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
Tag Archives: Damon Galgut
The Top 57 from the Best Books of 2021 List of Lists
Presenting the 2021 Commonly-Agreed-by-the-People-Who-Publish-Best-of-2021-Book-Lists-Before-December-31 top 57 books.
(This is my annual community service to book-bloggers – a list of the books that appear most frequently on the 45 lists that I listed on Best Books of 2021 – A List of Lists – enjoy!). Continue reading
What’s in a Name Challenge 2014 Wrap-up
Of all the reading challenges, I have the most fun with What’s in a Name, hosted by The Worm Hole. I like browsing through my TBR stack to find titles that fit the challenge categories.
The challenge is simple – read one book that fits each of the five ‘categories’ – Continue reading
Arctic Summer by Damon Galgut
The saying goes something like ‘expectation leads to disappointment’. That’s really my review of Damon Galgut’s Arctic Summer in a nutshell. Instead of sharing the nitty gritty, I’ll tell a little E. M. Forster-related anecdote. Continue reading
Books I’m looking forward to in 2014
This week, the Broke and the Bookish set the ‘task’ of listing ‘Top Ten 2014 Debuts I’m Excited For’. At the moment, I’m here:
As a result, I’m not spending time at the computer putting together photo montages of book covers. And my list isn’t debuts, it’s just books I’m looking forward to. And it’s not even ten books, it’s twelve. Do with it what you will. Continue reading