Making it Up As I Go

I didn’t get much reading in this week. Between trips out of the house and sewing projects that went awry, my attention has been elsewhere. I’m still in the middle of Cold: Adventures in the World’s Frozen Places by Bill Streever,… Read more ›

This week I only finished one book, but it was dense and epic (in length and scope) and worth delving into for five days. The Accursed, by Joyce Carol Oates is set at Princeton at the turn of the twentieth… Read more ›

After the miles long book post at the end of December, I decided to break up the Books I Read posts by week. It will make them more manageable, and I won’t forget what I wanted to write about the… Read more ›

Happy New Year! The changing of the year has already come and gone for us last night, when the whole family managed to stay up until midnight so that we could go to the temple to ring in the new… Read more ›

Did you know that this year marks 10 years of me blogging about the books that I’ve read? It’s true. I started in December of 2003.  You can find all my book posts under the 100 books category off to… Read more ›

I read a lot this month. I’m not sure how, because it doesn’t seem like I spent an abundance of time reading, but apparently I did- more than any other month this year. But before I get to the books… Read more ›

Here’s a quick look at the books I read this month. The Melancholy of Mechagirl by Catherynne M. Valente: This book is stunning. It’s full of gorgeous stories that weave in and out of Japanese mythology. I love everything of… Read more ›

Tomorrow is the start of Nanowrimo, so I’m going to get one procrastination venue out of the way by posting this today. These are the books I read this month. I’m kind of surprised there are so many, because the… Read more ›