I've decided to start a readalong of the Oz books by L. Frank Baum. This follows two book-a-month readalongs hosted by Calmgrove that I have greatly enjoyed: the Narniathon in 2022 and LoveHain in 2023. As he's not hosting another such event next year, I know I'm going to miss this part of my reading … Continue reading Pinned post: Join us in an Ozathon? #Ozathon24
Literature November is a busy blogging month! At the beginning of the month, I participated in Witch Week - a very full week indeed. My contribution was an interview with Kiyash Moncef, author of the wonderful fantasy Once There Was. Then it was time to focus on nonfiction for Nonfiction November. My posts: My Year … Continue reading Month in Review: November 2023
I'm so happy to be hosting an Ozathon - that is, a book-per-month readalong of the 14 Oz books by L. Frank Baum. Even if you don't manage to read all the books, you're welcome to join any time and sample some of the series. I'm looking forward to this journey with you. See the … Continue reading #Ozathon24 begins: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
This week’s topic is hosted by Hopewell’s Library of Life. It’s been a month full of amazing nonfiction books! Which ones have made it onto your TBR? Be sure to link back to the original blogger who posted about that book! Indeed, it's been another wonderful Nonfiction November, and as usual I'd discovered so many … Continue reading Nonfiction November: New to my TBR
I've got back-to-back reviews up at Shiny New Books, with my review of the new Folio Society edition of Charmed Life posted this week. Neil Gaiman and I have at least one thing in common: we both started reading Diana Wynne Jones when we picked up one of her books at age 16 in the … Continue reading Over at Shiny New Books: Charmed Life
Following my read of Faitheist, I was interested to read a memoir by a person of faith who was also a scientist. I came across I've Seen the End of You by Lee Warren, a neurosurgeon who struggles with the purpose of prayer when he is confronted by many patients with incurable brain tumors. How … Continue reading Of science and spirit: I’ve Seen the End of You
This week's Nonfiction November topic is hosted by Rebekah of She Seeks Nonfiction. One of the greatest things about reading nonfiction is learning all kinds of things about our world which you never would have known without it. There’s the intriguing, the beautiful, the appalling, and the profound. What nonfiction book or books have impacted … Continue reading Worldview Shapers: The Sixth Extinction
The lovely folks at Braided Way: Faces and Voices of Spiritual Practice have posted my essay "Relearning the Alphabet," originally published in Parabola. I'm happy to have this long-ago creation now available online. Each time we speak, we give birth. Something of our soul goes forth into the world, embodied in air. It is remarkable … Continue reading Over at Braided Way: Relearning the Alphabet
I've just reviewed the third volume of Elodie Harper's Wolf Den trilogy, The Temple of Fortuna, for Shiny New Books. My short review is: "Read these books, they're excellent." (With caveats to those who may be triggered by descriptions of sexual abuse - the central character is forced into prostitution in ancient Pompeii - or … Continue reading Over at Shiny New Books: The Temple of Fortuna
This week's topic is hosted by Liz of Adventures in Running, Reading, and Working from Home. And it's my favorite! Week 3 (11/13-11/17) Book Pairings: This week, pair up a nonfiction book with a fiction title. Maybe it’s a historical novel and the real history in a nonfiction version, or a memoir and a novel, … Continue reading Nonfiction November: Book Pairings
