2019 Reading–December

With travel and a writing residency, it was a busy month, so I finished just six books, but that brought me to 80 for…

2019 Reading–November

November was a busy month for me, in part because of the election early in the month and in part because I left for…

2019 Reading–October

How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee, for me, didn’t live up to the praise I’d heard about the book. While the…

2019 Reading–September

I’m pleased with my September reading, especially because I was traveling a fair amount and also needed to write a book review for one…

2019 Reading — August

I’m not sure why, but I only read five books this month. Possibly because the book club selection this month was a slog. Beautiful…

2019 Reading–July

Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver is the story of a house. Or two houses. Specifically, it’s about Willa Knox, a writer whose family has inherited…

2019 Reading–June

At this rate, I will have read close to 80 books by the end of the year, probably a record for me. On the…

2019 Reading–May

It’s been another big reading month for me, although June could be shaping up to be a lot bigger. Probably the best of my…

2019 Reading–April

This month I managed to read a few things I’ve been wanting to get to for a long time, as well as a couple…

2019 Reading–March

Although March was a crazy month—I spent a week in New York, was busy with the Virginia Festival of the Book, taught at the…