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Category Archives: What I’m Reading

Way Below The Angels

This book felt strangely familiar to me. Did I actually read it TWICE?! Harline’s writing style is so manic and run-on. I wonder if he makes a great lecturer in his job as European History professor at BYU. But reading him is like grabbing a squirrel by the tail. Nevertheless, I persisted because I have […]

Harry Potter series

The entire series. Yes, I did. And I am blown away again. The arc of these 7 books is genius. The THEMES! The characters!!!! The dialogue!!!! Just what I needed this season. Thank you, JK Rowling.

Running With Scissors

Well, I am re-reading this and I’m not sure why. Burroughs’ childhood was horrific and, even with his fierce sense of humor and extraordinary writing style (HOW does he remember all of that? HOW does he distill it into a narrative? HOW?!), I guess I simply feel like this: if he can LIVE through it […]

Notes From The Underwire

The title of this book really works in one of Quinn Cummings’ essays but I hate it as a title. Also, the cover art. Quinn was done wrong on both counts because these essays are really good. Well done, Ms. Cummings!

For Goodness Sex

Written for parents by a Human Sexuality teacher from a Quaker high school in Pennsylvania. So good. I wish my kids could be in his class. Darn it. It’s up to me.

Staggerford

There’s probably a name for this kind of novel about small town life where the most prosaic things have an existential feel. I wish I knew what it was. Reading this on the heels of Ordinary Grace makes me feel there MUST be one. Miles, Thanatopsis, Miss McGee, Wayne Workman, Annie and Hank Bird, Beverly […]