say about librarians who file... <a href='http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969719604'>more from bibliophile...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bibliophile’s book of the day: The Piano Tuner (historical novel) by Daniel Mason]]></title><link>http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969713331</link><guid>http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969713331</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In 1886, Edgar Drake, a specialist in tuning Erard pianos, is sent by the British War Office to the wilds of Burma to tune an Erard for Surgeon-Major Carroll, a man who has managed to become perhaps t... <a href='http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969713331'>more from bibliophile...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books for the price of a few postage stamps]]></title><link>http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969711971</link><guid>http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969711971</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I recently joined the international book swap club Title Trader. I have been a member of another swap club for about a year, but that one is dedicated to romance novels only, and I have never made any... <a href='http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969711971'>more from bibliophile...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bibliophile’s book of the day: The Mullet: Hairstyle of the gods, by Mark Larson & Barney Hoskyns.]]></title><link>http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969709788</link><guid>http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969709788</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[This is a humorous tribute to that much maligned hairstyle, the mullet (ape drape, mud-flap, neck warmer, etc.). For someone who remembers when it was actually cool to sport one (yep, I was a teenager... <a href='http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969709788'>more from bibliophile...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children’s books I have fond memories of, part I of II]]></title><link>http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969708800</link><guid>http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969708800</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[These are the books that moulded my reading habits and affected my future reading preferences. Some of them are still favourites, others I haven’t read in years. I first read all of these bo... <a href='http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969708800'>more from bibliophile...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bibliophile’s book of the day: The Convenient Marriage (romantic farce), by Georgette Heyer]]></title><link>http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969708168</link><guid>http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969708168</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[When rich Lord Rule offers for the hand of the eldest Winwood sister, she knows she must accept, even if she loves another man. Her brother has sunk the family into debt and the only way of extricatin... <a href='http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969708168'>more from bibliophile...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bibliophile’s book of the day: Down Under (travel) by Bill Bryson]]></title><link>http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969707843</link><guid>http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969707843</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[American title: In a Sunburned CountryThis is the account of Bill Bryson’s (broken up) journey around Australia, to visit its biggest cities and some interesting sights, natural and m... <a href='http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969707843'>more from bibliophile...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bibliophile’s book of the day: Cover her face (murder mystery), by P.D. James]]></title><link>http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969706580</link><guid>http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969706580</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[When a conniving and secretive young housemaid at the Maxie mansion is murdered, the local constable immediately calls in the Scotland Yard. The Yard’s representative is Chief Inspector Adam Dalglie... <a href='http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969706580'>more from bibliophile...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bibliophile's book of the day: From Doon With Death (murder mystery), by Ruth Rendell]]></title><link>http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969704944</link><guid>http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969704944</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Margaret Parsons, a dowdy housewife, disappears from her Kingsmarkham home, and is found murdered the next day. During the investigation, suspicion fall on several people, including her husband, a for... <a href='http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969704944'>more from bibliophile...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book of the day: Pastures Nouveaux (chick-lit), by Wendy Holden]]></title><link>http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969704001</link><guid>http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969704001</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[My first introduction to chick lit was the much praised Bridget Jones’ Diary, which I frankly hated. IMHO, the movie, for once, was better than the book. It didn’t stop me exploring further... <a href='http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969704001'>more from bibliophile...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book of the day: Ex Libris: Confessions of a common reader by Anne Fadiman]]></title><link>http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969703490</link><guid>http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969703490</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[This slim volume is a collection of essays by journalist Anne Fadiman, originally published in a literary magazine, but adapted and in some cases rewritten for the book. It was recommednded to me by s... <a href='http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969703490'>more from bibliophile...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book of the day: The Book of Tea, by various authors (repost due to spam in Comments)]]></title><link>http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969702376</link><guid>http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969702376</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I am an avid tea drinker and have been ever since I drank my first cup of tea around age six. I enjoy tea in many of its incarnations: the sweet, spicy chai of India and Pakistan, the minty green tea ... <a href='http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969702376'>more from bibliophile...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nice to visit, but I wouldn’t want to live in it…]]></title><link>http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969700760</link><guid>http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969700760</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[House of BooksQuite apart from the carved clothes, it’s just too monochromatic. It is a lovely sculpture, though. ... <a href='http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969700760'>more from bibliophile...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today's books: Burglars can’t be choosers & The burglar in the closet (mysteries), Lawrence Block]]></title><link>http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969700027</link><guid>http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969700027</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[These are the first two books in a long-running series about burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr. Bernie is a cool character, perfectly immoral when it comes to other people’s property, daring, professional a... <a href='http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969700027'>more from bibliophile...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book of the day: The ABC Murders (mystery) Agatha Christie]]></title><link>http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969699357</link><guid>http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969699357</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A clever killer sends taunting letters to Hercule Poirot, telling him dates and the names of towns where he intends to strike. The towns and the victims are alphabetical, A in Andover, and so on. Poir... <a href='http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969699357'>more from bibliophile...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Would you look down on someone if they had no books in their home?]]></title><link>http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969698827</link><guid>http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969698827</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Lonely Planet discussion:No books... <a href='http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969698827'>more from bibliophile...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book of the day: They do it with mirrors (mystery) Agatha Christie]]></title><link>http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969696474</link><guid>http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969696474</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[This is the final book I needed to read to finish the Miss Marple series. I managed to read (and in some cases reread) them in order of publication, all except this one, which was not available at the... <a href='http://bibliophile.tblog.com/post/1969696474'>more from bibliophile...</a>]]></description></item></channel></rss>