Category Archives: Book Reviews & Reading

In past years, I’ve done a "literary Advent calendar" in December (see this year for an actual day-by-day calendar). I wrapped up a selection of …Read More

I celebrated my 41st birthday by taking what should be my last plane flight for several months. It was a quick trip in and out …Read More

We managed to fit a lot into what I think was a logistically well-planned weekend. My husband and I went out for Mexican food on …Read More

I read some dense non-fiction this month; I need to find a good fall novel for October. Strangers in Their Own Land, by Arlie Russell Hochschild Hochschild, …Read More

We're a third of the way into September, so I guess it's time to post this list. Here's what I read in August 2019. The Smallest …Read More

Here's what made it off my to-be-read list, and onto my "done" list in July! I’m thinking of tackling a very big book for August …Read More

Happy July! I spent a lot of time on airplanes and in hotel rooms over the last month, so theoretically my book total should be …Read More

I'm still on my non-fiction kick right now, though with summer travel coming up, maybe I'll tackle an ambitious novel. I'm always a fan of …Read More

This wasn't my best month ever for reading. I abandoned some books, including a few I thought (hoped?) I might like. But I did make …Read More

I read quite a bit this month, partly because many of the books were short. (Another short book? Juliet's School of Possibilities! If you haven't …Read More