Reading

The ability to read may be the most common skill of all Technorati visitors.

Offline reading of books, magazines, and newspapers is a common activity for many bloggers and they often happily blog their reading adventures. From reviewing books to sharing passages or concepts, there is a common passion for the written word. Some bloggers list their reading plans.

Online reading includes both blogs and non-blog web pages and documents. Some documents can be read online or downloaded for offline reading. Frequently these use formats such as Adobe's Acrobat PDF, like How CGI Works.

For some bloggers, reading refers to fortune telling or divination technique. Examples include numerology, tarot, and astrology.

by Will Bontrager Are you a writer, passionate about this or any other topic? Join Blogcritics!

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Reading”

• Huglight

  
  Boing Boing — Authority: 887
  Of the many booklights Ive tried, this one ($15 at Amazon) is the best. With four LED lights, two on the end of each flexible stalk, the clincher is that its never clutter. It can be molded into a bedside lamp, hung around the neck for weightless book reading, wrapped around the wrist for plumbing jobs, and so on. ...
  2 hours ago

• 12/3/09: The Definitive Guide to Safe Body Piercing | Castro

  
  funcheapSF.com — Authority: 144
  Author Elayne Angel will be joining us to read from her latest book “The Piercing Bible: The Definitive Guide to Safe Body Piercing.” Piercing pioneer Elayne Angel has performed over 40,000 piercings since the 1980s and has brought many practices, such as tongue-piercing, into the mainstream. She brings her ...
  3 hours ago

• On My Nightstand: The Good Soldiers

  
  A Blog For All — Authority: 510
  My latest read is The Good Soldiers by David Finkel. Its a gripping tale of the soldiers of the 2-16 Batallion, who deployed from Fort Riley, Kansas to participate in the surge. It is told in chronological fashion, and recounts the mission and the disillusionment that some of those soldiers faced when seeing their ...
  3 hours ago

• NCTEs Stance on Reading Bill Sparks Controversy Within Ranks

  
  Curriculum Matters — Authority: 567
  From Guest Blogger Elizabeth Rich Theres debate brewing within the National Council of Teachers of English over the organizations support of the "LEARN Act," the proposed reading legislation that would replace three federal programs including Reading First. I returned this week from NCTEs annual convention in ...
  4 hours ago

• Drama

  
  YALSA — Authority: 129
  “Do you have a Lost and Found?” she asked. “No, that’s in the office,” I said. “NO! the book,” she had said, exasperated by my lack of understanding. Duh! I was tired and it was last period on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving holiday. We looked in the online catalog. Zero copies available. “Where is ...
  4 hours ago

• A huge collection of vintage mid-century childrens books

  
  Coudal Partners Blended Feed — Authority: 624
  A huge collection of vintage mid-century childrens books .
  4 hours ago

• China Sports Blogs. Not Quite Life Itself, But....

  
  China Law Blog — Authority: 592
  "Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the game." Jacques Barzun I love watching and reading about sports. Always have. Always will. Growing up, I never missed school unless the Cubs were on the television. No way was I going to waste a sick ...
  4 hours ago

• Spectacular Stop Motion Book Ad Make eBooks Seem Downright Soulless [Ads]

  
  Gizmodo — Authority: 892
  This stop-motion ad by the New Zealand Book Council makes me glad I dont own a Kindle or a Nook, and it makes me want to go grab a book immediately. Preferably a gritty New Zealand western. [ Arbora via TDW ]
  4 hours ago

• What We’re Reading 11/25/09

  
  ONE — Authority: 535
  Los Angeles Times—New HIV infections in declineAccording to the United Nation’s annual report on AIDS released Tuesday, about 2.7 million people were newly infected with HIV last year, compared with about 3.3 million in 2001—a decline of about 17% since 2001 (although direct comparisons are difficult because the ...
  5 hours ago

• Still Time Plus Giving Thanks

  
  Double M's take on books, blogs, dogs, networking & life. — Authority: 123
  Still time to let us know  below when you read. Today, at http://acmeauthorslink.blogspot.com/ Im giving thanks for the gift of writing. What about you?
  7 hours ago

