Monthly Archives: March 2017

Having finished several wonderful but more challenging books in the last couple weeks,  The Hidden Life of Trees,  Lincoln in the Bardo,  Citizen,   I thought it was time to chill and read something just for fun.   I lucked out. … Continue reading →

This is an amazing book –  I’ve loved trees since I was in grade school and did “reports” on them,  collected leaves and made sketches.  I’ve always wanted to live in a tree house – even today – they’re so big and … Continue reading →

Oh my goodness – why did I not find Robinson’s books before?  Oh well – time to catch up because I really enjoyed this one.  It’s way, way more than genre science fiction. I can’t even begin to describe what … Continue reading →

A friend disliked this book so much but I’d been watching it and been intrigued.  So, because  he and I disagree on books from time to time,  and because of the generally positive critical reception the novel has garnered,  I went ahead. … Continue reading →

I was really tired of unhappy books about genocide and refugees.  My mom was laughing and laughing about a book she was reading and was recommending to me.  Now,  I rarely if ever read anything recommended by my mother because her tastes … Continue reading →

This book is so short – and only 4 1/2 hours on Audible –  was it worth a whole credit?  –  Okay ,  I loved Hamid’s The Reluctant Terrorist (2007) so I went ahead.   Yes.  It’s worth it. ******* Exit West by … Continue reading →

I’d been looking at this book for some time.  As those who have known or followed me for any length of time I have a couple of favorite nonfiction subjects –  the French Revolution, the history of Christianity and Native … Continue reading →

Well I was just wondering what to read next when there in the mail comes the newest book by Hank Phillippi Ryan –   🙂 But since my eyes are not what they used to be I decided to download … Continue reading →

Wow –  I am forgetting to finish and put up my blogs! –  Finished this one a few days ago.  I picked it up because a friend in a reading group recommended it.  No group involved with this one. ******* … Continue reading →

This one needs a reread as it’s very confusing to start out – who is whom?  Especially amongst all those women! But it clears up about halfway and is pretty straightforward after that although there are times when the frame story … Continue reading →

There is so much enjoyment in reading a book a second time especially when the novel is a classic with so much substance as Hamsun’s The Growth of the Soil.   I read it maybe 15 year ago at the … Continue reading →

Claudia Rankine recently received a MacArthur Genius Award for her work,  so her name came up on the Booker Prize Reading Group and her book,  Citizen,  sounded like a good way for me to improve my virtually non-existent poetry reading.   I’ve made it a … Continue reading →

This caught my eye prior to publication and although I don’t buy pre-release,  it was ready for me when the date,  March 7, came.   I’d never heard of the North Pond Hermit of Albion,  Maine,  or at least I … Continue reading →

Well, at least I can say I’ve read a P.G. Wodehouse now.  I doubt I’ll read another.   ******* Piccadilly Jim by P.G. Wodehouse  1917 / 165 pages (Kindle)  read by Frederick Davidson  – 8h 14m rating:   5 (out … Continue reading →

One of my reading groups has a real enjoyment for books about art – from the novel Luncheon of the Boating Party by Susan Vreeland to the non-fiction You Must Change Your Life by Rachel Corbett.  Some are great,  some are not so hot – … Continue reading →

Oops – I forgot to blog this one – I read it in January: It’s way too long.   King has said it was an idea he started when he was much younger and just didn’t have the skills to … Continue reading →

Oh this book started off so well.   A dead woman is found trapped beneath the ice at a pond by a boy who notifies adults who take it from there.   London Police Detective Erika Foster is on the … Continue reading →