Materfamilias Writes

Reading by Obligation, Self-Imposed. . .

Reading by Obligation, Self-Imposed. . .

Interestingly, but probably not surprisingly, my reading patterns mirror my personality as clearly as most of my other behaviour patterns. Perhaps even more so.  Duty struggles with pleasure, goals struggle against random temptations, and a…

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And a Last Few Titles of the Year . . .

And a Last Few Titles of the Year . . .

I’m unhappy with how few of the books I read this year made it into a post, even in the briefest review. But I’m busy, and I’m human, and I suppose I always try to…

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More Sebald . . . and some thoughts on sharing books. . .

More Sebald . . . and some thoughts on sharing books. . .

I’ve mentioned here before what a fabulous library we’ve had access to in the house we rent in Bordeaux.  French, English, poetry, travel memoir, autobiography, history, political analysis. . . it’s all here. So many…

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Dai Sijie’s Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

Dai Sijie’s Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

I loved Dai Sijie’s Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress which I found on the remaindered table at Munro’s Books in Victoria where I also picked up Per Peterson’s Out Stealing Horses last winter. It often strikes…

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Reading Concatenation — of Asparagus and Painting and Pleasing Coincidences

Reading Concatenation — of Asparagus and Painting and Pleasing Coincidences

I love when something I’m reading bumps into something I’ve read recently. Of course, this sends the little file clerk who presides over my memory scurrying through the vaults, tossing pages frantically hither and yon,…

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