Surrounded by books

Enterrado en libros.

The nuts & bolts of writing a book review #PeerReviewWeek18 As a scholar and a writer, I am surrounded by books. I buy books at conferences. I buy books online. A stack of books grows on my desk, and even finds its way onto any horizontal surface in my living room. I identify them from reading the reference list of journal articles. I get recommendations from peers. One of the services I can provide my peers is to write a book review on one of my most recently purchased books.

Architecture & Design on Instagram: "In the heart of #Rabat’s Medina, there is a bookstore run by a 71-year-old man named Mohamed Aziz. A bookstore that opened its doors in 1967 after Aziz spent a few years selling books under the shade of a tree. A bookstore that emerged in a country where reading is not common and that was born as an act of love towards his city and literature. He spends most of his day in his bookstore surrounded by books and stories, and reading (always reading). He says…

From archives of Prague castle, photo by M.Peterka (Source: Lost and Found in Prague)

When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes. -- Erasmus One afternoon in Cape Town I sat in my little room at University House and took inventory. This must have been in June, winter in the southern hemisphere, and it had been raining steadily for most of a week. I was virtually alone in the student residence; the others had packed off for vacation. With an umbrella and plastic slicker I'd ventured out once or twice to the Pig and Whistle, where I favored…

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Courtney Halverson on Instagram: "Don’t mind me, just counting down the days until that sweet spot in between Christmas and NYE is here, and the days all sort of blend into one lazy blur. Anyone else? 📚 . . . #vintagevibes #romanticstyle #darkacademia #books"