Reading the Hugo Nominees
This year my husband signed up to vote in the Hugo Awards, and together we’re reading as many of the nominees as possible. Voting runs from…
On The Come Up and The Poet X: a Double Review
These books share a lot of similarities and both were fantastic, so I’m reviewing them together. Both are about teenagers dealing with racial identity, religion, friendship,…
Review: The Farm by Joanne Ramos
I really liked this slow-burner of a novel about a program for the wealthy who want surrogate parents. Ramos creates what I found to be a…
My April Reading Wrap-up
April was a great month, ending with a trip to Southern California that included my husband’s college reunion, wine tasting in Paso Robles, and some much-needed…
Re-Reading Childhood Favorites: Heidi by Johanna Spyri
You might not expect Heidi to be one of my childhood favorites, but it is. I tended to love books that were grittier and darker. I…
The Pros and Cons of Writing Book Reviews
A lot of us started our book blogs with a focus on writing book reviews. More and more, though, the bloggers I read are finding they…
Review: The Library Book by Susan Orlean
I can’t say this is a perfect book, but it’s one of my favorites of the year, and it’s a book I’ll recommend to a lot…
Review: Normal People by Sally Rooney
I loved the way this book begins, because I identified very much with Marianne, one of its two narrators. Marianne and Connell are two teens in…
Review: Trust Exercise by Susan Choi
I had to force myself to finish this book, and that’s never a good thing. At times this book was nicely written and I found myself…
My March Reading Wrap-up
It’s spring, and this month I finally felt like getting out of the house. We went to two wine tastings, had friends over for a game…
Read Harder 2019: A Quarterly Challenge Update
This year I want to post at least a quarterly update on the challenges I’m working on. Each quarter I’ll focus on a different challenge. I’m…
Review: The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
The Great Believers was heartbreaking, but so good and very worth reading. I realize that reading a book about the AIDS crisis in the 80s isn’t…
