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By Charity Posted on January 25, 2020December 16, 2020

Sorry to Disrupt the Peace by Patty Yumi Cottrell

Helen Moran is in her shared studio apartment in Manhattan accepting delivery of her roommate’s new IKEA sofa when she gets the call telling her that her brother is dead. … Continue reading Sorry to Disrupt the Peace by Patty Yumi Cottrell

Categories: BooksTags: audiobooks, book review, Books, Mental Health
By Charity Posted on January 9, 2020December 16, 2020

The Art of War by Sun-Tzu

The Art of War is the first of the titles on my Cavalcade of Classics, Round 2 list that I’ve finished this year. Making progress! Filled with guidance about war … Continue reading The Art of War by Sun-Tzu

Categories: BooksTags: book review, Books, Cavalcade of Classics, Classics Club, The Art of War
By Charity Posted on January 3, 2020December 16, 2020

Playtime is Over: The Odyssey, Emily Wilson translation

My children are studying ancient history this year, and as part of that—and as part of my Cavalcade of Classics—we read The Odyssey aloud together. Emily Wilson’s translation of Homer’s … Continue reading Playtime is Over: The Odyssey, Emily Wilson translation

Categories: BooksTags: book review, Cavalcade of Classics, Classics Club, homeschool, The Odyssey
By Charity Posted on December 6, 2019

Bookends: November 2019

Our November was filled with mad science, unexpected reunions with family, and more rain than we usually see around these parts. With all of that going on, December snuck up … Continue reading Bookends: November 2019

Categories: BooksTags: beach, book review, bookends, Books
By Charity Posted on November 1, 2019December 6, 2019

Bookends: October 2019

Ah, October! Santa Ana winds, a three-day jaunt to the desert (the “real” desert, not the coastal Southern California desert), taking my kids to the thrift store to buy costume … Continue reading Bookends: October 2019

Categories: BooksTags: book review, bookends, Books, Joshua Tree, litsy
By Charity Posted on October 4, 2019December 16, 2020

Bookends: September 2019

This month’s book totals are a little inflated due to the picture books and early readers I read for the Birth and Beyond Reading Challenge (#BBRC) on Litsy. Still, even … Continue reading Bookends: September 2019

Categories: BooksTags: book review, bookends, Books, litsy
By Charity Posted on June 14, 2019December 16, 2020

Hazards of Time Travel by Joyce Carol Oates

Plot summary, gleaned from the book jacket flap: “A recklessly idealistic girl dares to test the perimeters of her tightly controlled (future) world and is punished by being sent back … Continue reading Hazards of Time Travel by Joyce Carol Oates

Categories: BooksTags: book review, Books, dystopian fiction, Joyce Carol Oates
By Charity Posted on February 9, 2019December 16, 2020

History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund

Usually, I like reading books quickly. I like immersing myself in the world, a quick dive to the bottom of the pool and then back up again for a deep … Continue reading History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund

Categories: BooksTags: book review, Books, Emily Fridlund, History of Wolves
By Charity Posted on January 31, 2019January 31, 2019

The Third Hotel by Laura van den Berg

There’s an episode of the podcast “Hidden Brain” about counterfactuals. Counterfactuals are basically a reimagining of past events, an answer to “what if?” and all of the events that cascade … Continue reading The Third Hotel by Laura van den Berg

Categories: BooksTags: book review, counterfactual, Hidden Brain, The Third Hotel
By Charity Posted on January 28, 2019January 28, 2019

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

Reading this novel, I asked myself, why would the Nazis ban this book? Because at first, it’s just a story of young men going to war narrated by Paul Bäumer. … Continue reading All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

Categories: BooksTags: book review, Cavalcade of Classics, Classics Club
By Charity Posted on December 14, 2018December 14, 2018

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Perhaps as a mother I could read this as a story of children abandoned on an island and left to survive in any way they can. I could read it … Continue reading Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Categories: BooksTags: book review, Cavalcade of Classics, Classics Club, lord of the flies
By Charity Posted on November 20, 2018November 21, 2018

The Epic of Gilgamesh

A bit of background: The Epic of Gilgamesh is old. It’s very, very old. So old, it’s more than a little amazing that any of it has survived, let alone … Continue reading The Epic of Gilgamesh

Categories: BooksTags: book review, Books, Cavalcade of Classics, Classics Club, enkidu, Epic of Gilgamesh

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