http://redpen.vox.com/library/posts/tags/byopl/page/1/ Time is free, but priceless. en Vox Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:57:57 -0600 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss byopl http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/read-in-september-1.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Red Pen) http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/read-in-september-1.html?_c=feed-rss http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/read-in-september-1.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:57:57 -0600 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900fa96971e490002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900fa96971e490002-50si" alt="Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4)" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900fad6aa6a780005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900fad6aa6a780005-50si" alt="Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900fa969a5ec30003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900fa969a5ec30003-50si" alt="Moon Tiger" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f2190100a7fc7210000e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f2190100a7fc7210000e-50si" alt="On This Earth: Photographs from East Africa" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900fad6adf4180005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900fad6adf4180005-50si" alt="A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900fa969ec8d80003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900fa969ec8d80003-50si" alt="What Is the What (Vintage)" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900fa969f119b0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900fa969f119b0003-50si" alt="The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I read fewer books than usual this month, but enjoyed them all. Favorites: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and Predictably Irrational. On This Earth takes the visual cake for its breathtaking photography. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/read-in-september-1.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252ab767f2190100a7ffb163000e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> photography fiction books history nonfiction recommendations reading ris byopl http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/read-in-august.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Red Pen) http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/read-in-august.html?_c=feed-rss http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/read-in-august.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:51:52 -0600 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900fa968d5c040002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900fa968d5c040002-50si" alt="Lace Reader, The: A Novel" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900fa968ef9fe0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900fa968ef9fe0002-50si" alt="Marrying Mozart" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900fad6a20b4f0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900fad6a20b4f0005-50si" alt="Whistling In the Dark" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900fad6a2623b0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900fad6a2623b0005-50si" alt="Chicken with Plums" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900fa9692cf160003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900fa9692cf160003-50si" alt="Lolita" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900fa96943bd30002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900fa96943bd30002-50si" alt="In a Sunburned Country" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900fa96972d190003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900fa96972d190003-50si" alt="The Story of Edgar Sawtelle: A Novel" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Favorites this month: In a Sunburned Country and Whistling in the Dark. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/read-in-august.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252ab767f21900fae8db2047000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> fiction books nonfiction recommendations reading ris byopl http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/read-in-july.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Red Pen) http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/read-in-july.html?_c=feed-rss http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/read-in-july.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:50:25 -0600 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900fad695fc110005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900fad695fc110005-50si" alt="Child 44" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900fa968431840002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900fa968431840002-50si" alt="When You Are Engulfed in Flames" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900fae8c933a0000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900fae8c933a0000b-50si" alt="The Complete Persepolis: Now a Major Motion Picture" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f2190100a7e8b233000e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f2190100a7e8b233000e-50si" alt="Away: A Novel" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900fae8cd2ab4000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900fae8cd2ab4000b-50si" alt="Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900fad69be3ad0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900fad69be3ad0005-50si" alt="Xenocide (Ender, Book 3)" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900fad69c5d5f0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900fad69c5d5f0005-50si" alt="Mother Night" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f2190100a7ec1674000e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f2190100a7ec1674000e-50si" alt="Petropolis" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900fa968b3d670002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900fa968b3d670002-50si" alt="Irreligion: A Mathematician Explains Why the Arguments for God Just Don&#39;t Add Up" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900fad69ec6040005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900fad69ec6040005-50si" alt="The Cure for Modern Life: A Novel" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Favorites this month: Mother Night, Smoke and Mirrors, Child 44 <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/read-in-july.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252ab767f2190100a7edd54d000e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> fiction books nonfiction recommendations reading essays short stories ris byopl http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/read-in-june.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Red Pen) http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/read-in-june.html?_c=feed-rss http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/read-in-june.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:00:06 -0600 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900fae8bf49b1000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900fae8bf49b1000b-50si" alt="Then We Came to the End: A Novel" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900fad68e35070004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900fad68e35070004-50si" alt="Speaker for the Dead (Ender, Book 2)" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900fae8c0c132000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900fae8c0c132000b-50si" alt="Bright Shiny Morning" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900fa967d2e910003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900fa967d2e910003-50si" alt="Oh My Stars: A Novel" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900fad69088e30004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900fad69088e30004-50si" alt="The Host: A Novel" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900fa967e9ea30003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900fa967e9ea30003-50si" alt="Skeletons at the Feast" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900fae8c3c140000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900fae8c3c140000b-50si" alt="Tulipa: A Photographer&#39;s Botanical" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900fad694111d0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900fad694111d0004-50si" alt="Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America&#39;s Soul" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900fad694b4c10004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900fad694b4c10004-50si" alt="Things I&#39;ve Learned from Women Who&#39;ve Dumped Me" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Top 3 for this month: Then We Came to the End, Speaker for the Dead, The Host <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/read-in-june.