Thoughts on books to read in your spare time…
For book lovers, at least for those of us who follow book blogs, 20 Books of Summer, hosted by Cathy at 746 Books, heralds the start of summer. The last time I tried to participate was in 2019. Things...didn't go well. And then there were two summers that went--wait, where did they go? I've been … Continue reading 20–okay, 10–books of summer
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
I can't seem to get it together to write a full post about any one thing, so I thought I'd just jot down a few thoughts about what I've read over the last few weeks. (I guess, technically, one does not "jot" using a keyboard, but whatever.) Lately fiction is not doing much for me, … Continue reading What I’ve Been Reading Lately
Over the last few years, January has been one of my better months for blogging. This year, even though I’ve been reading steadily, the idea of sitting down and writing about books has seemed kind of pointless. Many other book bloggers have expressed this same anxiety and heart-heaviness and wonder about the use of it … Continue reading January Reading Wrap-Up
In my other life, I’m a scientist. When I say, “my other life,” I don’t mean my life outside the blog; I mean my life in an alternate universe. I do things in a lab that involve other scientists, and also math. I do whatever kind of science I’m interested in at the moment, obviously. … Continue reading Reader’s Journal: Lab Girl
Today's Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, asks us to list ten books we read in the last year or so that are outside our comfort zone. A simple enough question, but looking at the list of books I read over the past 15 months or so, not an easy one to … Continue reading Top Ten…Er, Top Eight Tuesday: Reading Outside My Comfort Zone
In the interest of fun and making an ever-so-slight dent in my TBR, I joined Cathy's #20BooksofSummer challenge back in June (although I must remind everyone that I am only reading 10 books because I have become the world's slowest reader). Below is the current list, updated to show what I've read so far: Unfamiliar Fishes, Sarah Vowell … Continue reading My #10BooksofSummer Update; or, I Resent Most of the Leftovers
For today’s Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, we’re asked to list ten books that recently came into our possession. I wish I could say I shopped for books with a plan or a list, but I’m pretty random when it comes to buying. Either I’ll see something on sale, or … Continue reading Books I Didn’t Really Need (But Bought Anyway)
Today’s Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, asks us to list our ten favorite books of 2015 so far. Right at the beginning of April I went into a terrible reading slump that was only broken temporarily by re-reading Keith Lee Morris’s The Dart League King and then reading Sarah Vowell’s … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Reads of 2015 (So Far)
I’m not exactly a risk-taker. In fact, I’m what might be described as “indoorsy.” The most daunting thing I face daily is trying not to trip on the stairs while carrying food and drink up to my office. Given this, you might be surprised at my interest in a book like Into Thin Air. Well, … Continue reading Reader’s Journal: Into Thin Air
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