Reading Through the Night by Jane Tompkins Memoir 248 pages University of Virginia Press Jane Tompkins was a respected professor of literature and award-winning author until she developed a debilitating chronic illness that sapped her energy, leaving her unable to travel, work, or even-- on her bad days-- write. With little choice but to stay … Continue reading Book Review: Reading Through the Night
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LotR Reread: A Whole New World
Chapter IV: The Field of Cormallen Frodo and Sam have saved Middle-earth, with a little help from Gollum. The Ring has been destroyed and Sauron has fallen. We come back to the Black Gate where the armies of the West are making their last stand, and Gandalf suddenly notices that the Eagles are coming. These … Continue reading LotR Reread: A Whole New World
Sunday Sum Up, 02/17/2019
It feels like it snowed all week when we really only had snow for three days out of seven. After an all-day snowfall on Friday, yesterday dawned bright and beautiful. The trees were laced with white and the sky was a perfect wintry blue. I had hoped to slip out to the park during my … Continue reading Sunday Sum Up, 02/17/2019
Goodreads Monday: 84, Charing Cross Road
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! 84, Charing Cross Road … Continue reading Goodreads Monday: 84, Charing Cross Road
Sunday Sum Up, 12/30/2018
There are two words for this past week: Sugar overload. There were cookies and candy everywhere I went, and my mom sent me home with this big plate of even more cookies and candy to take to work, where someone had brought in another tin of Christmas cookies! All the cookies! Everywhere! I feel like … Continue reading Sunday Sum Up, 12/30/2018
Top Books of 2018
As 2018 draws to a close, we all look back at the things we did and try to figure out the best and worst of it all. With 155 books read so far this year, I have a lot of titles that I read and loved. Unsurprisingly, most of these books are fantasy or science … Continue reading Top Books of 2018
LotR Reread: They Went Thataway
Here begins the second part of The Lord of the Rings. Notice how I said the second part and not second book? Why is that, you ask? It's because Tolkien wrote The Lord of the Rings as one long book broken up into six parts. Because it was published during the post-WWII shortages (food, paper, … Continue reading LotR Reread: They Went Thataway
Sunday Sum-Up
There are some days when getting up is the last thing you want to do. For me, that day was yesterday when, facing a busy day at work and wintry weather, my cat curled up beside me in bed and started purring as loudly as he possibly could. Readers, it took every bit of willpower … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up
Sunday Sum-Up
The heat is back on around here. I hope it's summer's last gasp before autumn comes around because I am tired of the heat. It looks like summery temperatures are going to be around for most of the week, though. Yuck. If it weren't for the accompanying humidity I wouldn't be so bothered by it, … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up
LotR Reread: Escaping to Middle-earth
What is The Lord of the Rings? On the surface, The Lord of the Rings is a fantasy tale about Wizards and Elves, magic rings, and a dark lord who seeks to dominate the world. So far, so standard. We, as jaded twenty-first-century readers, have seen this a million times before to the point where … Continue reading LotR Reread: Escaping to Middle-earth
