2012 Reading List

I’m not sure why it’s taken me three weeks into the year to get my 2012 Reading List posted, given that I compile it on an ongoing basis throughout the year, but I suppose I…

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This and That — Life-Writing and Fiction . . .

A potpourri as I try to tidy up the bookshelves at the change of year: Reading Gary Snyder’s essay collection, The Practice of the Wild, I kept recalling Cheryl Strayed’s Wild, and there was something more…

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Paris, ah Paris . . .

A few days ago, Sue at Une Femme listed a few of her favourite Paris-themed books as gift suggestions, and she invited readers to add to her list. I left this comment at her post,…

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This ‘n That — Catch-Up

This is the pile of Books-I-Have-Read-Recently-But-Not-Blogged-Yet.  I think I’ve mentioned before that, in order to keep myself honest, book-blogging-wise, I don’t let myself put Books-I’ve-read away until I’ve at least made a note, here, of…

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Kim Stafford’s Muses

It’s becoming increasingly obvious that I’m unable to manage writing about each book I read, as I’d hoped when I began this blog, and managed up until this year. The choice of stopping the blog,…

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Copyright

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