Reading, Writing, Revising

Another month, and another batch of fascinating books! → NONESUCH by Francis Spufford: Iris is a modern young women living in London in ...

Once upon a time, I spent many long years working on a now-abandoned multigenerational family novel with storylines set in three time perio...

I've still been reading away, enjoying an excellent selection of books: → THE SHAMSHINE BLIND by Paz Pardo: Agent Kay Curtida of the...

Great books this month, and great variety! → THE DEATH AND LIFE OF AUGUST SWEENEY by Samuel Ashworth: August Sweeney was a celebrated ch...

Another season of books approaches, with new novels from so many of my favorite authors! → LAKE EFFECT by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney (M...

I started off the year with a good variety of surprising stories, mostly speculative fiction: → WHAT WE CAN KNOW by Ian McEwan opens in ...

In 2025, I read a lot of good books. And I just read a lot: 57 books total, nearly as many as in 2024 , which was my highest count in a de...

I closed out the year with a poetry collection in addition to the usual assortment of novels. In my next post, I'll take a look back at...

My annual year-end post usually opens with a bit of self-deprecating humor about how my annual year-end post usually opens. Maybe I try to ...

I read some excellent novels last month, but am only realizing now that they all contain a good deal of tragedy. → CURSED DAUGHTERS by O...