Category Archives: Reading

English Is So Weird

Posted on 01/15/2022 by chick

One of the things I love about the English language is how interrelated so many of its words are. For example, when I was looking up the meaning of “kenspeckle” (a Scots word that means “well-known” or “conspicuous”), I was … Continue reading →

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How I Met My Book: Part IV

Posted on 01/13/2022 by chick

Previously in How I Met My Book I told you about some of my hand-me-downs, unexpected loaners, and permanently “borrowed” books. This time I want to tell you about my treasure trove of old paperbacks. I keep most of them … Continue reading →

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I Read Them All

Posted on 01/11/2022 by chick

I have finally finished reading all 29 of Barbara Michaels’s novels! I finished up the last one (The Walker in Shadows) last week, and I gave it a B-. The benefits of finishing this reading challenge include…. I will never … Continue reading →

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Reading Report: Early November

Posted on 11/09/2021 by chick

I had too many library books, so I returned a few to the library unread. They were all books that I might like to revisit someday. They were… Under the Harrow by Mark Dunn: Dunn wrote Ella Minnow Pea, which … Continue reading →

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How I Met My Book: Part III

Posted on 10/21/2021 by chick

In previous installments of How I Met My Book, I talked about hand-me-down books and unexpected loaners. For this installment I want to tell you about my copy of The Waste Land and Other Poems by T.S. Eliot. I’ve bought … Continue reading →

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Reading Report: Mid-October 2021

Posted on 10/17/2021 by chick

I recently finished The Books of Beginning series by John Stephens. The series centers on three children who are prophesied to find and master three books of powerful magic, and each book of the series is named after one of … Continue reading →

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Reading Report: Late September

Posted on 09/30/2021 by chick

The Broken Hours: A Novel of H.P. Lovecraft by Jacqueline Baker, B+: Arthor Crandle is down-on-his-luck, homeless, and looking for work. He manages to find a job as an assistant to a mysterious and reclusive author in Providence, Rhode Island. … Continue reading →

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Reading Report: Late August 2021

Posted on 08/22/2021 by chick

I finished four books since my last reading report. The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware, Grade: A+: Laura “Lo” Blacklock is a travel writer who goes on a luxury cruise so that she can write a piece about … Continue reading →

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Reading Report: Middish-July 2021

Posted on 07/11/2021 by chick

I finished Be Buried in the Rain by Barbara Michaels, and I gave it the usual “Michaels B+.” It is the story of Julie Newcomb, a med student who goes to Virginia for the summer to take care of her … Continue reading →

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Reading Report: Early July

Posted on 07/03/2021 by chick

I finished reading Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear. Maisie Dobbs is a private investigator who has just gone into business for herself in London in the late 1920s, a time at which World War I is nearly ten years past … Continue reading →

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