Miscellaneous
Here lives the other stuff. Reading challenges. Book buying sprees. Meet ups with other readers. Pretty much anything that’s on my mind!
2020: Choosing My Favorite Books Isn’t Easy
I struggle with a Best Books list every year, just as I refuse to choose a “favorite” book. This was a year of cognitive dissonance in reading choices. I wanted nothing more than to better understand pandemics, viruses, and politics. At the same time, I just wanted to...
My Favorite Books of 2019
I am incredibly late at posting my 2019 favorites. January 2020 was such a great reading month for me that I got sidetracked! 2019 was a diverse year, without any specific focus. But I also read a lot of 5-star reads—13! That’s about 10% of my total reads and does...
Let’s Not Make Reading Gendered
I recently listened to a podcast where old-school Hollywood powerhouse Alan Alda interviewed author Ann Patchett. And I was appalled at the casual manner in which both of them accepted and propagated gendered beliefs about readers. Patchett quoted statistics: 80% of...
Four Audible Originals: A Combined Review
After some long books in May, I decided to catch up on some shorter books. In my Audible collection, that means listening to a few Audible Originals. And finally Audible let's you sort your titles by length, which makes it much easier to manage via time. Instead of...
Book Pairing 101
If you are a monogamous reader, this may be your gateway into adventure. Or not. That’s okay. And if you love reading more than one book at a time, you’ve come to the right place. I have a lot of ideas about how to read more than one book at a time without feeling...
Best Reading of 2018
I’ve decided that 2018 was my “Year of the Woman.” Themes of feminism and other various related women’s issues threaded their way through many of my choices. Plus, I read a plethora of amazing work from women authors. I love when the unintentional becomes...
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