Rounding Up the Summer Reading — August Is Over!

 We’re in the last third of this challenging year,  a year in which my reading has oscillated between indulging my need to escape and fulfilling my need to understand the challenges we face. August brought…

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May Reading

I began this post a week ago Monday, but then found myself unable to complete it. I’ve spent the ten or twelve days since debating whether I’ll continue blogging at all, wondering about the value…

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Introducing New-To-Me Writers: Elif Shafak and Bernardine Evaristo

January has been a good month for reading discoveries. I began the year with two books in a row by authors previously unknown to me and whose backlists I will happily work my way through…

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Six Titles Near the End of the Year. . . .

Before I left for Paris earlier this month, I had caught up my Reading Journal and meant to share photos of those pages with you. Didn’t happen, so now I’m going to post two or…

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February Reading Update

 If you ever peek at my other blog or at my Instagram feed, you might already know that I was at a veritable Book Mecca last week, when I spent some pleasant and tempting hours…

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