• Words from my reading

  
  Word Lily — Authority: 123
  A few fun words that were new to me this week: panoply , n A complete suit of armor; any protective covering; any complete or magnificent covering or array page 60, The Hidden by Tobias Hill “Or more than that, like a panoply: both armour and weapon.” cockerel , n A young rooster, less than a year old page ...
  8 hours ago

• BOTNS #54: Meet Stan Hynds

  
  Books on the Nightstand: conversation about books — Authority: 107
  Weve got a special guest for this episode!Stan Hynds is the Senior Book Buyer at The Northshire Bookstore in Manchester Center, Vermont. Michael and I work closely with Stan, and we thought youd like to hear how all of those books get onto the shelves of your local independent bookstore. Stan is the perfect person to ...
  9 hours ago

• How To Add Attachments Offline On Gmail ?

  
  vhxn.com — Authority: 441
  Most of the Gmail interfaces have the same troubles to add attachments. Usually, you can’t add any attachments if you use Gmail mobile app, the mobile version of Gmail, iGoogle’s Gmail gadget. But now, it is the easiest thing, because you can attach your files or folders even if you are offline (with the exception ...
  9 hours ago

• Linkin’ to books, bookin’ to links

  
  Stumbling Over Chaos — Authority: 126
  Don’t forget to enter for your chance to win one of four signed copies of Devyn Quinn’s new shapeshifter romance, Soul of the Wildcat! Contest closes 7 pm CST, December 4. (This contest was posted yesterday, but due to my webhost being down for many hours, you might have missed it, plus the spectacularly crabby ...
  12 hours ago

• Three Questions With Steve Pressfield

  
  zenpundit.com — Authority: 125
  I’ve enjoyed a sporadic conversation with Steve Pressfield , author of Gates of Fire and Killing Rommel , ever since he started his Tribes site. While most of our discussions had to do with COIN, tribalism, ancient history and Afghanistan, Steve is also generous with his time and advice with those who ...
  13 hours ago

• Reading Journal (25 November): Unplugged Edition

  
  Rebecca Reads — Authority: 121
  Although I’ve been pretty quiet around here lately, I am still needing more of a blogging break for personal reasons. Then I saw this: There are no rules to this challenge. Just give yourself permission to step away. And do it. I plan on being away from email, the blog, twitter, etc. from Wednesday night ...
  14 hours ago

• Today at TNR (November 25, 2009)

  
  The New Republic - The Plank Feed — Authority: 135
  The Next Paris Hilton: Why Sarah Palin Isn’t Going Away Any Time Soon by Jason Zengerle How the Obama Administration Is Dangerously Misreading the Recession by John B. Judis Obamas Latest Afghanistan Hurdle: Congressman David Obey by Jesse Zwick Sarah Palin’s Path to the Presidency?! by Michelle Cottle ...
  15 hours ago

• AED ~ finished owls and my new book

  
  Creative Kismet — Authority: 423
  Here are my finished little owl ornaments for Amy’s Ornament Swap . Yay! They are done and not even due until Dec 4th… I think. Yes, yes December 4th. I am never done early for an Amy swap. I would have been late again this year had she not moved the date back a bit. Thanks Amy. AND this came in the ...
  17 hours ago

• Evening Reading: What’s Behind Deal Making? How About Envious CEOs

  
  WSJ.com: Deal Journal — Authority: 692
  Whats behind merger waves? How about envious CEOs? Thats the theory that Anand Goel and Anjan Thakor are putting forward over at Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation.
  20 hours ago

• How can I keep track of academic papers and my handwritten notes on them?

  
  Ask MetaFilter — Authority: 648
  What is the best hardware/software system for keeping track of a) hundreds of academic papers in PDF form and b) my handwritten notes on these hundreds of papers? Bonus if the answer integrates with some sort of citation management software. I am in a PhD program that requires me to read and take notes on a large ...
  22 hours ago

Comments about Reading