It’s technically possible to squeeze in another couple of books before midnight on December 31, 2024 but unlikely, so I think I can safely draw a line under the reading challenges for the year.
I participated in five challenges this year – finished three; one is ongoing; and one I failed miserably. Continue reading
Can I even comment on Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver given that I have not read David Copperfield? (collective intake of breath from the blogging community).
Kingsolver reimagines Copperfield against the backdrop of the mountains of southern Appalachia; racism; trailer parks; foster care; and the opioid crisis of the eighties.
Certain pitiful souls around here see whiteness as their last asset that hasn’t been totaled or repossessed. Continue reading
01. Best night at the Wheeler Centre seeing Sloane Crosley. She talked about writing both fiction and nonfiction, noting that “In complimenting fiction, people say ‘It’s so believable, so realistic’ but in complimenting memoir they say ‘It’s unbelievable!’”. Plus I was thrilled to hear that there’s a movie script for Cult Classic underway, and that her new work of narrative nonfiction focuses on grief (Grief is for People, out next year). Continue reading
Presenting the 2022 Commonly-Agreed-by-the-People-Who-Publish-Best-of-2022-Book-Lists-Before-December-31 top 54 books.
(This is my annual community service to book-bloggers – a list of the books that appear most frequently on the 52 lists that I listed on Best Books of 2022 – A List of Lists – enjoy!). Continue reading
It’s time for #6degrees. Start at the same place as other wonderful readers, add six books, and see where you end up! Continue reading
From Chick Loves Lit comes Recommend a… – a single book recommendation a week. This week’s topic is ‘Recommend a book with a blue cover.’
My pick is the wonderful, detail-rich The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver.
There have been lots of editions of this book printed since it was first published in 1998, most featuring a rich golden African sunset scene. However, the one that sits on my shelf is blue. The Poisonwood Bible is a book that I have been meaning to read again – I loved it the first time I read it (and testamant to this is the fact that I still have it – I tend to hand books on once I’ve read them, keeping only favourites) and, more than a decade after reading it, parts of the story stay with me.