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…
Today’s Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, is about the ten best books we’ve read so far this year. It’s always good to do this halfway into the year, since I’ll end up using this list to develop my “best of” lists at the end of the year. These aren’t books that…
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, is about series you don’t think you’ll finish. I start series all the time but there are only a few I really keep up with. So first I’ll share the series I DO keep up with, and then I’ll give you the unfinished list. …
I read a lot in March, although some of that was for work (I’ve counted the books here because they were interesting, and I’ll write about them soon). Also, because I picked up way too many ARCs in March. March was a good month for me personally, despite the craziness in the world. We celebrated…
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, is about favorite books set in another country. I’ve been reading a lot of books set outside the U.S., so this was a perfect topic to think about. The books I’ve listed here are books that aren’t just set in another country but are…
For this week’s Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, the topic is the ten books on my spring reading list. This spring, my priority is finishing the ARCs I’ve already agreed to read. The other books on my list are mostly library holds and books for challenges. I’m particularly excited about Who…
Farewell February! It was a sad, tragic month, but with moments of inspiration. I read great books this month – February is perfect for slowing down and sitting by the fire with a book and a cat on your lap. It should have been the coldest month of winter – except that it wasn’t. We had…
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s topic is the top ten books that have been on my TBR list the longest. Most of these are classics, but not all of them. This is a good chance to cull my list a bit. Please weigh in if you’ve read any…
This was actually last week’s topic, but I mainly covered this week’s topic here, so I’m writing about new-to-me authors instead. Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish and is moving next week to That Artsy Reader Girl. In 2017 I read an unusually high number of authors that were new…
As 2017 wraps to a close (thankfully), I’ve been thinking about 2018 challenges. I love reading challenges. Even though I know I won’t succeed at all of them, they’re a fun way to connect with other bloggers and a good way to push myself to read more intentionally. You can find a really good list…
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by The Broke and The Bookish, is about the top books that are on my Wish List. First, I have Katherine Arden’s The Girl in the Tower on my wish list, as well as a few graphic novels and my current obsession, a compilation of early Wonder Woman comics. In…
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