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
Literature I dedicated this month to Reading the Theatre, and though at first I thought I might read two or three books, it was so much fun I found it hard to stop. Of course, any time of year is great to read theatre-themed books, but an occasional binge seems to increase the fun for … Continue reading Month in Review: April 2022 (and Blog Break)
Literature A standout book that I did not review on the blog was What My Bones Know, a memoir by a survivor of Complex PTSD (or relational trauma, as I think it could be better described). Thanks so much to What's Nonfiction for pointing me to this powerful account of personal transformation. I also read … Continue reading Month in Review: March 2022
Literature I started out the month on a Kate Milford binge. I do like her books but five in a row was enough for now. The rest of the month was quite a grab bag, from Beverly Cleary's wonderful memoirs to a groundbreaking epistolary classic, a long-awaited sequel, an old favorite for the Narniathon readalong, … Continue reading Month in Review: February 2022
