My 2020 reading is off to an excellent start. Mysteries, romance, a literary classic, outdoor adventure, and a dash of digital vampire. What I’ve Read The last book I started in 2019 was finished in 2020. This was The Hollows… Read More ›
I’m so glad I chose this book to kick off my reading for 2020. Olivia Waite’s The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics is a smarty and sexy read that combined so many of my favorite things: history, reclaiming women’s work,… Read More ›
Our last story of 2019 was the last story in Cather’s 1920 collection, Youth and the Bright Medusa. This month we kick off reading stories from Cather’s last short story collection published during her lifetime, Obscure Destinies (1932). “Neighbour Rosicky”… Read More ›
Happy New Year! Each year in November I resolve not to sign up for any reading challenges the next year. By the time late December rolls around, I’m sucked back into the excitement that reading challenges bring. My general focus… Read More ›
I ended the year one short for this challenge, just like last year. Instead of four books, I managed only three. I’m not too bummed about it, because without this challenge I wouldn’t have read the three wonderful books I… Read More ›
Earlier this month, I reviewed Thin Ice by Paige Shelton for Criminal Element. It’s the first in a new series by Shelton who is a prolific writer with multiple series to her name. Thin Ice entertains from its opening line… Read More ›
Our final read of the year for the Willa Cather Short Story Project is “A Death in the Desert.” As I mentioned in the reminder post for this story, it was first published in Scribner’s Magazine in January 1903, then revised for… Read More ›