May was an eventful month, beginning with a DC blogger happy hour, Zezee with Books, and Grace from Books without Any Pictures. It was awesome to meet them and I look forward to hearing more about their blogs — I’ve already thought of questions I want to follow up on. We met at local bookstore Kramerbooks,…
I’m not sure how I managed to read so much in April, although two long flights including a three-hour delay certainly helped. We visited Seattle for a lovely weekend with my in-laws, where we tasted wine, enjoyed science fiction and fantasy exhibits in the Museum of Pop Culture, took a boat tour, and of course…
This year, I’m focusing on reading more diverse books, which includes reading books about other countries. And so far this year I’ve made a good effort. Of the 30 books I’ve read this year, 8 are by authors of color. That may not sound like a great percentage but it’s a big increase for me. For…
My reading was thematic this month. I started with 1984 and then moved to a book about rural America, Strangers in Their Own Land. I read Diane Guerrero’s book about her parents’ immigration to America and their deportation back to Columbia. I read The Daily Show, which turned out to be as much about U.S.…
March was a big month for literary award nominations! The Bailey’s Prize longlist honors the best novel written by a woman in English. You can find the Pen/Faulkner Award Finalists here (honors the best work of fiction published by an American in 2017) and the Man Booker International Prize Longlist here (awarded to the best…
This week’s Top Ten topic, hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, is books on my spring To Be Read list. Right now this list is about a mile long, and I’m in the middle of three books at once. What’s the point of a TBR list? For me it’s a way to organize my…
For a short month, February seemed to move really slowly. I’m feeling very conflicted these days; life is going well, but at the same time our country seems to be falling apart. Same with work; my colleagues are fearful of what changes the administration will bring, but I’m also really, really happy with my job.…
I’ve been wanting to create a monthly post that shares interesting articles around the internet on books and reading. Here are my February picks: In honor of Senator Elizabeth Warren, a list 15 Books for Women Who Persist in the Huffington Post. It includes these books I’ve read: Kindred, The Handmaid’s Tale, Middlemarch, Girl at War,…
Today’s Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, is about books that we liked more or less than we expected to. It’s always easier to write about books I didn’t like. First are books in the category of authors I love, but books that disappointed: The Japanese Lover: Isabel Allende is one…
Cathy from 746 Books has started a series called The Books that Built the Blogger, and the idea is to talk about the books that have most influenced you. I spent a few days thinking, but these are ones that immediately came to mind. Childhood: The Oz series by L. Frank Baum Recently I wrote…
January was a tough month for a lot of us! I want to keep this blog somewhat politics-free, but I will say this month was scary and emotionally exhausting. The Women’s March in DC was amazing and I want to stay somewhat positive, although I keep feeling like we’re living in a Stephen King novel…
Bidding a not-so-fond farewell to 2016, here’s what I read in December: Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch Before the Fall by Noah Hawley All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain What I’m reading now: What’s Not Yours is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi. What’s up next: my library…
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