I read a lot this year. A lot. More than any other year in the last 14 or so. Some of that had to do with 2 book challenges I ran- one over the summer and one that’s currently going.… Read more ›
Catching up, catching uuuuuuuuup! Here’s what I read in August. Zelda: A Biography by Nancy Milford is an excelllent biography of Zelda. It is also the book that made Z declare that I’m “always reading about Zelda Fitzgerald”. Zelda is… Read more ›
Almost caught up! These are the books I’ve read over the last couple of weeks. Wink, Poppy, Midnight by April Genevieve Tucholke is a disconcerting book, because you’re never sure who is telling the truth and who isn’t. It’s the story… Read more ›
Here’s what I read in June: Our Endless Numbered Days by Claire Fuller is a deceptively simple book. Peggy’s father takes her from their home in London into the German mountains to live when the world ends. He’s prepared for this,… Read more ›
Here’s what I read in May: The First Book of Calamity Leek by Paula Lichtarowicz is a really bizarre, really disconcerting (in the best way) book. You start the book not having any idea where you are or what is happening,… Read more ›
I haven’t written about books for a long time. I haven’t written about anything for a long time. It is what it is. So I’m trying to catch up. Seeing as I haven’t posted since the end of March, and… Read more ›
In honor of International Children’s Book Day (which is today), here are some of the recent favorite kids books in our house. The Creature Department by Robert Paul Weston is so awesome. Two kids discover that the success of the Google… Read more ›
These are the books I read last week. Most of them were library books, which doesn’t help me toward my goal of reading more of the hundreds of books I have on the Haunted Kindle, but it does help me… Read more ›
I’ve been reading a lot and not writing a lot, so I’m a bit behind. This month’s worth of books are kind of all over the place, but they were all really good reads. The Philosopher Kings by Jo Walton is… Read more ›
I started a number of books this week that I ended up abandoning, but here’s what I finished this week. Gather Together in My Name by Maya Angelou is breathtaking. I read I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings in high… Read more ›
