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• Farewell 2014! My Reading Wrap-Up

  

  2014 was a good year for reading and blogging. It was also a good year for seeing family, for traveling, for getting the hang of being a student again (halfway... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Wild by Cheryl Strayed

  

  I wasn’t sure this book would live up to the hype, but it was exactly what I expected: a story of a journey, an adventure, and personal growth. Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Unquiet Dead by Ausma Zehanat Khan

  

  Mysteries are a perfect genre for informing readers about difficult political or historical issues. The Unquiet Dead is a perfect example. It begins with a... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Top Ten Tuesday: What Books Do I Want?

  

  This week’s Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, is favorite new-to-me authors I read in 2014. This post is also “co-hosted” by Estella’s... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Astray by Emma Donoghue

  

  I had a hard time getting into this book at first, but once I did I absolutely loved it. Astray is a collection of short stories that are all based in historica... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Mr. Mac and Me by Esther Freud

  

  When I’m reading a novel about a historical figure, I want the book to be factual enough that I get a good sense of who the person was. I also want it to have a... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Top Ten Tuesday: the Best Books I Read This Year

  

  This week’s Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, is favorite new-to-me authors I read in 2014. This post is also “co-hosted” by Estella’s... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Gods of Second Chances by Dan Berne

  

  I really wanted to like this book more than I did. It has a lot going for it. The book is set on a remote island in Alaska, where Ray is raising his teenage... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Landline by Rainbow Rowell

  

  I’ve read four of Rainbow Rowell’s books and enjoyed every one of them. It’s hard to compare them, so I won’t. Rowell’s previous books have all been about the... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Top Ten Tuesday: Top New-to-Me Authors in 2014

  

  This week’s Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, is favorite new-to-me authors I read in 2014. This post is also “co-hosted” by Estella’s... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Confidence Code by Katty Kay and Claire Shipman

  

  I saw Katty Kay and Claire Shipman on the Colbert Report, and I immediately wanted to read this book. They’ve studied all the ways that women’s lower... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• It’s Monday, What Are You Reading? November Wrap-Up

  

  It’s Monday is a weekly meme hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Well, this wraps up another Thanksgiving… this year we had dinner with my father and his... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Ten Nonfiction Books on My TBR List

  

  I don’t read a lot of nonfiction, but for some reason I have a growing pile of it on my TBR list, and every day I’m hearing about something new I want to read. Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Top Ten Books on My Winter TBR List

  

  Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and The Bookish. I did well on my fall TBR list, reading: Joyland, The Haunting of Hill House, Impartial Witness, Wool,... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Wool by Hugh Howey

  

  No doubt you’ve already heard about Wool. I’d read a lot of good reviews and my husband highly recommended it – and still it exceeded my expectations. Wool is... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell

  

  The Sparrow is a highly acclaimed science fiction novel by Mary Doria Russell, her first novel. Written in 1996, it won numerous awards including the Arthur C.... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

  

  While we’re halfway through the month, I wanted to highlight Nonfiction November, an event hosted by Doing Dewey and a few other bloggers. Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• An Impartial Witness by Charles Todd

  

  I don’t usually review a Book 2 in a series, but I wanted to write about this one because I just didn’t enjoy it as much as the first. Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Snow White Red-Handed by Maia Chance

  

  This was a fun book that combines a 19th century mystery with fairy tale folklore and a good dose of modern-day snark. Ophelia and Prudence are friends travelin... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Among Others by Jo Walton

  

  Among Others is sort of an odd book – it’s fantasy but at the it’s the author’s homage to science fiction. Morwenna is fifteen and has run away from her... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE