I had the pleasure of visiting the Jefferson Market Library in late February. It was a rainy day and the library was packed, so I didn’t take as many photos as I would have liked (I do try try not… Read More ›
Just having read “Old Mrs. Harris,” I couldn’t help think that the narrator of this story is Vickie Templeton from that story. When she describes the freedom of summer — “nights of full liberty and perfect idleness…there was no school,… Read More ›
One Moonlit Night is the joint read for the 2020 Wales Readathon. Caradog Prichard (1904-1980) wrote the novel in his first language, a Welsh dialect of north-west Wales. It was published in 1961 and wasn’t translated into English until 1995… Read More ›
Our story for March is “Two Friends,” the final story in Cather’s 1932 collection, Obscure Destinies. When Willa Cather sent “Two Friends” to her publisher, Alfred Knopf, she wrote that she thought it the best short story she’d ever written…. Read More ›
I’m pleased to have finally read this introduction to the literature of Wales. Last year I learned about the inaugural Wales Readathon too late to participate, but ordered a copy of this book right away so I’d be ready for… Read More ›
I’m heading to Wales in March! Well, at least in my mind I’ll be in Wales for the month of March. I’m participating in the month-long Wales Readathon — Dewithon 20 — hosted by Paula of Book Jotter. Here are… Read More ›
Two months into the year and I can happily say my reading is still going well, just as I wrote in my first update of the year back in mid-January. I’m ahead of my usual reading pace. Not that I’m… Read More ›