What Attracted Me To The Book I rarely browse the library shelves–wood or electronic, but the other day I needed an audiobook for my long commute and none of the audios I’d requested were in. I had also recently noticed that my list of books by state was missing Nevada. I saw this cover, read… Continue reading Review: Girlchild: A Novel by Tupelo Hassman
I keep a Commonplace Book, that is a book of quotes I’ve come across in my reading, but it is severely out-of-date. It isn’t easy to stop and write down a quote while driving and listening to an audiobook, for example. I try to keep it up as best I can though. Here are some… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Book Quotes
One word titles to me are anything with “: A Novel” or “: A Memoir” dropped to have only one word. Titles like The Lacuna or The March are two words–the article doesn’t get dropped. I also limited myself only to books I’ve read or DNF. I have omitted biographies–Lincoln by Gore Vidal is… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: The Motherlode of Books With One Word Titles
My Interest I needed a book set in North Dakota to finish my 50-state journey of reading across the United States. The Story “From award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Louise Erdrich comes this vibrant tale of abandonment and sexual obsession, jealousy, and unstinting love.” Karl and Mary Adare are dumped by a useless mother… Continue reading Journey Completed: Reading the USA, State # 50: North Dakota and More
Here are my candidates in for favorite/best contemporary fiction read in 2019-drawn from all such books I READ this year, regardless of publication date. There are books, such as Daisy Jones & the Six that could be “historical fiction,” but feel too contemporary for that–in large part due to my own age. Then too there… Continue reading My Top General or Contemporary Fiction Titles Read in 2019 and My Favorite of the Year
Image Source Thanks to Orange County Readers blog for the A to Z idea. The Challenge I did not set a goal of reading X number of books this year. I do not do challenges by planning my reading. I do them after I’ve read a bunch of books. This great challenge is to… Continue reading 2019: A to Z Challenge
The Short Stories I rarely read short stories–they’re either too long or too short for my taste. I admit I did not read all of the stories in this collection–some were just too disturbing. This collection was nominated for a prestigious award and was touted as a “Book of the Year” by NPR, which is… Continue reading Review: Mothers Tell Your Daughters by Bonnie Jo Campbell (short stories)
My Choices My Reviews With The Fire On High and The Poet X–-two “bests” from one new author! The Editor Meet Me in Monaco The Gown Daisy Jones and the Six–-I hope this wins a Audio Publishers Award, aka “Audie” for best audio this year. It deserves it. Meet Me at the Museum… Continue reading My favorite books read in the first half of 2019–Fiction
Newly born Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, aka “Baby Sussex,” at his first photo op at Gan-Gan’s place, aka Windsor Castle. A Note on That Name Many American’s are aghast at the choice of “Archie” for it instantly brings to mind t.v.’s most celebrated bigot, Archie Bunker. Across the pond, however, Archie is one of the most… Continue reading Shared Royal Birthdays and More Interesting Royal Dates, Part II, Archie Harrison M-W Birthday Edition!
