This Time for Me, a Memoir by Alexandra Billings with Joanne Gordon I’ve never met Alexandra Billings but I have… Read more This Time for Me
Category: Book Diary
I read a lot. Mostly fiction. I love literature. I try to read the best. Classics more than popular bestsellers. I like the way one novel will lead me to the next, how, (in the way of all great art) novels will reference other novels, or at least make me think of others. Since July 2020 I’ve made it a practice to write a post about every book I read. If you’d like to see if I’ve read a particular book, click on the Reading List.
Living Nonviolent Communication
Living Nonviolent Communication: Practical Tools to Connect and Communicate Skillfully in Every Situation by Marshall Rosenberg, PhD A church community… Read more Living Nonviolent Communication
Search
Search, by Michelle Huneven Search is a novel about a search committee. The setting is the fictional Arroyo Unitarian Universalist… Read more Search
The House of Mirth
The House of Mirth, by Edith Wharton I thought to read Henry James’ Washington Square and this novel, together. Both… Read more The House of Mirth
The Last Impresario
The Last Impresario: The Life, Times, and Legacy of Sol Hurok by Harlow Robinson After meeting Harlow and his husband… Read more The Last Impresario
Washington Square
Washington Square by Henry James Washington Square is a very tight story pulled out like taffy to 175 pages. And… Read more Washington Square
Daisy Miller
Daisy Miller by Henry James Daisy Miller is a novella from James’ early period, published in 1879, after Roderick Hudson… Read more Daisy Miller
Unpublished Novel
A friend of a friend wrote a novel and was looking for readers to give her feedback. My friend thought… Read more Unpublished Novel
Whisky Galore
Whisky Galore by Compton MacKenzie This title was new to me but, being a whisky drinker, immediately caught my attention.… Read more Whisky Galore
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong I’m always happy when friends recommend books, even, as in this case,… Read more On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous