Tag Archives: memes and surveys

Today’s TTT is about books that provoked a strong reaction. I’m going to try to focus on books from the first ten years of the blog. First, though, Ye Olde Tuesday Tease. For [Antipater], the human being in action is … Continue reading →

This week’s triple-T is books we were over the moon to buy, but….haven’t gotten around to reading. But first, teases! Volcanoes, then, can be sites of encounter and performance, where history is made. Sometimes their eruptions are so dramatic they … Continue reading →

Today’s TTT is authors we’d like another book from, either because they’ve stopped writing series or they’ve inconveniently died. But first, a tease! Hurtling back to town, in a red Porsche driven by a beautiful woman, with the song playing, … Continue reading →

‘If you are going to this woman, if you are going to walk the length of England without a map and your mobile and without even telling me first, then at least have the goodness to own up to what … Continue reading →

Today’s TTT is picky reasons we’ve DNF’d books. Despite the number and variety of books I read, I’m rather picky about the ones I commit to, let alone buy, so it’s rare for me to DNF a book. I will … Continue reading →

….hmm. Well, I dispatched Mount Doom last year, so I don’t have that many. The Shahnameh and The Houses We Live In, plus The Origin of Feces is hiding somewhere. I think Taxi, a collection of interviews with Cairo cab … Continue reading →