Hello readers, I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season. Jen, Winston and I had a lovely season – one about which I will share more in another post. As it’s now 2013, and the official time for best of/looking back posts, I thought I’d share what I read in 2012, as I have [...]
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November 2, 2012
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We Bought Nooks!?
By Jason W. Dean in Books, Periodicals, Personal, ReadingYou all probably have an impression that I am a bit of a luddite when it comes to reading. I don’t think this would be an unfair or inaccurate assessment, but perhaps it’s not entirely true anymore. For our anniversary, Jen and I got Nooks.
Tags: new york review of books, new yorker, nook
April 4, 2012
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Reading in our Home
By Jason W. Dean in Books, Personal, ReadingOne of the joys of our new home is reading. I’ve read two lengthy nonfiction books since we moved in – and that is with the work we have done to get everything in the house usable and accessible. Just about the time we were moving in, I heard a piece on Fresh Air on [...]
March 9, 2012
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Long Form and the Tablet
By Jason W. Dean in Books, Periodicals, Reading, The New YorkerBy my count, it has been a bit over a month since posting here at The Dean Files, and it’s nice to be back. My hiatus was prompted by Jen and I buying and moving into our first home in Fayetteville, Arkansas. I know Jen will want to tell you all about that, but here’s [...]
Tags: chris hughes, ipad, new republic, new york review of books, new yorker, tablets
December 29, 2011
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2011 Books in Brief
By Jason W. Dean in Books, Personal, ReadingRemember last year when I posted all about what books I read, when, and what I thought of them? That was really great, wasn’t it? I started 2011 fully intending on doing another series like that, but, well, it didn’t happen. As you know too well by now, Jen and I moved to Arkansas, and [...]
