I finished The Best American NonRequired Reading 2005. I don’t read a lot of short story anthologies- actually that’s a lie. It would be more correct to say that I don’t read many non-themed anthologies. Therefore, when I read one… Read more ›
The first book of the new year has been finished and declared good. Yarn Harlot by Stephanie Pearl McPhee is a series of essays about knitting. I know, it doesn’t sound fascinating, but McPhee is no ordinary knitter. She’s a… Read more ›
I have discovered that while I can read, I certainly can’t count. I was in a panic over the last two days of the year because my reading total was at 98 books, and being that close and missing the… Read more ›
I have been reading, honestly. And frantically, really, since I have another 12 books or so to read in 25 days. But before I get to the books I’ve read, a short, humorous IM exchange: Me: I’ve been snacking away… Read more ›
I haven’t posted in forever, but I’m really not dead. I’m still working on my novel, which sometimes feels like death, but it’s actually coming along nicely. I stopped posting the chapters so that I could switch around things if… Read more ›
The last Agatha Christie book that I read in preparation for NaNoWriMo (which starts today) was Black Coffee, which actually wasn’t written by her at all. Well, I guess that it was originally- the book is an adaptation of a… Read more ›
There are a lot of movies that I feel compelled to see the day they come out, but for some reason that doesn’t really transfer over to books. There are really only a few that I feel a vital need… Read more ›
I’ve been reading lots of Agatha Christie over the last couple of days, trying to get my brain to start thinking in the mystery genre. I think perhaps it’s starting to work. In an attempt to pay attention to how… Read more ›
I finally settled in and finished Witches of Eastwick. I’ve read it before, and I’m sure I’ll read it again, it’s just one of those books. I know I’ve written about it in previous years, but I don’t feel like… Read more ›
I finished two books a while back and have been floating from book to book in the meantime. So, I should catch up. The Spiritualists by Ruth Brandon concerns the Spiritualist movement, beginning with it’s conception in 1848 and taking… Read more ›
