My Summer Reads
True confession: I’m not a fan of summer. It’s hot. I don’t like hot. But it’s a great time to lounge by the pool or the lake or – let’s …
What I Read in 2018
I’m a big fan of the Goodreads Reading Challenge, which helps me keep track of every book I read. My stated goal this year was 48 books. I sandbagged a …
My Secret to Recommending Books
I love being your personal book gift guide. Ask me to recommend a title for your great-uncle who loves history, but not war stories, something under 300 pages? I am SO …
The latest – reading and writing
At our last update, I was looking for a library book. (I’m still looking.) Since then, I’ve read many good books and written a few reviews. I went to Omaha …
In Search of a Library Book
Because I can never have enough excuses to read books, I’m joining my sister in the Wichita Public Library reading challenge this year. The idea is to read one book …
Favorite 2017 Reads: No. 2
Killers of the Flower Moon was a book crafted, it seemed, to appeal especially to me. It featured true crime, Native American history and was set in the West. And apparently …
Favorite 2017 Reads No. 3
Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing is a perfect companion read to Underground Railroad, the “it” book of 2016. Like Colson Whithead’s novel, it tackles slavery, but from a slightly different perspective. It’s a …
Favorite 2017 Reads: No. 4
The Shadow Land, by Elizabeth Kostova, is a difficult book to describe. It’s a literary thriller. It’s a history lesson about Bulgaria. It’s a timely reminder of the dangers of …
Favorite 2017 Reads No. 5
Number Five on this list takes us back to the Spanish Civil War and another interest of mine, art history. During a visit to Spain this fall, we rented an …
Favorite 2017 Reads: No. 6
The 1970s were my formative years as a little news junkie, so all the weird, creepy events of that decade have a certain hold over my imagination. In 2016, I …