Let us take a pause now between all this vacation talk and look at the books read in June, a motley assortment of mostly lighter fare that reflects the harrowing season. Of the books started in May, I only managed to finish two (by far the fluffiest ones). Sequins, Secrets and Silver Linings by SophiaContinue reading “June in Books”
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May in Books: Reading Fatigue
Maybe it’s spring fever. Or maybe I am more tired than usual. Whatever it is, I finished less books in May than I started. I can’t seem to settle on one book. The pile on my bedside is getting precariously tall and still I can’t seem to get into anything. But all I want toContinue reading “May in Books: Reading Fatigue”
April in Books
I don’t even care. I’m going to write about the books I’ve read in April right after those I read in March. So there. So now that I’ve let my petulant inner child have her say, there is just a few notes I would like to make. As you may have probably noticed, I haveContinue reading “April in Books”
March in Books
I am a tad bit late with this, but I blame the election. Now I am going to have to go back and remember what the hell I’ve read. It might be difficult – the brain pan doesn’t hold as much info as it used to… March Break Reads…. I finally understood the meaning of “vacationContinue reading “March in Books”
February in Books
Paper Towns by John GreenAnother YA novel by the smart and witty John Green. This book follows the same pattern I outlined in my previous book post – slightly geeky, non-ambitious, don’t rock the boat guy vs. uber complicated, beautiful and popular girl. In Paper Towns, our anti-hero has been in love with his charismaticContinue reading “February in Books”
January in Books
Wuthering Heights by Charlotte Brontë This was our token classic read for our January Book club meeting. I had read it as a teenager and in my angry, unsentimental, opinionated teenage way, hated it with a passion (I felt the same way about Romeo and Juliet- just didn’t feel their actions were believable or justifiedContinue reading “January in Books”
December in Books
Well, only three days left of my vacation and I am pleased to say that the sitting there has been a success. I have sat there so long I am now ready to get up again. In order to ease my way back into the swing of things, I am beginning with this post. BabyContinue reading “December in Books”
November in Books
It is a strange thing that books do not appear more regularly on this blog. I am a librarian and a writer – I eat, sleep and even dream books. Seriously. I dream in punctuation. I also review books, recommend books, push books on unsuspecting friends, force them down my family’s throats with high-pitched, hystericalContinue reading “November in Books”
Tip on how to keep talking to your kid: Read What Your Kid is Reading
I thought I was the only one. Well no, I guess I hadn’t thought about it at all. And come to think of it, thinking you’re the only one of anything is pretty darn presumptuous, so I retract that first statement without actually retracting it otherwise I would have no way to begin this post…Continue reading “Tip on how to keep talking to your kid: Read What Your Kid is Reading”
Reading: An Autobiography
I am an avid reader. My life can be mapped out, sectioned off into different time zones, by looking at what I was reading at a certain time in my life. I recently have become interested in this phenomena as I am in a position now, as someone in her mid-thirties, where I read moreContinue reading “Reading: An Autobiography”
Lina Branter 