Hello, friends and neighbors! It's been fairly quiet around here — in fact, I wondered if I would have enough to talk about for a Roundup this week, but I managed to squeeze in a few goodies. During a week with ups and downs, revisiting an old favorite and crossing off two more that have … Continue reading Reading Roundup #46: Timing is Everything
The "classics" can be intimidating. The language barrier (because who writes like that anymore?) is one thing, of course, but then there's also the cultural expectations: "You should like this," "This is Art and Culture," "Reading this will improve your mind," etc. You hear these things as a child and as an adult, and they … Continue reading Four Books for Getting Into the Classics
It's been relentlessly hot and sunny here, but if the forecast holds, it looks like we're in for some rain and cooler whether this week. (And by cooler I mean in the upper 80s, Farenheit, as opposed to mid-90s.) I don't know about you, but there is nothing I like better than snuggling up with … Continue reading Rainy Day Reads
Emma Woodhouse is Jane Austen's greatest female character. There. I said it! Now, this is in no way a disparagement of other Austen heroines because I love them all for different reasons, but I believe Emma is the most complex and "realistic." She's flawed and difficult and incredibly human, and in the writing of her, … Continue reading What Do You Do With a Problem Like Emma?
Did you see this coming? Because I didn't! I put off writing this Reading the Alphabet installment because I just couldn't work up the enthusiasm for any of my potential "C" books. And then I looked at my list, looked at the calendar, and realized... well, it must be fate, right? Or at the very … Continue reading Reading the Alphabet: C is for A Christmas Carol
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