Hello reader friends! The challenge is more than half way, and there are 3 weeks left before January 30th. However, the blog will still be open so you can post long after the “deadline” or never– it’s up to you! I hope you are enjoying it so far. I would love some suggestions for the
The Movigoer by Walker Percy is from the 1960’s. The story is based in New Orleans, specifically a suburb called Gentilly that is characteristically “boring.” Jack, the main character, lives a boring life there selling stocks and bonds. He is a veteran of the Vietnam war, and he spends his time going to the movies,
Ah, a return to fiction! After two intense non-fiction reads, I really needed to have the language of a constructed world wash over me, and Claire Messud’s The Woman Upstairs is a novel I’d been intending to read for over a year now. But if I had expected any relief from simmering rage and emotionality, I
I know I’ve been absent. And I know no apologies or explanations are needed. Here’s what I “read” so far: I tried listening to this audio book before Christmas as I made gifts for my family. I thought it would be funny. Not only was it billed as a “humor” book, the irony of making
Just stumbled across this. Thought it would be helpful if anyone still needs book ideas or just to have for future reference! http://www.buzzfeed.com/ariellecalderon/books-to-movies-2016#.ofy9wqJn3 Should have my book 3 review ready before the weekend!!
I’d been meaning to read this book since last Thanksgiving when my sister-in-law gave it to me and told me I had to read it immediately (that didn’t happen!), but it had disappeared from my bookshelves at home only to turn up in my husband’s lab on a shelf above his bench. He hadn’t read
Miriam Toews is a Canadian author I have been following for about a decade. She has published several novels in that time, and I have read each of them. I discovered she had published All My Puny Sorrows so I picked it up for the challenge. The book is about a family. The younger sister is
So I tried to read this book years ago and couldn’t get through it. On Trish’s review from our summer challenge, I decided to try again. I find myself very torn on how to write this review because my immediate response is to say it was horribly slow and boring. I really had to force
As the year comes to a close, numerous people/papers/magazines will begin to publish their best of 2015 lists. Here’s one from Literary Hub (if you are not subscribed to this website, I highly recommend!) And here is the NYer’s list. Feel free to add more lists in the comments! Maybe you can find a book to
A perfect short read for an overcast Portland morning. At a scant 52 pages this took me under a half hour to make my way to the end. I was tempted to immediately return to the beginning and go over it again. I also found myself wishing for a pencil to make notations and enthusiastically
Seasonal Reading 