It’s been a long while since I’ve posted about books. Since we were on vacation I didn’t have as much chance to read- which is probably backward to most people. But I did get some reading done. West with the… Read more ›
We’ve been busy finding a house to buy this week and doing all of the things that go along with that, so I’ve had less reading time than usual. But it was very enjoyed reading time, because the one book… Read more ›
Here’s what I read this week. Buffet for Unwelcome Guests: The Best Short Mystery Stories of Christianna Brand  is so good. I’ve never read any of Christianna Brand’s mysteries before, and my goodness, is she masterful. The clues are there but… Read more ›
Here’s what I read this week. Orlando by Virginia Woolf. I’ve been meaning to read this for a long time. Something in The Art of English Murder made me think about it, and I decided to take it… Read more ›
A lot of this week’s reading was practice in accepting books for what they are rather than what I wanted them to be. The Snow Queen: A Novel by Michael Cunningham is not The Hours. That’s a shame, because The Hours… Read more ›
Back in the early years of this blog, I took a year and looked for connections between the books that I read, while not picking out obviously connected books to read. It was fun. Anyway, I feel like that has… Read more ›
Here’s what I read this week. Apparently I’m on a non-fiction roll. To Marry an English Lord by Gail MacColl and Carol McD. Wallace is one of the most enlightening books I’ve read in a long time. It’s about American heiresses… Read more ›
Dark Rooms by Lili Anolik was compared to Sharp Objects, The Secret History, and Special Topics in Calamity Physics, which made it a must read for me. However, unlike The Rabbit Back Literature Society (see the last post), those descriptions weren’t accurate… Read more ›
These two weeks held a run of seriously downer books. They were good, and I kind of ran with a theme, but you’ll see what I mean. The Empathy Exams: Essays by Leslie Jamison was on the top of all of… Read more ›
This is what I read over the last two weeks. Get in Trouble: Stories by Kelly Link. I really enjoyed Kelly Link’s previous short story collections- I’d rate them super high on my list of liked things. They’re magical and unexpected and… Read more ›
