Roof Beam Reader
Adam Burgess
Category: Personal
Roof Beam Reader’s Best of 2013
Hello, Readers! Since I surpassed my 2013 goal of 60 books read (I’m up around 64, right now, with 2 books in progress and likely at least 1 more to go) before year’s end, I thought I would take a cue from some of… Continue Reading “Roof Beam Reader’s Best of 2013”
Blog Post: On Horrors and Heroes
“Grief remains one of the few things that has the power to silence us. It is a whisper in the world and a clamor within. Grief is unspoken, publicly ignored except for those moments at the funeral that are over too quickly, or the… Continue Reading “Blog Post: On Horrors and Heroes”
Me and Jane Austen
This month’s meme from The Classics Club is all about Jane Austen. Do we love her? Hate her? What’s our favorite work, if any? I thought I’d start by sharing some delightful thoughts on Austen, from one of my favorite writers, Mark Twain. In… Continue Reading “Me and Jane Austen”
2012: Year in Review
The Numbers: Roof Beam Reader was viewed about 68,000 times in 2012. If it were a concert at the Barclays Center, it would take about 4 sold-out performances for that many people to see it. In 2012, there were 142 new posts, growing the total archive… Continue Reading “2012: Year in Review”
I Have Been…
I saw Allie post this on her blog A Literary Odyssey. It’s cute and fun and I haven’t had the time/energy to write any reviews lately (sorry!), so I thought I’d have a little fun with this instead. I Have Been: {writing} Essays. Lots… Continue Reading “I Have Been…”
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