There were some plonkers, a lot of good but not great books, and a few excellent books that graced my year. My average rating for the 46 books I read this year was 3.5, achieving an almost normal distribution! (Nerd joy!). The pandemic has made it more clear that when possible, I should support the … More Books which carried me through 2020: Top 12 picks
I have talked about this before. Y’all know I am a bookworm. (See The books that made my 2019, 2018 between the covers (of great books), Awesome books for kids, Read good books). Most years, I read between 40-50 books and I get enormous satisfaction writing tiny reviews and tracking the books on Goodreads. I always dreamed of … More Books in other forms
Amid all the hustle and chaos of 2019 (ahem finishing my PhD, starting my senior research fellowship etc), I have managed to escape to extraordinary places, from the wild marshes of North Carolina, Vietnam in the 60s, the hospital wards of London, and the streets of the fictional Gilead. While I read fewer books than … More The books that made my 2019
I don’t think it would come as a huge surprise learn that (a) I love to read, and (b) I love to track things. So each year, I set a Goodreads goal and spend many hours buried between the covers of great (and good, and bad, and mediocre) books! This year, I set an … More 2018 between the covers (of great books)
This one will be filed under “Things I probably have no business discussing, but that I have opinions on anyway, and since this is my website, I will share them with the world.” As previously discussed, I am a HUGE book worm. I was pretty pumped at the arrival of my niece and nephew, as it … More Awesome books for kids
Freedom call and Pippi runs The girl who never heard she couldn’t do something Watch out world cuz here she comes And she bound to teach you more than one thing Pippi Longsticking is coming into your town The one no one can keep down, no no no no The one who’s fun to be … More Pippi Longstocking
I was the biggest bookworm when I was a kid. I remember staying up all night reading, listening for the step on the staircase the creaked to alert me that my parents were coming to check that I was asleep. But I consumed books like air. I wish I had pictures of the old tiny … More Read good books
Lovely Outliers 