Dear readers, as usual I'm going to take a break from this blog until the second week in January. In my tradition, this is a special time that I try to keep a bit separate from ordinary life, using it to reflect on the past and prepare for the challenges to come in the New … Continue reading The birth of the light
Literature November brings us two of my favorite blogging events, Witch Week (see our discussion of Black Water Sister, also counting for the Support Book Bloggers Challenge) and Nonfiction November (see my Year in Nonfiction, Book Pairings, and Worldview Changers posts). These kept me busy, along with the continued Dark Is Rising Readalong (see Death … Continue reading Month in Review: November 2022
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
Literature One thing leads to another in my reading life ... Mind Over Medicine by Lissa Rankin, read in the course of looking for answers to my health issues, led me to Rankin's website and online courses, and thus to a quote from Kitchen Table Wisdom by Rachel Naomi Remen, which I immediately sought out, … Continue reading Month in Review: September 2022
Literature This month, I really wanted to get back to my Reading Around the World project, and I had some great journeys through Europe with a teenage backpacker, around the Middle East with fictional displaced Palestinians, and to Malaysia via a fantasy novel about ghosts and the bonds of family. The latter was in anticipation … Continue reading Month in Review: August 2022
Literature This month saw the end of the Narniathon, which made me sad. Happily, next month Annabel of AnnaBookBel is starting a readalong of the five books of Susan Cooper's The Dark Is Rising sequence, which will take us through the end of the year. Hooray! I enjoyed doing the Six in Six meme as … Continue reading Month in Review: July 2022
For the next couple of weeks I'm on holiday in the mountains -- I hope to share some pictures with you when I return. I am looking forward to having lots of time to read, relax, and do some hiking in the beautiful Engadin region. Wishing you all a good summer!
Over at The Book Jotter, Six in Six is a meme that helps book bloggers look back at the first half of their year's reading. I've seen it on other blogs I follow, but I've never done it myself. You can choose from Jo's categories (as I did) or make up your own. Six categories … Continue reading Six in Six: A mid-year recap
Literature In the course of the Narniathon we've reached the last volume of the Chronicles of Narnia, a bittersweet event. I have loved revisiting these childhood favorites, which really were a formative force for my imagination, and finding that while there is much I now question or would like to say differently as an adult, … Continue reading Month in Review: June 2022
Literature After last month's reading frenzy, my reading speed slowed waaaaay down this month! I completed only five books, and three of those were comfort rereads. Oh well, some months you have to take it easy. Other things, like wrestling with my digestive health, have been taking up a lot of time and energy. That's … Continue reading Month in Review: May 2022
