The Joy of Book Lists
This past week I received two opportunities that made my book lover’s heart sing: for 49th Shelf I was asked to put together a list … Read more
book review
Review: All the Water in the World, by Eiren Caffall
Eiren Caffall’s All the Water in the World is a post-apocalyptic novel set in the near future in New York City. Floodgates have been installed … Read more
Maybe Next Week
Today’s blog was meant to be a review of Erica Berry’s WOLFISH, a fabulous book that I’m just starting to read for the second time. … Read more
Reading reading reading
This week I want to talk about two books I read recently that I’m not sure I fully understood. The first is Richard Powers’s PLAYGROUND, … Read more
Book Reviews and Musings
Lately I’ve been dropping in and out of books, trying to find one that will catch my attention. So I offer you this week a … Read more
Book Review: The Science of Last Things
“A living organism is not so much a substance as a concentration gradient; not so much a thing as a proportional relationship maintained through the … Read more
Life Goals
I haven’t been hiking lately because I injured my knee (with me it’s always the knees that are the first to go). So I’ve been … Read more
Between the Pages
Usually the last Wednesday of the month is reserved for a book review. But I’ve been reviewing so many books lately that I don’t want … Read more
Stuck Indoors
For the past two weeks I haven’t been on my hikes at Cobble Hill Mountain. I miss it – the dampened sound of my feet … Read more
Review of Wanderers: A History of Women Walking
This week is meant to be a book review week, but I’ve been having trouble deciding what to review. I thought about Amy Lin’s Here … Read more