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252ab767f21900fae8c7cbdf000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> fiction books nonfiction recommendations reading essays ris byopl http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/read-in-may.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Red Pen) http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/read-in-may.html?_c=feed-rss http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/read-in-may.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:04:45 -0600 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900f48cf46aef0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900f48cf46aef0002-50si" alt="The Miracle at Speedy Motors: The New Novel in the No. 1 Ladies&#39; Detective Agency Series (No. 1 Ladi" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398f6c4140004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398f6c4140004-50si" alt="When Science Goes Wrong" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900f48d148d330001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900f48d148d330001-50si" alt="The Third Angel: A Novel" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398f8f4390005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398f8f4390005-50si" alt="The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900fad687cb4d0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900fad687cb4d0004-50si" alt="The Commoner: A Novel" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900fa967520260002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900fa967520260002-50si" alt="Fire in the Blood" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900fad6890cd50004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900fad6890cd50004-50si" alt="Every Last Cuckoo: A Novel" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900fae8bb28e8000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900fae8bb28e8000b-50si" alt="The Geography of Bliss: One Grump&#39;s Search for the Happiest Places in the World" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900fa96777f4a0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900fa96777f4a0002-50si" alt="I Was Told There&#39;d Be Cake" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900fa96786d700003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900fa96786d700003-50si" alt="Unaccustomed Earth" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900fae8bd0a85000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900fae8bd0a85000b-50si" alt="Beautiful Boy: A Father&#39;s Journey Through His Son&#39;s Addiction" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900fae8beda31000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900fae8beda31000b-50si" alt="Change of Heart: A Novel" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> THE BEST: The Geography of Bliss: One Grump’s Search for the Happiest Places in the World Part travelogue, part psychological study, part philosophical journey, Weiner's book narrates his determined quest to find and experience the world's happie... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/read-in-may.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252ab767f21900fae8bf5043000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> fiction books nonfiction recommendations reading essays short stories ris byopl http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/read-in-april.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Red Pen) http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/read-in-april.html?_c=feed-rss http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/read-in-april.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 02 May 2008 11:21:13 -0600 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900f48ceaa6ce0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900f48ceaa6ce0002-50si" alt="The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398edd88b0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398edd88b0005-50si" alt="Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900f48d0b56bb0001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900f48d0b56bb0001-50si" alt="March" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398eef9650005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398eef9650005-50si" alt="The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900f48cef5e870002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900f48cef5e870002-50si" alt="The View from Castle Rock: Stories" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398f223370004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398f223370004-50si" alt="Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy, and the West" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398f223460004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398f223460004-50si" alt="All Quiet on the Western Front" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398f3723f0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398f3723f0005-50si" alt="Three Cups of Tea: One Man&#39;s Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900f48cf233270003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900f48cf233270003-50si" alt="Armageddon in Retrospect" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900f48d122b620001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900f48d122b620001-50si" alt="Singer from the Sea" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> THE BEST: Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace...One School at a Time It seems trite to tell you that this book is inspirational, but it truly is. It is the reminder we all need that one passionate, committed person can set in mo... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/read-in-april.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398f5ccce0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> fiction books nonfiction recommendations reading short stories ris byopl http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/read-in-march.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Red Pen) http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/read-in-march.html?_c=feed-rss http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/read-in-march.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:11:20 -0600 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398e207960005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398e207960005-50si" alt="Slaughterhouse-Five" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398e2580c0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398e2580c0004-50si" alt="Caspian Rain" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398e49db00005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398e49db00005-50si" alt="Daughter of York: A Novel" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900f48ce391e10002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900f48ce391e10002-50si" alt="Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900f48ce5930d0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900f48ce5930d0002-50si" alt="The Best American Short Stories 2007 (The Best American Series)" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398e7b9580004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398e7b9580004-50si" alt="Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900f48ce62d330003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900f48ce62d330003-50si" alt="Bad Monkeys" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900f48ce842d00002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900f48ce842d00002-50si" alt="Night Train to Lisbon: A Novel" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900f48d06fdc50001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900f48d06fdc50001-50si" alt="The Monsters of Templeton" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900f48ce9f0ab0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900f48ce9f0ab0003-50si" alt="Joy in the Morning" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> THE BEST: The Monsters of Templeton Willie Upton returns to her hometown of Templeton, NY in a state of upheaval and soon finds herself unexpectedly wrapped up in solving the mystery of her paternity and unearthing the long-buried secrets of seve... