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Musing Mondays: Favorite genre/author

Could you narrow down your reading to a favorite genre and author? Why, or why not?

I can from a historical perspective that may not fully reflect my current reading habits. At some point in 1975, I started keeping a handwritten reading log. With the computer age, the log was transferred into a computer […]

Booking Through Thursday: Meme with a meme

This week’s BTT offers a meme itself:

What was the last book you bought?

The Pets by Bragi Olafsson, part of my Open Letter subscription. As for store-bought books, it would be Marilynne Robinson’s Home. (One of the budgetary advantages of an excellent local library and publisher review copies.)

Name a book you have […]

Musing Mondays: Reading changes

How has your reading changed over the years? Have you started reading more “meaty” books (books with more substance)? Or, have you gone to more “fluffy” reads? Perhaps you’ve done neither, and you’ve just always read the same type of thing! If that’s the case, why? Are you willing to step out of your […]

Booking Through Thursday: Worst best book

What, in your opinion, is the best book that you haven’t liked? Mind you, I don’t mean your most-hated book–oh, no. I mean the most accomplished, skilled, well-written, impressive book that you just simply didn’t like.

With the standard being books I “just simply didn’t like,” there’s so many, largely due to my illiterati […]

Tuesday Thingers: Banned Books Week

For this week’s Tuesday Thingers, I’ve copied the list of the most-challenged books of the 1990s straight from the ALA website. Highlight what you’ve read, and italicize what you have in your [Library Thing] library.

Because many of the books are aimed at school-age children, I haven’t read and don’t own a lot of […]