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A Musing: At Large and At Small
Anne Fadiman, where have you been all my life? I picked up At Large and At Small: Familiar Essays at the library, after reading a blog post by Thinking in Fragments about blogging and the familiar...
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Old Fashioned Girls Book Club!
I very much enjoy reading the Old Fashioned Girls blog — it’s a great mix of bookishness, a view into their travels, yummy things to eat, stylishness, and other delights to come! When they announced...
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State of the Bookworm Address
Just a little hello to say what’s going on in my bookish world! -I’m intensely involved in Our Mutual Friend by Dickens. It’s the last book I haven’t read by him (and his last completed book). What a...
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Seems I’m not the only one…
…whose imagination was captured by Jenny Wren: Lyrics: Like so many girls, Jenny Wren could sing But a broken heart, took her soul away Like the other girls, Jenny Wren took wing She could see the...
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Dickensian
Dickensian. What does it mean to you? Some people think it refers to the social conditions or characters referred to in Dickens’ novels. Others would add sentiment. There was a recent Paris Review...
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A Musing: Our Mutual Friend
Reading Our Mutual Friend was An Experience for me — I looked forward to coming home each night so I could read. I thought about what I read throughout the day. I felt intimately connected to the...
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A Musing: At Home with Madame Chic
At Home with Madame Chic: Becoming a Connoisseur of Daily Life — the title really does say it all. In her latest book, Jennifer L. Scott exemplifies how to revel in the art of everyday living. She’s...
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A Musing: The Paying Guests
The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters is one of the page turning-est, excruciatingly suspenseful books I’ve ever read. It is also one of the books most filled with minute, painstaking detail. It also made...
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A Musing: The Historian
Last week, I had an overwhelming desire to re-read The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova. ‘Tis the season, yes? I’ve spent the last few days clutching my throat, reading wide-eyed late into the night....
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Break(through?).
A little note to say that I’m taking a hiatus from writing about the books that I read here. I’m not sure if it’s a break, or if I’m through with my written musings — but right now I wish to...
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