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Housekeeping by Marilyn Robinson is one of those books that keeps popping up on must-read lists or group-read lists.  I really didn...

Eventide is evening, in the poetic sense, and Kent Haruf chose well when he chose this title for the second novel in his series set in f...

I read Bel Canto , by Ann Patchett, a couple of months ago but never got around to posting a blog on it.  Between getting ready for vaca...

Of all the books on my TBR shelf, I think The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles has been there the longest.  I always meant ...

Welcome to 2016!  Now that the holidays are officially over, it's time to enjoy winter.  I know that sounds crazy, but I like winter ...

I haven't really found a TBR challenge that I like now that the TBR Pile Challenge that Adam at Roofbeamreader.com is no longer arou...

I finished Wally Lamb's 897-page tome, I Know This Much is True , two days ago.  And with it completed the TBR Pile Challeng e for 20...

Now that I've finished the 2014 TBR Pile , I've been happily composing my reading list for the 2015 TBR Pile Challenge , once aga...

Down to the wire, but I made it!  Just finished book 12 from my 2014 TBR Pile Challenge . This challenge is hosted by  Roof Beam Reader ,...

I'm finishing up the 2014 TBR Pile Challenge with David Liss's A Conspiracy of Paper .  I didn't care for his The Whiskey Re...

I can't remember where I heard about Neil M. Gunn 's novel Highland Rive r, but I think it was probably a Scottish author rea...

Wallace Stegner is becoming one of my favorite writers.  I really enjoyed his The Angle of Repose , which I read three years ago--has it ...

One of the last books that I read in college was The Sibyl , by Par Lagerkvist.  The book won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1951.  I...

I loved doing this challenge in 2013 and discovered some wonderful books that were "hidden" on my TBR shelf for lo these many y...

I am happy to announce that I completed the  TBR Pile Challenge 2013, hosted by  Roof Beam Reader , and am definitely signing up for it ...

I visit NYC a couple of times a year, but I like to visit it even more often in my reading. Reading is a great way to tap into the heartbeat...

Okay, this is one challenge that I can definitely get behind.  Twelve books from my TBR shelves that I've had for over a year--revie...