I received a copy of this book from the author through a LibraryThing giveaway. Transforming Climate Anxiety opens with a definition of climate anxiety, also called “eco-anxiety”: “the worry, fear, … Continue reading Book Review: Transforming Climate Anxiety by Leslie Davenport
I was sitting in the waiting room of a medical office recently, and I noticed something I haven’t seen in maybe fifteen years: The waiting room was nearly full, but … Continue reading Bookends: September 2026
From June 2017 to August 2018, I did a TBR list declutter. It was a long and arduous process, but I pared down my to-read list from a ridiculous 782 … Continue reading What is a TBR for?
Lately people I’ve been in communication with have been saying that they’re “circling back to close the loop” on some issue or topic, and when I sat down to wrap … Continue reading Booker Prize Longlist Wrap-Up
The Booker Prize longlist was announced in late July, and although it’s taken me a while to get copies of most of the books on the list, I’ve managed to … Continue reading Mid-Month Reading Check-In: Booker Prize Longlist
August was a bit of a rollercoaster for me, but not a fast and exciting rollercoaster. It was more like one of those that doesn’t have any big hills and … Continue reading Bookends: August 2026
The other night, my teenager asked which of the four of us was the funniest in the family. I answered without hesitation that I was the funniest. “Okay, that was … Continue reading Bookends: July 2026
I got the idea for doing a Mid-Year Check-In from Kay on What? Me Read? who got it from Brona of This Reading Life, who got it from Chris at … Continue reading 2026 Mid-Year Reading Check-in
I have finally completed a title from my Classics Club Cavalcade of Classics Redux list! The Road from Coorain is a memoir by Jill Ker Conway that covers her life … Continue reading The Road from Coorain by Jill Ker Conway
A lot of June I spent in my closet/recording studio narrating (and editing and proofing and re-listening to) an audiobook I totally loved working on. I submitted final files at … Continue reading Bookends: June 2026
One of the books I read this month—Platonic by Marisa G. Franco, PhD—has really been sticking with me. It’s not my favorite of the month, but it’s the only nonfiction … Continue reading Bookends: May 2026
When my younger child turned two, we switched his car seat from rear-facing to front-facing. Although this child didn’t hate rear-facing as his elder sibling had, we still anticipated that … Continue reading Bookends: April 2026