Reading Envy

When I travel, I always make an effort to read something related to where I am.  Sometimes those connections are a bit of a stretch, but it ...

  Since "The Big Game" weekend, I have polished off three more books from the Tournament of Books list.  All have been hard t...

  State: New York (Upstate) - 3 of 52 Baked good: Raw citrus cheesecake Arcadia by Lauren Groff My rating: 3 of 5 stars Why I read it...

State: Kansas (4* of 52) The Lichtenberg Figures by Ben Lerner My rating: 4 of 5 stars Why I read it: Hunting around for authors ...

 State: Indiana (2 of 52) Baked Good: Persimmon Cookies   The Fault in Our Stars by John Green My rating: 3 of 5 stars Why I read it:...

I was too drained to do any book blogging last night (classes start Monday), but I'm going to take a break from my syllabus tweaking ...

The Black Flower: A Novel of the Civil War by Howard Bahr My rating: 4 of 5 stars Growing up in the northwest, the Civil War / War Betwe...