24-Hour Readathon Booklist
So, I don’t expect to read for twenty-four hours straight, nor do I expect to finish (or even start) all of these books. But this is what I have in … Continue reading 24-Hour Readathon Booklist
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Twenty-four Hours of Reading
It’s possible that the decade of chronic sleep deprivation has finally caught up with me and is seriously clouding my judgment, but I just signed up for Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon. … Continue reading Twenty-four Hours of Reading
Bookends: March 2016
Like February, March was a lighter reading month for me. I didn’t even manage to finish this month’s SBC selection (The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford) before April 1. … Continue reading Bookends: March 2016
Bookends: February 2016
A strange thing happened this month: Halfway through February I lost interest in reading. I still crave books. I still get excited about picking them up from the library and adding … Continue reading Bookends: February 2016
The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout
The Burgess Boys is the SBC February 2016 selection. Next month’s selection is Nancy Mitford’s The Pursuit of Love. Visit our Goodreads group to join the conversation! The Burgess Boys … Continue reading The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout
Bookends: January 2016
Did you all know it’s February? Turns out it is, and it has been for nearly five days now. And I totally missed posting my Bookends post for January on February … Continue reading Bookends: January 2016
Bright-Sided by Barbara Ehrenreich
Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America by Barbara Ehrenreich The first time I encountered a vision board was in the late 1990’s when some friends … Continue reading Bright-Sided by Barbara Ehrenreich
The Makioka Sisters by Jun’ichirō Tanizaki
The Makioka Sisters by Jun’ichirō Tanizaki My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Makioka Sisters is the January 2016 selection for the SBC (Sisters Book Club). February’s book is The … Continue reading The Makioka Sisters by Jun’ichirō Tanizaki
Welcome to Braggsville by T. Geronimo Johnson
Welcome to Braggsville by T. Geronimo Johnson My rating: 4 of 5 stars Shortly after I moved from North Carolina to the San Francisco Bay Area, I saw a promo … Continue reading Welcome to Braggsville by T. Geronimo Johnson
2015: My Year in Books
In 2015, I read 105 books, consisting of a total of 30,038 pages (I stopped reading two of these books before finishing them; the page total does not account for this). The average … Continue reading 2015: My Year in Books
Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe My rating: 3 of 5 stars Stowe seems to have two main goals in Uncle Tom’s Cabin. The first is to demonstrate that … Continue reading Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde My rating: 5 of 5 stars While reading the chapter “An Interview: Audre Lorde and Adrienne Rich,” I realized that while I … Continue reading Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde
Imperfect Happiness 