Beach Reads??!!

Time for some summer reading recommendations! Summer is traditionally a time for light beach reads--romances, mysteries, and such.  But when I was teaching, summer break was when I’d have time to finally tackle the longer, more heavy duty tomes.  If that’s your habit as well, you might want to curl up in an air-conditioned room … Continue reading Beach Reads??!!

Celebrating Books

I’ve heard it said that Russian novels are so long because Russian winters are so cold!  What better way to spend time inside than reading a book?  In Iceland I hear there’s a tradition of gifting family and friends with books and chocolate so they may take to their beds cozy and satisfied for a long … Continue reading Celebrating Books

Good Summer Reads

Marketers would have us believe that summer is the time for books that are light and frothy, suitable for beach or poolside reading.  But since I generally didn’t work for eight to ten weeks every summer I often used that time to tackle some massive classic.  Last summer I pushed myself through Doris Lessings’ The … Continue reading Good Summer Reads