I finished reading Middlemarch last weekend. The reading pace I had set for myself didn’t come off as planned, but that didn’t matter. There was no hurry, I just wanted to keep momentum. I enjoyed just about every minute of… Read More ›
Reading Challenge
Big Book Summer Reading Challenge 2019
Sue at Book By Book has hosted her Big Book Summer Reading Challenge for eight years. It’s a low-key challenge to read books that are 400+ pages long between Memorial Day (May 24) and Labor Day (September 2). I participated… Read More ›
The Museum of Modern Love by Heather Rose
Bottom Line: If you like novels about artists & creativity and/or books that help you think about what life is all about, The Museum of Modern Love by Heather Rose is probably right up your alley.
Classics Club Spin #20: Shorties!
It’s time for another Classics Club Spin. This is where members of the Classics Club create a list of twenty books from their main list that they’d like to read sooner rather than later. On a given date (Monday, April… Read More ›
Review: The Lost Man by Jane Harper
My first read for the Australian Women Writers Challenge is The Lost Man by Jane Harper. It just came out here in the U.S. on February 5, 2019 from Flatiron Books. To say I was looking forward to this novel… Read More ›
2019 Australian Women Writers Challenge Sign-up Post
I told myself I wasn’t going to participate in any reading challenges this year other than whittling away at my Classics Club list. The Australian Women Writers Challenge, however, has drawn me in once again. I’ve participated every year since… Read More ›
Classics Club Spin 19: The Chunkster Edition
There’s another Classics Club Spin about to begin! What’s a Spin? It’s a Classic Club thing. Participants are asked to choose 20 titles from their Classics Club list by Tuesday, November 27. On that day, a random number between 1-20… Read More ›