Twenty Books of Summer is back! It will run from June 3 through August, and basically the challenge is to make a list of 20 books and read those books over the next three months. This year I decided at least 10 of the books need to be ones I already own. The reason is that I’ve…
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, is ten books on our Spring TBR list. I have three ARCs, and I’m particularly excited to read Sally Rooney: Trust Exercise by Susan Choi Normal People by Sally Rooney The Farm by Joanne Ramos I need to make a bigger dent in my…
Happy New Year! Today’s Top Ten Tuesday topic, hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, is the top books we read in 2018. I already posted about the 30 best books I read in 2018, although that list didn’t include some recent reads like Maggie O’Farrell’s I Am, I Am, I Am, Michelle Obama’s Becoming, and…
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, is our winter To Be Read List. All of these books are on my hold list from the library. These books have been on my TBR list for a while: Gilead by Marilynne Robinson The Idiot by Elif Batuman We Were the Lucky Ones…
This week’s Top Ten topic, hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, is about backlist books I want to read. What’s a backlist book? The term refers to books that are older but still in print. I like this topic because I think it’s always good to keep an eye on the older books on your…
It’s a few weeks until Halloween, but here are some of the RIP-themed books I’ve read lately. Dread Nation by Justina Ireland: I loved this book by Justina Ireland; it’s one of the rare YA fantasy novels that felt really thoughtful and raised interesting issues, at the same time providing an exciting and very creepy…
This week’s Top Ten topic, hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, is our Fall TBR List. I like to post a reading list every quarter, as a way of looking at what challenges I still have open, what I have on my library list, and books I’ve already purchased that I haven’t read. For the…
One of my favorite annual blog events is Readers Imbibing Peril, or RIP. Because let’s face it, the real world is scary enough. This event runs from September 1 to October 31, and is all about reading things that are spooky, whether they are mystery, horror, thriller, fantasy, or supernatural. R.I.P. XIII is a fun way…
This summer I read 21 books for the 20 Books of Summer, hosted by Cathy at 746 Books. From my original list, I read 11 books, which isn’t bad since I rarely stick too closely to my TBR lists. I reviewed 14 of these books (though some in mini-reviews). Lafayette in the Somewhat United States…
Ah, August. My co-workers are freaking out about the heat and all I can think is, just a little longer please! I’m never ready for summer to end (and yet it does, every year). It was a great month, with a visit to my sister and nieces in Wisconsin, dinner with friends, and a last…
It’s Back to School week at Top Ten Tuesday (hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl), so I decided to write about ten books that can help us learn about America. Right now I’m in the midst of Hamilton-mania, so I’m reading Lafayette in the Somewhat United States by the always excellent Sarah Vowell. I haven’t read…
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, is about favorite short stories and novellas. I don’t read a lot of novellas, but I’ve really warmed in recent years to the genre of short stories. I love short story collections where the characters and settings connect across the stories. The Settling Earth does…
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