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 ›
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Toni Morrison Reading Week
As planned, I’ve started reading Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon and am enjoying it very much. I admire Morrison’s brisk and effortless depiction of the passage of time. At the beginning of the novel the main character, Milkman, is born…. Read More ›
Surprised by Patroclus
Last Monday I wrote about how writing a weekly blog post might keep me focused on what I want to read and help avoid shiny-new-book-syndrom. As I was still suffering from the mighty book hangover that Middlemarch gave me, I… Read More ›
It’s Monday…
What do you think about weekly meme posts? I’ve always been impressed by book bloggers who write weekly posts about what’s going on in their bookish lives. I wish I had that kind of consistency. It might help keep me… Read More ›
Middlemarch update
According to the reading schedule I set for myself, I should be finishing Middlemarch today. As of this morning, I’m on page 497 and still have 393 pages to go. This classic novel, which is often touted as the best… Read More ›
Response to “The Diamond Mine,” The Willa Cather Short Story Project
“The Diamond Mine” is the second story in Cather’s 1920 short story collection, Youth and the Bright Medusa. What a delight! From the first paragraph to the last, I enjoyed reading this story. I was intrigued by the scenes aboard… Read More ›
Announcement: Name Change!
Follow my blog with Bloglovin Happy Vernal or Autumn Equinox, depending on where you are in the world! I enjoy both spring and fall, but what I love most is the changing of the seasons. Today feels like an auspicious… Read More ›
January 2019 Reading Recap
I’m happy to report that 2019 has started out with some excellent reads for me. Instead of ending this post with my one DNF of the month, I’ll start with it. That way, we’ll end on a high note.
2018 Recap: Fiction & Poetry
Earlier this month I listed and ranked the nonfiction books I read in 2018. Today I’m doing the same for the fiction & poetry I read. I’m not making any reading plans for 2019 other than keeping better track of… Read More ›
2018 Recap: Non-Fiction
Overall, 2018 was an excellent non-fiction reading year for me. Here’s a list of all the nonfiction books I read in three categories.