The “It’s Not You, It’s Me” phrase is more true this month than almost any other. My head space is so messed up by living in a construction zone with the ear-shattering noise, frequent questions, and now, mistakes being made on a renovation that is 20 days behind schedule means my attention span is shot to hell. The only place I’m finding mental peace these days is ... Read More...
Books about Books: Mini-Reviews
Every reader has a soft spot, a genre or author or both that they gravitate towards without their usual scrutiny. Some people will read any book about dogs, others will grab anything written by John Grisham or Stephen King. For me, it’s books about books or books with the word book in the title. My brain disengages from critical thinking and switches to the blind belief that it ... Read More...
It’s Not You, It’s Me: Mini-Reviews
This month's It's Not You, It's Me is especially true because I am not really liking, much loving, anything I've read. In fact I DNFed (did not finish) 3 books in a row, which is a first for me. There are any number of bloggers who have blamed this syndrome on the novel A Little Life, which I did read and which is an incredible piece of writing that still haunts me, but I’m not ... Read More...
It’s Not You, It’s Me: Mini-Reviews
It's no secret that books are marvelously subjective--unless of course, they're badly written, in which case, of course, they must be ignored completely. Still, for every reader who loves spy thrillers there is one who does not. Even within genres there can be books that appeal to some but for whom others don't feel the same way. Along those lines, I'm adding a new type of ... Read More...
Midmonth Mini-Reviews
February is more than halfway gone but for the sake of brevity let's just call these midmonth mini-reviews. Three quick hits of books I've read while being waylaid with this season's mega-cold. I hope you're all reading this from a place of warmth and comfort and not the huddled against records levels of snow and below zero temperatures. Her by Harriet Lane: This ... Read More...
December Mini-Reviews
I know books won't be on most of your minds tonight but thought I'd get December mini-reviews in before I hit the champagne. Plus, both of these books are light enough that if you start them this morning you'll have finished them well before midnight. The New Countess: As the writer of the pilot for Upstairs Downstairs Fay Weldon knows about the ... Read More...
