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• My September Reading Wrap-Up

  

  It’s October, time for fall and pumpkins and Halloween. Personally I’m sad about packing up my sandals and waking up in the dark, but the seasons will change... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood

  

  I liked this novel by Margaret Atwood, although I don’t think it’s one of her best. I had a hard time buying into the concept of the story, and she lost me a... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• My Fall TBR List: Brought to You by RIP X and Sci-Fi Month

  

  This week’s Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by The Broke and The Bookish, is our Fall To-Be-Read (TBR) List. I thought about not doing a Fall TBR List because I’ve had... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Girl at War by Sara Novic

  

  Like The Unquiet Dead, it’s hard to adequately review a book about a really serious historical subject like the massacres in Croatia. But I’ll do my best. Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• You’re Never Weird on the Internet (almost) by Felicia Day

  

  I loved this inside look at the life of Felicia Day. In one of the opening anecdotes in the book, Day is surreptitiously looking at the Build-a-Bear store, and... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• By the Book: If I Were Interviewed by the New York Times

  

  The New York Times Book Review does a weekly Q A with writers called By the Book, and last week author/actress/producer Mindy Kaling was interviewed. Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki

  

  Sometimes you read a book where you know you didn’t understand a lot of it – but you loved it anyway. That’s how I felt about A Tale for the Time Being. Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley

  

  This is a strange, complicated story, involving time and mind-reading and intricate clockwork. Pulley’s debut novel is artfully written and most importantly, th... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• My Month in Reading: August Wrap-Up

  

  For August, I’m thinking about the things I’ll miss most about summer, like reading in the sun, eating dinner and drinking wine on our deck, and working in my... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn

  

  If you’ve finished the Lady Julia Grey series, you’ll be excited about this new series by Deanna Raybourn. Raybourn seems to have started three other series in... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Following Up with Authors I’ve Reviewed

  

  For the fifth anniversary of The Book Stop, I wanted to follow up with some of the authors who asked me to review their books. Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Constable’s Tale by Donald Smith

  

  If you’re interested in historical fiction set in Colonial America, this was a great read. It blends history, mystery, and interesting characters. Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• My Top Ten “Auto-Buy” Authors: Literary Fiction

  

  This week’s Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, is about authors you always buy when they release a new book. I can’t say I really auto-buy... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Too Much to Read… When Reading Starts to Feel Like a Chore

  In my five years of blogging, writing blog posts and book reviews have only made me like reading more. But I hear a lot about bloggers who get burned out on... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Fall Releases I’m Excited About

  

  It seems like all of my favorite authors are coming out with something new this fall. I have review copies of the new books by Atwood, Mitchell, and Allende fro... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

  

  It was really interesting to read The House of Mirth so soon after The Portrait of a Lady. A number of readers said they preferred The House of Mirth, and I... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• My July Wrap-Up

  

  With the end of July I start to feel a little sad about summer ending next month. But there’s vacation to look forward to, and the end of my summer school class... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Harper Lee and Dr. Seuss: Should These Books Have Been Published?

  

  The more I learn about the publication of the new Harper Lee novel, Go Set a Watchman, the more bothered I am. Not because Atticus Finch might be less of a... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Us by David Nicholls

  

  Just as with One Day, Nicholls surprised me. This book was so much more than I expected, even though Nicholls tells you in the first couple of pages exactly wha... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Series on Sunday: Mini-Reviews

  

  Since my last Series on Sunday I’ve read these series books: The Black Lung Captain by Chris Wooding Cut to the Quick by Kate Ross Nice Dragons Finish Last by... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE