My last post was in mid-July, in whence I wasted some of my internet time (at the local library-- rural KY means no wifi at home) updating this instead of writing my dissertation. Since then, I read 10 more books, spent another month in KY, and traveled home to the land of constant connection (D.C.... Continue Reading →
104-105: detour to Three Pines
Started Louise Penny's Three Pines series and loving it. Read Still Life and A Fatal Grace in one gulp, kindle on dark mode until four AM. Love reading like that-- makes me feel like I'm 12 with a flashlight under the covers. Penny shows such a deftness of community and emotion. Not without edges, I'm... Continue Reading →
July: from the bag (101-103)
One of the features of our vacations for the last 5 years (at least) is my Big Bag of Books. C starts collecting books that have been recommended by book sellers, or that he notices advertised somewhere, and packs them all up for our time in Kentucky. So my reading for the next six weeks... Continue Reading →
June wrap-up, heading into July
So I didn't finish *any* of the off-the-shelf reads I had planned for June. But I'm happier with what I did get accomplished than if I'd done what I planned: I finished a chapter of my dissertation, and did a lot of creating (sewing, refashioning, organizing) before our 6 week vacation in KY. I read... Continue Reading →
June Reading Goals
June's reading is going to be a little different, though I loved the structure of the alphabet challenge in May. But June is (maybe) my last summer month at home, so I'm having a clear-the-shelves sprint. (I'm traveling in July and part of August, and I have a lot of new books coming, so it's... Continue Reading →
May wrap-up
Ok, this month came in at 20. But it didn't feel mindless, so it's fine. I read the 10 I chose for myself at the beginning of the month, liked some (some more than expected), some were a bit forgettable, but none so bad I bailed. (Working on bailing books I'm not enjoying, so those... Continue Reading →
(96) Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Desiged for Men, Caroline Criado Perez
I listened to this, and the closer attention of actual reading might have been a better choice. But still, this was great for listening as I did the few things that require me to put my book down. Her major argument (which barely needed arguing, but wow the info she marshalled) is that things are... Continue Reading →
(95) Patchwork Prisoners: The Rajah Quilt and the women who made it, Trudy Crowley & Dianne Snowden
The Rajah Quilt is a quilt made by women on the convict ship Rajah in 1841. There were 180 women on the ship, based on the different skills demonstrated and the known histories of the women, around 30 women probably did the stitching. This intensively researched book tells the story of the women on the... Continue Reading →
(94) Life on Mars, Tracy K. Smith [bk 10 of 10 for May]
Enjoyed this overall. I need to read more poetry collections (I'm not sure if there's a word that means explicitly what I mean-- collection can be the collected works of [x], or an individual volume, written and published together with intention by the author. I like the continuance of the theme throughout variations. Possible words... Continue Reading →
Bookish Bedlam 