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• Review of Future Home of a Living God by Louise Erdrich

  This was a fascinating book; I definitely recommend it if you’re looking for something like The Handmaid’s Tale (appropriate on this Women’s March weekend). Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• White Tears by Hari Kunzru

  I wasn’t quite sure what to make of White Tears, but I will tell you this: it stayed with me.  I picked up this book because it was on a lot of 2017 best-of... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: Tell Me More by Kelly Corrigan

  

  I picked up this book on NetGalley because I’m interested in improving my communication skills.  Corrigan’s book is exactly what it says it is: a book about... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Top Ten New-to-Me Authors in 2017

  

  This was actually last week’s topic, but I mainly covered this week’s topic here, so I’m writing about new-to-me authors instead. Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review of Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

  

  I was happily surprised to find this second book by Celeste Ng every bit as good as her debut novel, Everything I Never Told You. There are two key... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• My December Reading Wrap-Up

  

  December was one of my best months for reading. All those best-of lists pushed me to read a few books I’d been wanting for a while. Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• 2017: My Year in Reading and Blogging

  

  This year I put more time into reading and blogging, and I feel good about that. I spent more time reading and commenting on the blogs I like the most. I read... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• 2018 Reading Challenges

  

  As 2017 wraps to a close (thankfully), I’ve been thinking about 2018 challenges. I love reading challenges. Even though I know I won’t succeed at all of them,... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Top Ten Books on My Wish List

  

  This week’s Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by The Broke and The Bookish, is about the top books that are on my Wish List. First, I have Katherine Arden’s The Girl in... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Best of 2017: Debut Novels

  

  2017 gave us a lot of great first novels, and as I’ve written before, first novels are often an author’s best work — maybe because it’s more raw, or maybe... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Books That Disappointed in 2017

  

  Amidst all the end-of-year best lists, these are books that didn’t quite live up to the hype. I’m not saying these were the worst books I read in 2017. Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Favorite Books of 2017

  

  Today’s Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, is Best Books of 2017. I know I’m a big geek, but I love making end-of-year Best-Of lists. Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Science Fiction and Fantasy Mini-Reviews: Octavia Butler, N.K. Jemisin, and...

  

  Last month I read the final book in two trilogies, and I began a new one (that is really an old one). I’ll start with the new one. Parable of the Sower by... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Cookbooks to Give as Holiday Gifts

  

  I love food and I love books. So it makes sense that I’m semi-addicted to cookbooks, and buy way more of them than I can justify, given how much I actually cook... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• My November Reading Wrap-Up

  November was a good month. I visited my family in Phoenix for an early Thanksgiving, and then the husband and I had a quiet (and easy) Thanksgiving at home. Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Top Ten Nonfiction Books Added to My TBR

  

  This week, I’m combining Top Ten Tuesday (this week’s topic: top ten books on my winter TBR) with Nonfiction November’s New to My TBR. Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Dad’s Red Dress by L.J. Sedgwick

  

  I loved this book by Irish author L.J. Sedgwick about a teenager who moves to Ireland with her transgender dad, her artist stepmother, and her younger sister... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Strangers in Budapest by Jessica Keener

  

  I was excited to read this novel about Budapest by Jessica Keener. Annie and Will are a young American couple who take a leap of faith and move to Budapest... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Artefacts and Other Stories by Rebecca Burns

  

  This is the third collection of stories by author Rebecca Burns, after Catching the Barramundi and The Settling Earth. Like The Settling Earth, these are short... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Nonfiction November: Books About U.S. Politics and Current Events

  

  This week’s Nonfiction November topic (hosted by Kim at Sophisticated Dorkiness) is to share 3 or more books on a single topic that we recommend, or books we... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE