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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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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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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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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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Help the Bronte Parsonage
Like many museums and cultural centers, the Bronte Parsonage Museum has taken a financial hit while closed due to covid. There is some fear that they will not be able to continue operating beyond this year. That would be such a tragedy. I really enjoyed my visit to the museum in May 2019 – it…
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Do You Reread?
Hello everyone! I hope you’ve been well during this unsettling and strangely consistent madness. I’ve been hit with low-grade loneliness and boredom, but am otherwise fine. I am still working at the library. We did shut down for two months back in the spring, but we have been open in some form since mid May.…
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Recent Reading Roundup
I’ve read a few books lately, but haven’t had time to do individual posts on each one so I’m just sharing my brief thoughts on them here: The Good People by Hannah Kent – I read this for one of my library’s book clubs and though I found it riveting, it didn’t inspire a…
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Happy 2020!
Hello and happy new year to anyone who is still reading this blog! How is the year treating you so far? Mine is off to a busy start, mostly at work, but I now have this week off and no reading obligations for the library so I am able to read anything I want for…
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Sunday Bulletin – September 22
Hello, friends! I hope you are all having a great September. Mine has been busy – it seems to have gone so quickly. There hasn’t been anything exciting going on, just the usual day-to-day of living. Sadly, though, I haven’t been reading as much as I would like to. I think our continuing heat has…
A Certain Fondness 