This is a little stream of consciousness post- you in? I like to keep AI guessing. Big news on the reading front: I added a bookcase to the collection. This will solve it all, right? I call it my library - my scattered shelves, overflowing with books I love, books I've halfway started then bookmarked with my short attention span and the ones waiting until I have the time. I saw a two bookshelf set with a ladder on Facebook marketplace the other day, but decided dreams of Bell

Today's special guest book reviewer is my husband, Steve. He's been on a roll lately with reading some great books and I asked if he'd be willing to review a few for us! I will refer to him as H (husband) below. Let's start with the most important question: Do you mind when I buy books? H: No, of course not! I get a new book every now and then. How are they being paid for? Me: ....So! Let's get to that interview. Steve, what do you enjoy about reading? And does it come natura

Good news: I'm writing this while it's pouring rain - so there is an extra layer of Very Literary on top of this. Can you feel it? Bad news: it's been about 18 months since I did a book review, and I'm overwhelmed by the thought of trying to tell you all the good books I've met! In the middle of that time, for a semester, I audited a "reading literature" book discussion group at my old grad school. I - and three others - were up on tv screens on a wall in Dallas, while the r

We live close to train tracks that carry freight cars all day, all night. Frequently - especially on weekends - you will find trainspotters standing around, camp chairs set up, binoculars, old style video recorders in hand, phones at the ready as they wait for the scheduled engine to pass by. I can't relate to this passion, but I can appreciate how this is fun for them. To me, watching someone enjoy a niche interest, or seeing someone with a unique talent points to a Creator

Typically, I read non-fiction in winter, which means I have a great batch of recommendations for you today. I read seven books so far...

I have an hour of free time between errands. I head toward my favorite stop: the bookstore. I drift between genres, picking up books...

My attention span has been shorter than normal and my time allowed for reading has been practially nil, friends. So this list is short...

I stand in the kitchen on a rainy October day eating blueberry coffee cake. My mom has been diagnosed with cancer. Life throws us this...

I always try to have a good mix of genres while reading, and some of my favorites are true stories. I've always felt reading memoirs and...