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A Flat Place by Noreen Masud
I finished a book! It feels like quite an accomplishment these days. And it was a very good book, too. A Flat Place is on the shortlist for the inaugural Women’s Prize for Nonfiction. I hadn’t intended to read any of the books on the list, but this one seemed different with an interesting premise…
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I’m Back at A Certain Fondness
Hello everyone! I’ve decided to return to my old blog as I couldn’t quite feel comfortable at my new place. Every time I logged in to post something there I felt blocked and found myself returning to look at A Certain Fondness. So here I am again! This year has been a slow one on…
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A Change of Scene
If anyone is still interested in reading my ramblings and witterings, please follow me at my new blog at this link: Reading Enchanted. Hope to see you over there!
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November Reads
November was a fairly good reading month for me, considering I haven’t read much this year. I am pleased with having read four books even though two of them were for book clubs. And all of them set in the US! Rare for me. Here’s a little review of each one: Mary Coin by Marisa…
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A New Post and A New Author
Hello everyone! I am not sure if anyone is still out there reading blogs, but I am back, ready to blog again and to share my reading and gardening successes (and failures) with you all. 2022 has been a year of change and sadness for me. I sometimes look back at everything that’s happened and…
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I Finished A Few Books
Since I last wrote I made a bit of progress on my yearly reading challenge and finished a few titles. One by a new favorite author, one I picked up on a whim and one for book club. As the summer wears on (and on and on…) I am getting back into a reading routine…
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Where Has the Time Gone?
It’s been nearly a year since I last posted and I feel like nothing has changed yet so much has changed. Days after that post in August a building next door to my library exploded (due to a gas leak) and damaged the foundation, roof and walls of the library. We closed to the public…
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The ABC Reading Project
Last month one of my library book clubs read The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald and it went over really well. We had a very fulfilling discussion and all the members expressed interest in reading more of Fitzgerald’s work. When I mentioned to the group that the library only owned one other of her novels (Offshore)…
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Happy All the Time by Laurie Colwin
I have heard people talk of Laurie Colwin for years, but mostly about her food writing. Her book of food essays, Home Cooking, is a beloved title among many foodies and readers (Nigella Lawson is a fan). I was vaguely aware that she wrote novels, too, and when I saw this book at a second-hand…
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Middlemarch by George Eliot
Last Spring when everything closed down and we were all staying home I jumped on the Middlemarch bandwagon and started reading along with thousands of other people. I made good progress through April and May, but when my library reopened in mid-May I didn’t have as much time to read and stopped for a bit.…
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