It’s the day before the last day of the year, so I thought I’d share some of my more recent reads with you before I start digging into the fabulous new books I got for Christmas! The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien This book is a collection of short stories first published in 1990 …
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Best of 2009: Book(s)
This post is part of Gwen Bell’s Best of 2009 challenge: December 4 Book. What book – fiction or non – touched you? Where were you when you read it? Have you bought and given away multiple copies? The life stories of two political figures — each completely radical in his own way — tie …
A Little Something to Read
The Times (no, not that Times, this Times) just published its 100 Best Books of the Decade. Since I’ve only read about six of those, I was inspired to add a few of their suggestions to my (ever expanding) reading list (in descending order of best-ness): 98 Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie …
I Should Be Working
I got two books in the mail yesterday and it is all I can do to not rip into both of them right now — The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien and Prescription for a Healthy Nation by Tom Farley and Deborah Cohen. Fall weather — cold and dark Sunday afternoons — just beg you …