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Favorite Fiction of 2022

I had to separate out nonfiction and fiction, because it just isn’t fair to make The Clicking of Cuthbert go up against Twilight of Democracy.  Once I did that, though, it became fairly easy to pick nine fiction books that perfectly represented my year in...

Favorite Nonfiction of 2022

I had such a good reading year, and a good year in general!  Life isn’t perfect but it is so very good.   I think now that I’ve separated out fiction from nonfiction I can at least make an attempt at ranking these in order the way some people do.  9. ...

Reading August 14 – September 13, 2022

I was sick for about three weeks of this month – that’s why I read six mysteries.  Eternal gratitude to Agatha Christie and Rex Stout, they’re there for me when I need them!  I’m fine now, and so is everyone else in my family.  We had a very nasty virus (not...

The Prisoner – Marcel Proust

The Prisoner is the fifth of the seven books of In Search of Lost Time; my Penguin edition combines parts five and six, but I have only read up through The Prisoner.  It was absolutely amazing; and I would say that either the novel as a whole...

Reading July 14-August 13

See the top three books on this stack?  This was the month my Tea or Books recommendations started to arrive in the mail!  That’s been one of the highlights of this year so far for me.  In my 20s, with access to a very large library...

20 Books of Summer – Update

It has been a great experience joining in with Cathy for 20 Books of Summer and something I hope to do other years, whether I blog about it or not! I’ve loved reading about other people’s experiences too and have found many new book blogs I love and lots...