Reading and Roaming
As a child, I was entranced by my grandfather’s study. Grandpa and Grandma lived on a quiet leafy street in a big brown house that always smelled warm and cozy and I felt embraced by it the moment I entered. The study was a very small room. There were bookcases on every wall and the …
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Some years ago, I started keeping a list of most of the books I read each year just for myself with some occasional comments. I received a slew of new books for Christmas and near the end of the year purchased a few so I have an even higher stack than usual awaiting me. You …
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NOVELS I’VE READ THIS MONTH The House Girl by Tara Conklin (2013)–slaves and masters in 1850’s Virginia coupled with a modern day legal case Love Anthony by Lisa Genova (2012)–an autistic boy and friendship between two women The Spy Game by Georgina Harding (2009)–1960’s Cold War Britain–was mother a spy? Above All Things by Tanis Rideout (2013)–George Mallory’s 1924 …
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