February, Books Read: Mysteries, Non-Fiction, French Fiction, Literary Fiction, Fiction in Translation. . . . All the Books!

Whew! That’s a title, eh? I figured you might be wearying of “November Books Read, Books Read in December, January Books Read, etc., but I couldn’t quite rise to snappy. I’ll try harder next month…

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And The Year’s Reading Began Well: January Books

And so it begins. . . A new Reading Journal for 2021, a small notebook received at a Creative Mornings event, back when those were still in person (sigh). . . I used one of…

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November 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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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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End of 2019 Reading

 On this last day of the year, of the decade as well, one last post to catch up my twelve months of reading — I’ll have my official 2019 Reading List up in the next…

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