Icelandic Update, or Is It Really an Update If I Haven’t Told You Before Now?
Here’s the thing: I decided to start learning Icelandic in January of this year. I had every intention of writing about the process. As even a cursory gla...
Author: Lindsey
Things I’ve Been Meaning to Blog About: Roller Derby
I have been meaning to blog about roller derby for about two months now. Or maybe three months. In any case, this is the blog post about roller derby. Yesterday...
Testing the Waters of Modern Icelandic Literature
Book review: The Whispering Muse by Sjón Because I started learning Icelandic this year, I decided it would be a good time to check out some Icelandic literatur...
2015: The Year Ahead
This post is a little bit late becuase it took me a while to figure out just what I wanted to say about the upcoming year. I feel like I accomplised a lot in 20...
2014: The Year in Books
Long story short: I read 90 books this year! I’m quite pleased because that is nearly double last year’s 46 books. I made a more detailed list this ...
North Korea Is Not for the Faint of Heart
I saw Suki Kim on The Daily Show a few nights ago. Although I barely registered the content of her interview, I heard enough to decide her book would probably b...
Brotherhood and Modern Philosophy: The Great Glass Sea
Book Review: The Great Glass Sea by Josh Weil As I read this book, I was sure I would not write a review about it. The Great Glass Sea is a dense, complex story...
Now with 100% More Civilization
Book Review: Three Princes by Ramona Wheeler Three Princes is a book that seems to be based on the question “What if Egypt never stopped being great?” In Three ...
Come at Me, NSA
Book Review: No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State by Glenn Greenwald No Place to Hide is the culmination of a year’s...
Articles I Wrote at ALA Annual Conference 2014
I attended the 2014 American Library Association Annual Conference in Las Vegas. Becuase I am not content to just sit and listen to everyone, I signed on to wor...