Reading and Roaming
WHY WE SHOULD READ. I love the Wall Street Journal (for a host of reasons), but their tight firewall only allows subscribers to access the full text of an article. So I’m going to quote from the lead essay in the November 26-27 Review section. It’s by Will Schwalbe, author of The End of Your Life Book …
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By popular request and for your reference (as well as my own), I’ve created an alphabetical list of all of the books I’ve mentioned or commented on since the beginning of the year; i.e. January through May, with one title that will appear in another posting this month. List includes the genre and the date of …
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For some of us, summertime is an excuse to read something light or more frivolous than we usually would. For others, it’s an opportunity to devote time to delving into a serious tome, perhaps one that’s been languishing on the shelf. I view it as a chance to do both—indulge in lighter fare and stretch …
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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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