Annual Book List — 2025
What I Read in 2025 — a compilation of my year’s reading, with an invitation to readers to add a few of their own recommendations to the group book chat. Click through to read, thank you!
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October Reading, 2025 (A Truly Belated Post!)
Yes, travel interrupted my book posting, but I’m here now to tell you what I read in October: there are gems here, of the light and entertaining variety, and also some rich, substantive books you’ll want to savour. Click through to read, and then I hope you’ll join the discussion. Delighted to have you here!
View PostSeptember Reading, 2025
And it’s already the second half of October! Casual greetings on the street are dominated by comments about how chilly it is, and we all have raincoats, boots, and umbrellas on hooks or in closets…
View PostBooks Read in May 2025
A few words from a Guardian article on the value of fiction, and then a peek at my reading journal pages from May. A few mysteries, a couple of memoirs, some nature-writing, and some literary fiction. We’ll travel to England, Ireland, Long Island, Denmark, the Eastern Townships of Quebec, and the southern US, and experience courtship, romance, love, racism, loneliness, and friendship, while living through different ages and by different values in a variety of circumstances. Who’s in? Click through to read more and to help build a conversation about books.
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