In our Dark Is Rising series readalong, we've reached the Newbery-award winning The Grey King. Why did this particular book out of the five win the award? I think Greenwitch is a stronger book, although each of them has its points. Now I know that the book was probably an example of the Death by … Continue reading #TDiRS22: Death by Newbery
I love this new topic and I am looking forward to seeing what other readers have chosen! Here's the description: "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. … Continue reading #NonFicNov: Worldview Changers
This year, for my lectio divina practice, I've been slowly reading through the Psalms (very slowly -- I'm only on #56). As any readers of these ancient songs will notice, they display a somewhat schizophrenic split between beautiful lines of praise celebrating a loving relationship with God, and hate-filled, violent passages invoking death to the … Continue reading #OneWord2022: Connecting with people
One task for the Support Book Bloggers challenge is to write a guest post on another blog, or host one on your own. This month, I reviewed the new Folio Society edition of The Tombs of Atuan for Shiny New Books, a review site founded by book bloggers. I hope you'll check it out and … Continue reading #BookBloggerSupport22 Challenge: Write a guest post
I love this topic, as I look back to see what serendipitous fiction/nonfiction pairings emerge in the course of my reading year. Visit What's Nonfiction for the linkup. Once more, there were the obvious literary pairings -- Sylvia Plath's novel The Bell Jar with the biography of Plath, Red Comet; Beverly Cleary's memoirs A Girl … Continue reading #NonFicNov: Book Pairing
Literature Part of any October review has to be Witch Week -- this magical yearly event started October 31 and has just wrapped up. Be sure to visit the closing post to learn more about all the amazing topics and books that were shared, along with plans for next year. I did not complete a … Continue reading Month in Review: October 2022
Hello nonfiction readers! It's always a pleasure to get to share these lists. Please visit Nonfiction November host Doing Dewey this week for more. Counting from last year's Nonfiction November, here's what I consider my outstanding discoveries of the year: Have you read any of these? Did you love them too? As you can see … Continue reading #NonFicNov: Your Year in Nonfiction