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/read-in-march.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252ab767f21900f48d08b9c60001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> fiction books nonfiction recommendations reading short stories historical fiction ris byopl http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/read-in-february.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Red Pen) http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/read-in-february.html?_c=feed-rss http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/read-in-february.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 01 Mar 2008 09:24:18 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398d90b170004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398d90b170004-50si" alt="Running in the Family" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398da8cc30002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398da8cc30002-50si" alt="The Boleyn Inheritance" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398db3c310004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398db3c310004-50si" alt="The Cleft: A Novel" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398db7b7b0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398db7b7b0002-50si" alt="New Moon (Twilight, Book 2)" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398dc3bea0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398dc3bea0004-50si" alt="The Gathering (Man Booker Prize)" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398de47560005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398de47560005-50si" alt="The Hummingbird&#39;s Daughter" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398de95510005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398de95510005-50si" alt="The Zookeeper&#39;s Wife: A War Story" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900f48cded8a30002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900f48cded8a30002-50si" alt="The Nature of Monsters" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900f48cfd96920001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900f48cfd96920001-50si" alt="Eclipse (The Twilight Saga, Book 3)" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398e16add0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398e16add0004-50si" alt="On Chesil Beach: A Novel" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> THE BEST: The Zookeeper’s Wife: A War Story This nonfiction account of heroism in Nazi-occupied Poland is my top pick of the month. I am deeply moved and inspired by individuals who match their wit and courage against tyranny in order to save ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/read-in-february.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398e1baa50005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> fiction books history memoir nonfiction recommendations reading historical fiction ris byopl http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/fourteen-squared-aka-read-in-january.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Red Pen) http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/fourteen-squared-aka-read-in-january.html?_c=feed-rss http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/fourteen-squared-aka-read-in-january.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:49:33 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398ced4970005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398ced4970005-50si" alt="Nineteen Minutes: A Novel" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398ceba4d0001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398ceba4d0001-50si" alt="(Not that You Asked): Rants, Exploits, and Obsessions" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398ceba560001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398ceba560001-50si" alt="The Principles of Uncertainty" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398cfea260003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398cfea260003-50si" alt="The Meaning of Night: A Confession" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398d0970d0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398d0970d0002-50si" alt="The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398d55c900005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398d55c900005-50si" alt="The Hero Project" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398d716310005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398d716310005-50si" alt="Unclutter Your Life: Transforming Your Physical, Mental, And Emotional Space" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398d24d110001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398d24d110001-50si" alt="The Pillars of the Earth (Deluxe Edition) (Oprah&#39;s Book Club)" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398d320ac0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398d320ac0003-50si" alt="People of the Book: A Novel" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398d49c490004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398d49c490004-50si" alt="Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Story" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398d4ce830003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398d4ce830003-50si" alt="Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1)" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398d6bf490003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398d6bf490003-50si" alt="Duma Key: A Novel" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900f30f569e2c0001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900f30f569e2c0001-50si" alt="Year of Wonders" /></a> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900f30f57436d0001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900f30f57436d0001-50si" alt="Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> If "books are for squares" as Antic so loves to tell me, I guess my angularity is off the charts this month. I've already posted separately about a few of these books. Some brief thoughts and comments: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Oskar Sc... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/fourteen-squared-aka-read-in-january.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398d7fb200002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> fiction books nonfiction recommendations reading essays interviews short stories ris byopl http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/people-of-the-book.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Red Pen) http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/people-of-the-book.html?_c=feed-rss http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/people-of-the-book.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 21 Jan 2008 07:14:47 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/book/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398d320ac0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398d320ac0003-50si" alt="People of the Book: A Novel" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I just have to put in a quick plug for this book. I thoroughly enjoyed it and recommend it highly. The Sarajevo Haggadah is a medieval illuminated Hebrew manuscript believed to have been created in Spain in the mid-1300s. It has survived, remark... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/people-of-the-book.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398d4aab80005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> fiction books recommendations reading manuscript ris sarajevo codex haggadah byopl