Howdy, Saloners! I hope you all had a pleasant reading week. Mine was not too bad. I finished two books, reviewed one, and am in the middle of three. Serial monogomy? Not me! Read & reviewed: Matrimony, by Josh Henkin. If you missed my post, do check it out. It was a very weird experience reading [...]
Category Archives: Sunday Salon
Sunday Salon: All over the map
Greetings, Saloners! My reading this week was all over the map: time, place, even genre. From historical fiction to non-fiction to High Art. I’m reeling from the shock! In the best possible way, of course. Historical fiction First, I started into The Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett. It’s the first of a series, The Lymond Chronicles, that [...]
Sunday Salon: Comfort zones
Greetings, Saloners! I believe I’ve missed two or three Sundays in a row. All kinds of busyness, including one kid’s birthday, another’s trip to camp, rolling out a new theme for my blog (come see it!)… and so on and so forth and all the rest, et cetera et cetera et cetera. (That was a quote [...]
Sunday Salon: Two short reviews, a problem, and a challenge
Greetings, Saloners! I hope you all had a good reading week. Here’s a summary of mine: I read two books, experienced an unexpected problem with DailyLit, and set myself a reading challenge. Here are the details… The two I read The Book Thief, by Marcus Zusak. Oh, this was good. I was on the verge of hating [...]
Sunday Salon: Hustvedt & Novik
Greetings, Saloners! I hope you all had a good week of reading. I know I did! I finished one very good novel, started another even better one, and had several library holds come in all at once, including an ILL — all of which were recommended by bloggers. :) The one I finished The very good novel [...]
Sunday Salon: Fairy tale princess
I’ve been thinking about fairy tale princesses this week. When I was a kid we had a recording of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tales, narrated by Danny Kaye. I used to listen to it a lot. Finding this image of the album cover gave me quite a pang of nostalgia, let me tell you! Anyway, my [...]