Category Archives: Reading

Witch by Barbara Michaels Grade: B+ A middle-aged woman’s children have grown up and left the nest, so she goes looking for her dream house, and finds one in nowheresville Virginia. Sure enough, that house is haunted. But it’s not … Continue reading →

I’m on a Barbara Michaels binge. As I joked with my husband, one could get the impression that Barbara Michaels’s stories are all the same. First, a woman moves into an old house, typically in the D.C. area. The house … Continue reading →

I started keeping track of my reading when I began my blog in 2007. Between then and the end of 2017, I read 498 books. I had hoped to read two more before the new year, just to even out … Continue reading →

I think I finally have enough poetry books to create a poetry section in my personal library. I know, I know. Some of you are thinking “What took you so long!” and some of you are thinking “Why would you … Continue reading →

This post has been sitting in my drafts folder since October. Crazy, huh? It looks OK to me, so I’m going to fix the typos that I found and publish it. Here goes! My friend recently mentioned Sarah Mlynowski’s Magic … Continue reading →

Here is the review I wrote about a book that I read earlier this year. The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart Grade: B+ This is a first-person account of Merlin’s early years. In this telling, he is the illegitimate son … Continue reading →

In Other Words by Jhumpa Lahiri Grade: B+ Jhumpa Lahiri was born in London, but moved with her parents to America when she was just two years old. Her parents spoke Bengali at home, and she learned that language to … Continue reading →