Mission accomplished! I did well on the 20 Books of Summer challenge. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Michael Cunningham
Day by Michael Cunningham
So I bought it for the cover…
All you really need to know about the plot of Michael Cunningham’s Day is that it is set on three separate days (one pre-COVID, one in the middle of a lockdown, and one post-COVID), and that it focuses on a family – Dan and Isabel, and their young children Nathan and Violet. There’s also Isabel’s brother, Robbie, who lives in the attic of Dan and Isabel’s Brooklyn brownstone. Continue reading
20 Books of Summer (except that it’s Winter)
Cathy at 746 Books is hosting the 20 Books of Summer reading challenge again this year. As Cathy explains, it’s the most relaxed reading challenge you’ll participate in (swap books out, change your target, do whatever). The challenge is straightforward – read the books between June 1st and September 1st. Continue reading
Things That Are Making Me Happy This Week
01. Have just returned from four days house-boating on the Gippsland Lakes. Very thankful that my boat-driving son was there with us to take charge and navigate the various inlets and rivers. Enjoyed walks along the Ninety Mile Beach and through the tea tree forest that separates the coast and the Lakes. Continue reading
The Top 55 from the Best Books of 2023 List of Lists
Presenting the 2023 Commonly-Agreed-by-the-People-Who-Publish-Best-of-2023-Book-Lists-Before-December-31 top 55 books.
(This is my annual community service to book-bloggers – a list of the books that appear most frequently on the 49 lists that I listed on Best Books of 2023 – A List of Lists – enjoy!). 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