And there was reading in December. . . .
First of all, Happy New Year to all of you! I am so grateful to you for reading and commenting here, and I’m looking forward to another year of sharing booktalk with you. But I’m…
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Merry Christmas! (and a gratuitous Fantasy Train Ride)
This will be the first Christmas Pater and I have ever spent on our own, just the two of us, as is likely the case for many of you as well. But a few years…
View PostDresses and Selfies and Masks and Filters at Christmas
(Subtitle: Retail Therapy and Dressing for the Online Gatherings. . . . Alternate subtitle: Justifying unnecessary purchases during a Covid December) Whether it’s another effect of the pandemic restrictions or not, I’ve been finding that…
View PostA Bit of Random Cheer, 3rd Monday in Advent. . .
Odds and Ends this morning, and then I’m off to meet my sister for a walk in the rain — walking together outdoors is the only socializing we’re currently permitted here, outside of our immediate…
View PostNovember Reading — and Book Chat to See the Year Out
My November reading didn’t begin as auspiciously as did recent months’, but it was full of gems nonetheless. Here’s the list: — Terry Hayes’ I Am Pilgrim (international political thriller) — Elif Batuman’s The Idiot (literary fiction;…
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