There are people who read for necessity. Then there are people who read for pleasure. Finally, there are people for whom reading borders on addiction. I am one of the latter. Yesterday I had an eye doctor appointment. As part of the examination, the doctor handed me a story and asked me to read the... Continue Reading →
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Books to watch for: September 2021
Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney (Sept. 7) Partly Cloudy by Tanita S. Davis (September 7) Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty (September 14) Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead (September 14) Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune (September 21) Writers' Letters: Jane Austen to Chinua Achebe by Michael Bird and Orlando Bird... Continue Reading →
My favorite read for August 2021
My favorite read for August 2021 Book Review My favorite read for August of 2021 is Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder, a biography of the author written by Caroline Fraser in 2018. Since I have read so much about Wilder, I picked this up out of obligatory devotion to my idol,... Continue Reading →
My journey in books
It all started with a dirty dog named Harry. Before I could read myself, I loved hearing stories. Mom always read me a book before I went to bed each night: Mother Goose, Amanda and Oliver Pig, a volume of Sesame Street books that arrived monthly just to name a few. But Harry the Dirty... Continue Reading →
Favorite reads of 2021
Note: this is based on books I read each month, not release dates. January: Book of Lost Names by Kristen Harmel February: Recursion by Blake Crouch March: Royal by Danielle Steel April: Raven Black (Shetland Island Bk. 1) by Anne Cleeves May: Sweet Tea and Sympathy by Molly Harper June: The Library Book by Susan... Continue Reading →