May Reading, 2024

My May reading: Mystery, Literary Fiction (American women in 1960s Vietnam; Vietnamese refugees in late 70s; a marriage foundering during an ex-pat year in Brazil; dystopia in Dublin); Ruth Reichl memoir. It’s all here — maybe you’ll find something you’ll want to read as well. . .

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Introducing: A Few New Friends . . .

I’ve been spending time with old friends and new . . . and making a few as well.

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Belated Postcards from Lisbon. . .

(Let’s pretend) I sent myself some postcards from Lisbon. What notes did I scribble to myself? Join me for a cup of tea and we can look at them together.

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Birthdays, Mothers, Lilacs, Remembered

Lilacs carry a childhood memory for me, as they did for my mother. And each May, as they bloom around Mother’s Day and my birthday, the memories stir again, evoked by fragrance, by tiny blossoms clustered against the sky.

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Books read in April, 2024

My April books got me through the weeks of travel prep (and pre-travel anxiety) and through long flights and train journeys. Mysteries, memoirs, literary fiction, romance, and armchair travel — it’s all here! Click through to read more and join the book chat.

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Copyright

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