This week’s Top Ten topic, hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, is the top new-to-me authors I read in 2015. Chimamanda Ngozie Idichie: Americanah was an amazing, complex book that really made me think about race and nationality. Belinda Bauer: I read Rubbernecker and The Shut Eye and loved them both. I don’t read…
This month, to celebrate the holidays and my fifth year of blogging, I’m going to give away some of the books on my shelves! With the exception of one I didn’t finish, these are all books I read and enjoyed this year, and all are good slightly used copies. Here are your choices. Three books…
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic is our top ten favorite debut authors. This was an easy one as I’ve read so many great debut novels in the last couple of years (I limited my list to novels, so I didn’t count nonfiction or short stories). I’m anxiously awaiting new work from all of these…
Every year, the RIP challenge encourages bloggers to review Halloween-themed reads (paranormal, mystery, horror). This is my first review for RIP X. I appreciated Portrait of a Lady, even though I didn’t enjoy it, nor did I sympathize much with its heroine. With this book, however, I may have decided that I dislike James’ writing…
This week’s top ten topic is about books, or bookish things, you want to quit. I don’t really have bad reading habits – I generally like what I read and how I read. I push myself to read new authors and books that are challenging or diverse, although I can always do more. Still, while…
It’s October, time for fall and pumpkins and Halloween. Personally I’m sad about packing up my sandals and waking up in the dark, but the seasons will change whether I want them to or not. September was a busy month, with two work trips and a sick cat at home (she’s much better though). And…
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by The Broke and The Bookish, is our Fall To-Be-Read (TBR) List. I thought about not doing a Fall TBR List because I’ve had list burn-out lately, but there are two events this fall I want to participate in, so I built my list around those events. Readers Imbibing…
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, is about authors you always buy when they release a new book. I can’t say I really auto-buy anything, since I don’t have time to read half of what I want to. But these are the authors I’ll always add to my shopping…
Happy July 4th weekend! June’s end marks two things: the beginning of summer school and my trip to Montreal with my sister and family. June has been nice and laid back but I can’t help feeling a little overwhelmed thinking about July. Which means blogging may have to take a little bit of a back…
This summer, YOU picked my summer reads! Well, sort of. Recently, I listed a bunch of choices and here’s what readers recommended most. A few books (Caleb’s Crossing, We Are Not Ourselves) received both a positive and a negative reaction so those canceled each other out. And thanks to those who recommended The Interestings, I…
Normally, I post my monthly wrap-up by participating in “It’s Monday, What are You Reading?” Sheila at BookJourney has been hosting this event since – well, as long as I’ve been blogging. Sadly, this month BookJourney went quiet, because Sheila lost one of her sons in a car accident. My heart goes out to Sheila,…
It’s Monday is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. It’s Monday, and it’s March, and winter just keeps coming! Seriously, I can’t complain too much given the trouble New England has had this winter. Here in lovely DC we just get a little bit of snow, ice, and drizzle. Enough to make it difficult to…
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