Method to Her Madness
Tuesday, January 7, 2025
Some great reads from 2024
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I read 124 books in 2024: my goal every year for a while now has been 100 plus the last two digits of the year. Here are five standouts in v...
Monday, July 17, 2023
A Kinder, Gentler Dubus?
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When I have described Andre Dubus III in the past to people who do not know his work, I used to say, "The man writes only tragedies....
Friday, July 22, 2022
Coming of Age: Girls on a Mission (and one boy)
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I recently read two books that reminded me of each other, and of a classic that has been fading in my memory, so now I'm rereading it. A...
Monday, June 27, 2022
Emily St. John Mandel's Reading List
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At the end of Emily Mandel's Sea of Tranquility , she lists these eleven books (including her own Station Eleven , must be a favorite n...
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
Bringing characters alive: Penelope Lively
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I've been on a Penelope Lively kick lately. I first discovered her on my mission to read all the Booker Prize winners in 2018. Her Moon ...
Thursday, February 17, 2022
A Triptych: Women and Art
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I recently read three books in a row, not exactly on purpose, about women and art. I'll start with the most popular and my least favori...
Saturday, January 8, 2022
The Bookshop of Yesterday's Cliches
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The Bookshop of Yesterdays, by Amy Meyerson (2018) The more I think about it, the more disgruntled I am that I finished this book instead of...
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