As I did with nonfiction, I'm listing my favorite novels and short story collections read this year. It's quite an interesting selection! Have you read any of these, or would you like to? What were your books of the year? Little by Edward Carey - Finished February 15. I had no idea of the history … Continue reading My top fiction reads of 2025
What I read this month Despite Nonfiction November, I read only one nonfiction book this month! It was a good one, though...and so were many of my fiction reads. The Collected Enchantments by Theodora Goss Shadows on the Rock by Willa Cather - Reread Emily of Deep Valley by Maud Hart Lovelace Undress Me in … Continue reading Month in Review: November 2025
I did not manage to keep up with the weekly themes for Nonfiction November this year, but I enjoyed browsing others' posts, and I want to thank all the hosts: Heather – Based on a True StoryFrances – Volatile RuneLiz – Adventures in Reading, Running and Working from HomeRebekah – She Seeks NonfictionDeb – Readerbuzz At the tail end of … Continue reading Nonfiction November: My top ten of 2025
At my Sacred Reading Substack, I’ve just announced plans for a special study to take place during the season of Advent, starting tomorrow. We’ll work with the three stories from the Gospels in which Jesus raises someone from the dead — stories I found extremely transformative in my own life. I want to explore them … Continue reading An Advent Study Series
What I read this month This month, I achieved a perfect balance between fiction and nonfiction - seven books each. However, fiction won big in terms of my ratings, aided by a reread of a favorite series (the Complete Earthsea), two new-to-me books from a favorite author (see below), and a forthcoming short-story collection by … Continue reading Month in Review: October 2025
The Engadin, the valley of the En or Inn river in Eastern Switzerland, is, so far, my favorite region of the country -- I previously shared photos from a trip to the Upper Engadin. In early October this year we planned to visit another part of the valley where we'd not yet been. I was … Continue reading Postcards from Switzerland: Lower Engadin
I keep meaning to read through my Library of America edition of Willa Cather's work, catching up on her novels and stories I've not yet read, because everything I have read has been marvelous -- but somehow, I never get around to it. Therefore I'm very glad the latest "club week" hosted by Simon and … Continue reading #1925Club: The Professor’s House
Fall weather is in the air; we're just about to leave on a trip to the mountains for a few days, and I hope we won't be rained or fogged or snowed in! But if we are, I'll be sure to bring along plenty of reading material. Here's what I polished off this month: What … Continue reading Month in Review: September 2025
When I was a child in school, I was never assigned the task of writing to an author -- thank goodness, as such mandated correspondence is the dullest and most pointless kind. However, I did once write to the favorite author of my adolescence, Robin McKinley, and she not only answered with a real letter, … Continue reading Do you ever write to writers?
As I reported last week, reading books by women in translation was something I wanted to do this summer, and I did it! Four of those were in August, plus one by a man in translation (I had been confused), and three mysteries. I do seem to gravitate to those in the summer. What I … Continue reading Month in Review: August 2025
