Books

First, a bit of shameless self-promotion. I have had a few pieces published recently, one, in LitHub, on reading Jane Austen during the pandemic, [...]

A short note. So much has transpired over the past few months. Progress out of the pandemic is slower than anyone would like but is picking up steam with the addition of a third vaccine and [...]

I hope this post finds all of you safe and healthy. In these strange and frightening times, I would like to say I have used every spare moment to read. But there do not seem to be many spare [...]

I am excited to share with you three wonderful works of non-fiction I have read recently. Check them if you have not done so already.   Solitary, by Albert Woodfox.  You [...]

Does your reading come in pairs? Books with a common theme, narrative device, use of language, or subject matter? I am not sure this has always been the case for me but several months ago, I [...]

“Close the door, it’s freezing”. I tried to hold the door with my leg as I struggled to bring a large box into the house. It had been sitting there since before Christmas, but remarkably, seemed [...]

In this part of the blog, I will periodically post about books I have enjoyed recently. At some point, I may go back over the reads of the last few years if I found a book particularly [...]