Reading and Roaming
GEMMA, MAISIE, AND CLARE My mother devoured mysteries. I think when she was raising her four children they were pure escape. She would read a Crime Club mystery in an evening and then read several more over the rest of a week—all of that required frequent trips to the public library. I am more selective …
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READING WOMEN Our local paper included an article from the Washington Post by Alyssa Rosenberg about reading a year’s worth of books written by women. That’s a fine idea, but she carried it a step further and did a pair of books each month for a total of 24. I was intrigued and checked to …
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I have returned home from my Asian Adventure and along with re-adjusting to east coast time, I’m back doing more reading. Here are my latest books. WSJ Book Club Sometime ago, I read that the Wall Street Journal was starting an online book club. I was intrigued, but I was still working and didn’t think …
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I have been traveling for almost five weeks now and not getting in my usual component of reading. However, I did read one book that I’d like to share. I enjoy well written memoirs, ones that share someone’s life experience in an informed, but not a whining, way. It’s a genre I seek out. Recently …
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