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• Review: There There by Tommy Orange

  There’s a lot to recommend about Tommy Orange’s There There, and I can see why it was nominated for so many awards.  It’s the story of twelve different... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker

  I requested this book on NetGalley, mainly because it had an endorsement from the author of Station Eleven, and because the premise of a virus that causes peopl... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• 2019 Reading Challenges

  This year I’m going to avoid signing up for any new challenges, but will continue with the ones I enjoyed most last year. The TBR Pile Challenge, hosted by... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Mini-Reviews: Lethal White, In the Distance, I Am I Am I Am, We Were the Lucky...

  

  I didn’t have a chance to review any of the books I read in December because I was traveling, so I’m posting some mini-reviews of the more interesting books I... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Favorite Reads of 2018

  

  Happy New Year!  Today’s Top Ten Tuesday topic, hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, is the top books we read in 2018.  I already posted about the 30 best books I... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• 2018: My Year in Reading and Blogging

  

  In 2018, I signed up for a number of challenges but didn’t set many reading or blogging goals for myself.  I said I wanted to learn about designing graphics... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Best Books of the Year and Why I Read Them

  Merry Christmas readers!  This month I took a look at my favorite books of the year, and I asked myself the question: why did I read each one? Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Top Ten Books on My Winter TBR List

  

  This week’s Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, is our winter To Be Read List. All of these books are on my hold list from the library. Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: The Breeding Tree by J. Andersen

  Author Andersen has just released the third book in this series, and when she asked me to read it, I asked if I could start with the first instead.  This was... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: Becoming by Michelle Obama

  By now you’ve heard raves about Michelle Obama’s memoir, and I can echo those.  Her book was exactly what I was hoping for: well-written and insightful, it’s no... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• My November Reading Wrap-Up

  November is a month to be thankful. This month one of my cats was seriously ill and we came close to losing her.  Happily, she made a comeback.  I know our... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: All the Lives We Never Lived by Anuradha Roy

  I liked this book though it didn’t resonate emotionally as much as I expected it to.  It’s a story of man in India who is recalling when his mother abandoned hi... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri

  I loved this debut fantasy novel by Tasha Suri.  It’s well-written and creates a fascinating world with a terrifying villain.  It’s inspired by the Mughal Empir... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: A Dangerous Duet by Karen Odden

  I really enjoyed this Victorian-era mystery/thriller by Karen Odden, although I did have some issues with the pacing at the end. Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: Those Who Knew by Idra Novey

  Those Who Knew is a novel about a senator with a violent past in a small unnamed island country.  It’s about about the intersections of politics, money and... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: Awkward by Ty Tashiro

  We think of awkwardness as something to make fun of, or maybe something to pity. It makes us uncomfortable.  This book looks at awkwardness in a different way,... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures, Edited by America Ferrera

  American Like Me is a compilation of essays about what it means to live in America, from actors, athletes, writers, and activists who are either immigrants or... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Top Ten Backlist Books I Want to Read

  

  This week’s Top Ten topic, hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, is about backlist books I want to read.  What’s a backlist book?  The term refers to books that... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• My October Reading Wrap-Up

  October flew by, with a week-long work trip to Boston and preparing for our trip to Chile and Argentina next month.  I discovered two new book clubs in my... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Why Do We Read Books That Scare Us?

  As Halloween approached, I’ve been thinking about scary books and why we read them.  With all the horror in the news, my work colleagues have been increasingly... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE