The first half of 2020 has lasted six months and also FIVE MILLION YEARS. In that five million years since January, for the first time since 2015 (the era of me keeping track of the books I read) I am on track to - dare I jinx it - crack 100 books in a year. …
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As you very well know, 2020 sucks. For so many black Americans, things have always sucked, and many white Americans have historically been really good at denying or ignoring that, not to mention causing it. I struggled over whether I even wanted to write this month, since we should all be reading black writers right …
Seattle Public Library book bingo is here! I already picked books off my shelf (and ebook... shelf?) for 18 of the 24 squares. Dilemma: support local bookstores or finally make a dent in the book pile at home? Solution: BOTH. READ EXTRA BOOKS. Book of the month: The Library Book, Susan Orlean The central branch …
I have to be honest that I really struggled to find writing inspiration to be here this month. I would say that this is a great time to hunker down and read, but really, it's just a great time to hunker down and do whatever entertains you from the safety of your couch. If it …
Spring forward. Land on a pile of books. Read them all. Book of the month: Beloved, Toni Morrison * One of the great benefits of book club is that it pushes me to read books I wouldn't have chosen for myself (or, in this case, pushes a book to the top of my absurdly long …
It has rained. 29 days. In January. (No, I do not want to curl up all cozy with a book. I want to sit outside with a book.) Book of the month: Bad Blood, John Carreyrou If this was a movie, I'd say the plot was too outlandish and the writers should go back and …
Finally, the solstice has passed and the days of reading outside are no longer getting further away! Book of the month: The Ghurka and the Lord of Tuesday, Saad Z. Hossain * The Lord of Tuesday is a djinn who has just awoken from a thousand year cursed sleep to find most other djinn have …
It's too cold and dark to do anything outside. NO TIME FOR RAIN. ONLY BOOKS. Book of the month: The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic, Emily Croy Barker What a terrible title for a wonderful book! Nora, a graduate student in English, accidentally falls through a portal to another world where she is enthralled …
Stay tuned for a very special book surprise coming in December! (If I say it out loud, then I'll get it done. Right?) Book of the month: The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson Hill House is THE ghost story of the 20th century and a perfect atmospheric Halloween read (despite the fact that it …
September's book bounty leads to October's challenge: review all these books in just two sentences each. I hoped brevity would be the soul of wit, but instead, just exacerbated my tendency to misuse parentheses. Book of the month: The Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller * When I say that The Song of Achilles was nearly …
