Posted on February 20th, 2007 by Jackie Danicki
I just read An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison, a professor of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins who suffers from manic-depressive illness (aka bipolar disorder, which Jamison finds something of an unhelpful misnomer). Being an award-winning and highly-respected medical professional - and having tenure - helped free her to write candidly about her disorder, her […]
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Posted on February 9th, 2007 by Jackie Danicki
I hate the chicklit-sounding title (though the author chose it herself and loves it) of Curtis Sittenfeld’s second novel, but my gosh did I love every damn page of this book. I read it in two sittings and teared up at the end, mostly because I was sad that the book was over for me. […]
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Posted on February 1st, 2007 by Jackie Danicki
My brilliant friend Tracy Sheridan has managed to nab writer and digital rights expert Cory Doctorow for the next Waxxi interactive podcast. As well as being co-editor of Boing Boing, Cory is also one of the brightest online pioneers, having been writing and giving away his books on the web (and making a lot of […]
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Posted on January 31st, 2007 by Jackie Danicki
When Rob emailed me about this encounter at McDonald’s last week, I got cold chills. Sure, I was drinking a frosty Sam Adams at the time, but still, how very strange…and cool.
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Posted on January 30th, 2007 by Jackie Danicki
I’ve been reading Orthodoxy to get me through my insomnia, and enjoying it immensely. Mine was a gift from Ms Lukas, but you can read the e-book for free. It’s a real delight to read, funny and challenging, and I keep wanting to buy copies for friends like Rob and Amy, since I think they’d […]
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Posted on January 15th, 2007 by Jackie Danicki
It’s going slowly, mostly because I have 100+ photographs to edit for it, too. Plus, I need to re-write a lot of my recipes, because the person I’m giving this to is an American and I don’t want her to have to try to figure out what coriander is (cilantro, duh!). Considering all the time […]
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Posted on January 14th, 2007 by Jackie Danicki
I’m editing a cookery book this weekend, using Blurb, which I’ll also use to publish it. (It’s being created for one specific recipient, though, so the book isn’t intended for sale.) So far, this is fun and somewhat entrancing, which I guess is why I’m still working on it at 4.30 in the morning.
Speaking […]
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Posted on December 28th, 2006 by Jackie Danicki
I’ve done a very brief book review for Andrew Sullivan’s blog, of Alice Walker’s The Color Purple.
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Posted on December 13th, 2006 by Jackie Danicki
My friend Amy Alkon is a pro-rationality, anti-BS, straightforward advice columnist and all around clever stick. If you’re into that kind of thing, you may want to have a look at her list of the nine best self-help books. I’m mildly surprised that she recommends The Road Less Traveled by M Scott Peck - […]
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Posted on December 11th, 2006 by Jackie Danicki
I’m going to an event tonight dealing with bloggers-turned-authors - or, to be more precise, bloggers who have landed book deals with established publishing houses. On that note, you may be interested in Tony Pierce’s comment on this post:
the odds of their being a jk rowling from the blogosphere OR from the traditional book publishing […]
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Posted on October 24th, 2006 by Jackie Danicki
This government, against the odds, manages to disgust me more with each passing day. Now Labour is attacking the respected police officer and longtime blogger - and now book author - who has dared to expose the dire state of law enforcement in Britain. The policeman blogger is taking it all with astonishingly good humour, […]
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Posted on October 20th, 2006 by Jackie Danicki
My friend Russ Willey has written the London Gazetteer, a brilliant book which explores all of the lesser known nooks and crannies of this city. Russ is a life-long obsessive about ‘Hidden London‘, and if ever someone was born to write a book like this, he was.
On October 12, Will Self wrote the following in […]
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Posted on October 8th, 2006 by Jackie Danicki
Intellectuals by Paul Johnson (I’m enjoying this immensely, probably because it’s just enough like an issue of Heat or Us Weekly to keep me hooked. Johnson explores the lives of various intellectuals in order to determine their “moral and judgmental credentials to give advice to humanity on how to conduct its affairs”. So far my […]
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Posted on October 3rd, 2006 by Jackie Danicki
Wiley has acquired the exclusive global rights to my homeboy Ben’s first book. Not a bad way to cap off high school graduation. Congratulations, Ben!
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