2024 book reports
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The past week has been filled with my wonderful husband’s birthday, book club with my favorite ladies, and an overdue day trip to visit our sweet family at the lake. It was such a lovely week – though having a busy one during a flare has left me bone tired I must say. All is… Read more
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As usual, I am running behind and chasing myself and so I am just now getting to International Children’s Book Day, which was on April 2nd. I adore children’s books and have a collection of them that is still growing. In honor of International Children’s Book Day, I decided to share eight of my favorite… Read more
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Our Banned Books Friday report this week is coming late Easter Sunday night, owing to much sickly time as well as some busy time these past few days. However, even if a somewhat fluid concept of “Friday” is required to be a friend of the blog, our banned book report will be done every week… Read more
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Today is the Jewish holiday of Purim, remembering the deliverance of the Jewish people recorded in the Book of Esther. Purim is a joyful celebration, as well a religious occasion that includes the reading aloud of the Book of Esther and also offering acts of service such as giving gifts of food to those in… Read more
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Last week, I started my project of reading through our banned book list – including the rereads of classics that I haven’t encountered since my school days – to report on them as I make way through the list. (I’m reporting a bit late today – early Saturday morning – as this infernal flare had… Read more
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Happy World Poetry Day, y’all. ❤ As a word nerd and poetry lover, I was not going to let us miss this day without sharing a few beloved poems. (As a spoonie, I have been ridiculously sick this week, a gnarly pain situation as well as having full-body symptoms, exhausted, and collapsing into hibernation for… Read more
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As has been discussed here many times before, I will be a devotee of Joan Didion always. Her work speaks to me in a way that only she can, whether it is being transported to the Haight – years before I was born – to better understand San Francisco counterculture in 1967, or – more… Read more
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I am now reading several books on the writer’s craft, working my way through the best ones I can find, for an article I’m writing – and it is proving to be a fantastic project for me. While I won’t really be including those books in book reports – as most of you aren’t terribly… Read more
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On Thursday, an article was posted on al.com that related to the ongoing debate in my home state, Alabama, around groups that are trying – often successfully – to remove books they find morally objectionable from public libraries – essentially creating their own banned books list – versus everyone who believes that these groups don’t… Read more
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The first week of March is “read an e-book week” – and this year I want to share a few things with y’all that have made a huge difference in my reading recently. (This may be an old hat to some of you – no worries – but, in case some friends are missing out,… Read more
