Happy New Year! I cannot believe it's already 2020. It didn't even hit me until mid-December, but when it did, I immediately started to think about my favorite books of the past ten years. I compiled this list on New Year's Eve by scrolling through Goodreads and the blog and then posted it on New … Continue reading Favorite books of the last decade, and a little musing on the new year
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A Few Favorite Books of 2017 (So Far)
I have long been meaning to get back to this blog. Every book I read, I think, "This is a good one...so much to say!" And then I say nothing at all, just move on to the next book. I think part of my lack of drive has to do that I've almost dropped social … Continue reading A Few Favorite Books of 2017 (So Far)
Those Books I Cannot Deny
Top Ten Tuesday (hosted by The Broke and The Bookish) this week asks us to list the top ten things that will make us instantly want to read a book. This is a tough one—I think next week’s topic about what makes us NOT want to pick up a book is easier—but I’ll give it … Continue reading Those Books I Cannot Deny
Favorite Books of 2016
Today's Top Ten (hosted by The Broke and the Bookish) asks us to list our ten favorite books of 2016. When I sat down to write this post, I learned that Carrie Fisher had died. I had been telling myself all morning to start focusing on small things, like reading and writing and blogging and … Continue reading Favorite Books of 2016
2015: Favorite Books and Year in Review
Where did the time go? How is tomorrow the last day of the year? I'm sure that I am not the only person who feels this way, but the last few months especially just seemed to fly past. The weird warm weather isn't helping, either. In some ways I am completely baffled that we're at … Continue reading 2015: Favorite Books and Year in Review
Top Ten Tuesday: Character-Driven Novels
For today’s Tuesday Top 10 (hosted by The Broke and the Bookish), participants have been asked to list their favorite character-driven novels. Since character-driven novels are pretty much all I ever read, I could just point you to any of my year-end favorite posts and say, “Have at it,” but what fun would that be? … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Character-Driven Novels
Favorite Reads of 2013
Better late than never, I suppose, I've put together a list of my favorite books of 2013. I've noticed a lot of people have mentioned that 2013 was a particularly dry year for them, and a lot of prolific bloggers have confessed to reading fewer titles in 2013 than in years past. For me, 2013 … Continue reading Favorite Reads of 2013
Revisiting: The Secret History Soundtrack
Note: In honor of the official publication of Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch tomorrow, I though it would be fun and fitting to re-post this soundtrack for The Secret History that I originally posted March 3, 2009. I've also updated the post below to include a link to the soundtrack in Spotify. Happy listening! Several weeks … Continue reading Revisiting: The Secret History Soundtrack
All Hail Alice Munro! All Hail the Short Story!
Unless you live under a rock or simply do not care about literature at all (why are you here, by the way?), then you probably know by now that Alice Munro was awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature. I heard the news this morning on NPR. I gave a whoop and started to cry; … Continue reading All Hail Alice Munro! All Hail the Short Story!
My Favorite Books of 2013 (so far)
Taking a cue from Fobbit author David Abrams over at this blog The Quivering Pen (he took his cue from You Are One of Them author Erin Holt), I thought I'd list my favorite reads of 2013 so far. Although I've only listed eight books, they all knocked it out of the park, and I … Continue reading My Favorite Books of 2013 (so far)
The Evening Reader 