Tag: reading

Reading: July 2020 pt1

Nothing like a global pandemic to shut down summer travel! During a typical summer, we would spend a week on the Monterey coast. We would probably also get away for some camping or to visit family. Guy and Q16 had reservations for a Scout bike trek in Maui, and Q would also have gone to … Continue reading Reading: July 2020 pt1

Reading: June 2020

In May I finally got around to reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The song the Oompa-Loompas sing in response to TV-obsessed Mike Teavee shrinking when he is the first human "sent by television" caught my attention: How used they keep themselves contentedBefore this monster [TV] was invented?Have you forgotten? Don't you know?We'll say it … Continue reading Reading: June 2020

Reading: May 2020 pt2

I've been planning another reading post for weeks, but I couldn't anticipate how an upside-down world would spin off its axis yet again. In light of George Floyd's murder and the resulting protests, I've been pondering, praying, quiet, recognizing just how much I don't know and that, while my voice is important and silence isn't … Continue reading Reading: May 2020 pt2

Reading: May 2020 pt1

I normally post reading reviews once a month but we no longer live in "normal." I've read more books in two weeks than in a typical month. Maybe I haven't read more pages, though, since I've read several YA books, including a graphic novel. I love a good YA and even more so now in … Continue reading Reading: May 2020 pt1

Reading: April 2020

Entering our eighth week of shelter-in-place and I have been reading more. However, the pendulum swung from not reading as much as usual as SIP began to reading far too much, reading to avoid present circumstances. Always slow to transition, I am slowly developing healthier rhythms. I'm finally sleeping most nights during mostly normal hours … Continue reading Reading: April 2020

Reading: March 2020

One might reasonably expect that a bookish individual would, during a pandemic that requires shelter-in-place, escape into a stack of books. I am realizing, slowly, that all reasonable expectations might as well hurl themselves out of windows. Harsh, but also sorta true. The world has spun off its axis and, while I'm mostly fine, there … Continue reading Reading: March 2020

Reading: January 2020

Do you use Goodreads? Once upon a time, I made notes about books I'd read in a small notebook designated for that purpose. Goodreads is so much better, with images of the books, summaries, and access to others' short reviews. They also do a fun page at the end of the year that summarizes my … Continue reading Reading: January 2020

Reading: November 2019

Let's all Read More Books! I'm always reading, and I always have more to read. We have so many bookshelves people have joked that we live in a library (sounds good to me). My library basket also overflows, and I regularly have to return unread books because I can't finish them fast enough. Books star … Continue reading Reading: November 2019

Reading: October 2019

I live in Northern California, in the San Francisco East Bay, where fall has come to be known as "Fire Season." High temperatures and high winds plus summer-sun-scorched grasses in lots of otherwise beautiful open space make for a terrifying combination. As I write, the Kincade Fire has scorched more than 76,000 acres of Sonoma … Continue reading Reading: October 2019

Summer Reading 2019

Hey, Friends, I just signed up as an Amazon Associate and I will earn from qualifying purchases. So go ahead, click the titles linked to Amazon, and purchase, please! All reviews continue to be my own. Notes on the recent round-up... Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed … Continue reading Summer Reading 2019