Category Archives: Books

January is a blah month and we doubled-down on the blah-ness this year, drifting into our 5th week of never-ending winter as we tromped through the snow to put away the Christmas decorations and take down the lights. And now, … Continue reading →

2025 may have been a sucky SUCKY year in terms of, well, everything on earth, but it was a banner year for reading for me. I read 61 books, a new PB, and only about a half dozen fell into … Continue reading →

The sins accumulate just in the course of this month of reading. Japan, Russia, and USA ruin Korea. China ruins itself. The catholic church ruins young, unwed pregnant woman and steals their babies (pro-life indeed). White people think it’s ok … Continue reading →

Things I don’t understand: Quantum Physics and the Israeli-Palestine conflict. Things I love: coming-of-age books about girls. This month I read four books on all of these things. How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog, by Chad Orzel For … Continue reading →

I’m excited to report that I didn’t have to resort to a reading reboot, and managed to steer clear of murder mysteries for a whole month! This is a bit surprising to me, because it was a high-anxiety month full … Continue reading →

I read a lot more than I thought I did, given my mood for most of this rainless month. Most of these books irritated me. Or, was I already irritated because of the incessant heat wave and drought, and most … Continue reading →

Four books this month and not a murder mystery in sight! Instead: a book of scifi shorts, a sort-of historical fantasy, a non-fiction history, and a fictional sort-of romance. Apparently a month when I felt the need to shake things … Continue reading →

April was a hard month for me on the writing side and May was challenging on the reading side. So I just combined them together and captured these 8 books. Actually, we’ll call it 7 1/2, but you can be … Continue reading →

My goodness, I am really confronting my global disaster fears this month! February is a dreary month in Ontario, and it’s challenging even for a milestone birthday to cheer it up. It seems, with few exceptions, that my February book … Continue reading →

Hard to believe, but I read seven (!!) books this month. Only two are murder mysteries, so maybe I’m getting better at branching out? Certainly book clubs help. Two of the books were selections by my Amnesty book club group … Continue reading →