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[My Top Cold Weather Writers] Honorable Mention: Charles Dickens
CHARLES DICKENS Charles Dickens REASON: Is it possible to get through winter without pulling out a volume of Dickens? What a desperate, weary, chilly world his characters inhabit! It is enough to make...
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A Reading List a Mile Long: Daedalus Books New Arrivals Winter 2014
Sorry! The English and Their Manners by Henry Hitchings. $17.95. Death and the Dolce Vita: The Dark Side of Rome in the 1950s by Stephen Gundle. $5.98. The Giant of the French Revolution: Danton, A...
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A Reading List a Mile Long: Daedalus Books New Arrivals Late Spring 2014
The Unreliable Life of Harry the Valet: The Great Victorian Jewel Thief by Duncan Hamilton. $4.98. Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa’s Greatest Explorer by Tim Jeal. $6.98. Gilded Youth: Three...
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A Reading List a Mile Long: Daedalus Books New Arrivals Midsummer 2014
“It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.”-Oscar Wilde Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression by Morris Dickstein....
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A to Z Reading Challenge: My Answers
I ran across this on Not a Punk Rocker. I enjoyed reading her answers, so I thought I would participate, too. It’s not as if I am working against a deadline today. Nope, I am not shirking my...
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Love at First Site: What Should I Read Next?
The website What Should I Read Next? is exactly what it sounds like. Users enter a favourite book title or author, and the site’s database is mined for a “similar” option. What Should I Read Next? is...
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Seven (Eccentrically) Themed Reading Lists for Summer
I don’t know about you, but my To Be Read List doesn’t need more entries. It’s already massive, unwieldy, and intimidating. With summer officially here, though, it’s natural to dream of sunny days...
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What Are You Reading in November?
What is on your reading list this month? Have you given yourself permission to take it easy, as the year comes to a close? Or, as we race the clock to 2016, are you trying to stuff as many books into...
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What Are You Reading in December?
What is on your reading list this month? Have you given yourself permission to take it easy, as the year comes to a close? Or, as we race the clock to 2016, are you trying to stuff as many books into...
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What Are You Reading in January?
What is on your reading list this month? How are you approaching the new reading year? Eagerly? Obsessively? Or slowly but surely? I recently started doing research for a book I’ll be writing later...
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What Are You Reading in February?
What is on your reading list this month? How are you approaching the new reading year? Eagerly? Obsessively? Or slowly but surely? This is a really light reading month for me, as I am spending a third...
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What Are You Reading in March?
What is on your reading list this month? Do your reading habits change with the seasons, or are you at all times equal opportunity? After last month’s lighter vacation reading schedule, I’m back to my...
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What Are You Reading in April?
What is on your reading list this month? Do your reading habits change with the seasons, or are you at all times equal opportunity? I haven’t finished one book this month, although I am quite close to...
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A Reading List a Mile Long: Daedalus Books Summer Preview 2016
If I’m not reading, I’m adding books to my to-be-read list. That list is monstrously long–maybe not a mile, but getting there! Here are some of my newest additions, courtesy of the Spring Preview 2016...
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What Are You Reading in May?
What is on your reading list this month? Do your reading habits change with the seasons, or are you always equal opportunity? I’ve kind of been all over the place this month, reading wise, which is...
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What Are You Reading in June?
It’s a new season! Have you changed your reading habits to suit the demands of warmer weather, or do those habits stay steady year-round? I’ve been so wrapped up in creative projects, that my reading...
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What Are You Reading in July?
Do you believe in the concept of beach reads? I don’t. Not for me, anyway! My habits are fairly solid year-round. Things are finally back on-track for me; I had a couple of really light reading months....
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What Are You Reading in August?
Do you believe in the concept of beach reads? I don’t. Not for me, anyway! My habits are fairly solid year-round. I’ve been burning through books the last few weeks, which, coming on the heels of a few...
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A Reading List a Mile Long: 15 Additions for September
If I’m not reading, I’m adding books to my to-be-read list. That list is monstrously long–maybe not a mile, but getting there! Here are some of my newest additions, courtesy of Bas Bleu, Daedalus, and...
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What Are You Reading in October?
I have been too busy to do much reading this month, but, between now and Halloween, I’m going to try my best to make up for lost time. Since 1st October, I’ve finished: Louisa Catherine: The Other Mrs....
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