What I read in summer 2025

Here's how I define summer: long weekend to long weekend. Memorial Day Saturday through Labor Day Monday, 24 May 2025 through 1 September 2025. Summer is not my favorite season. I do not suffer humidity gladly, so it has always had something of a to-be-endured vibe for me. This summer in Minneapolis started with an … Continue reading What I read in summer 2025 →

Last Three Books Finished, 2025

Last three books I finished. Monsters by Claire Dederer was recommended by a friend. In typical fashion, I nabbed it in hardcover but waited so long to read it that it was out in paperback. Between my Too Many Book Groups, I snuck it in. It grew from a piece Dederer did for The Paris … Continue reading Last Three Books Finished, 2025 →

Thrones, Dominations by Dorothy L. Sayers and Jill Paton Walsh

I recently completed a re-read of Dorothy L. Sayer’s Wimsey novels and decided to continue with Thrones, Dominations, which Sayers began, referred to in her letters many times, but never completed. After her death in 1957, she left behind some handwritten notes about the book, as well as a 179-page handwritten manuscript. There was an … Continue reading Thrones, Dominations by Dorothy L. Sayers and Jill Paton Walsh →

My 2024 in Books

Hello, friends and readers! It's taken me a month to crunch the numbers and titles for what I read in 2024, a very good year in books. I read 104 books, averaging 2 a week. 49 fiction, 20 nonfiction, 15 poetry, 18 graphic novels, and 2 audio books. 70 women authors, 28 male, 2 trans … Continue reading My 2024 in Books →

Friday Reads

Lies and Sorcery by Elsa Morante with #NYRBWomen25 Dancing at the Edge of the World by Ursula K. LeGuin for craft. Where I Live by Maxine Kumin for poetry Decca: the Letters of Jessica Mitford in the nightstand for a few pages before bed. (And maybe some in the morning) What are you reading; what … Continue reading Friday Reads →

November 2024 books

I finished six books last month. Only four are pictured because one was borrowed and one I liked so well I foisted it on a friend right away. And I had to pause in reading two books, because there was not world enough and time. (Having deployed that, I figured I better look up from … Continue reading November 2024 books →