Monday, March 2, 2026

Run for the Hills and Joyride Top Early 2026

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I started the year with some good nonfiction (see previous post), but it's been mostly downhill since. Indicative of that, some complain...
Monday, January 19, 2026

Bridging 2025-2026 with Nonfiction

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 I've read a lot of nonfiction in December-January, way more than I would normally read in a two-month span--and some of it has been rea...
Friday, January 2, 2026

Starting the Year with Heart the Lover

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  Warning: This discussion contains spoilers. I'm not planning to write about every book I read this year, but I was excited to start th...
Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Year-end Notes on Reading and Blogging

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 Who still blogs in the era of Substack? Yeah, that would be me. I started this blog in 2009 (geez!) and have thought about going in a diffe...
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Friday, December 26, 2025

Favorite Covers of 2025

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Every year I'm awed by some of the beautiful covers created for books. I am not a visually creative person, so seeing the creativity is ...
Friday, December 19, 2025

So Much Poetry (and a Few Novels): The Second Half of Fall

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 I just recently read Geraldine Brooks's memoir about her husband's death, Memorial Days , and it occurred to me I have read a lot ...
Tuesday, November 4, 2025

The Correspondent Tops Early Fall Reading

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Well, I finally read The Women , by Kristen Hannah. Sorry, but it's a freaking soap opera--everything that could happen to someone who s...