2020. I have to say-- the first five months of the year have been the longest five years of my life. Books have been for me, like never before, a refuge from the madness of the world. The more accustomed I grew to the strictures of stay-at-home suggestions and business closures thanks to the spread … Continue reading May Summary, June Preview
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April Summary, May Preview
April passed far more quickly than I thought it would! Though my home state didn't have a shelter-in-place order, everyone was staying home anyway and most things were either closed or offered curbside service only, so most days I would go to work and then go home. Once a week I'd go to the grocery … Continue reading April Summary, May Preview
Goodreads Monday: Ice
Goodreads Monday is a weekly meme where we randomly select a book from our Goodreads To Be Read list and share it with the world. It’s hosted by Lauren’s Page Turners, so be sure to link back to her site so that we can all see what everyone plans to read! Ice by Anna Kavan … Continue reading Goodreads Monday: Ice
Sunday Sum-Up
My apartment is infested with toy mice. I keep buying new toy mice for my cat, and he keeps playing with them for a few minutes before leaving them all over the living room. Cats. What can you do? I suppose I should be grateful that I was home when he decided to play with … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up
September To Be Read
I'm a little late getting this going, aren't I? Toward the end of August, I picked five books to read for September: - Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee - The Passion of Artemesia by Susan Vreeland - The Autumn of the Patriarch- by Gabriel Garcia Marquez - The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway - The Time Traveler's Wife by … Continue reading September To Be Read
Traveling in Books 