The reading pace has picked up! Self finished Olga Zilberbourg’s short story collection in four days. The stories in Like Water and Other Stories were absolutely fascinating:…… Read more “The Dance of Deidameia and Her Women”
Category: Personal Bookshelf
#amreading a Short Story: “One’s Share,” by Olga Zilberbourg
One has a child with one’s partner, a shared child, only to learn that the relationship with one’s child is individual, solely one’s own. The partner’s relationship…… Read more “#amreading a Short Story: “One’s Share,” by Olga Zilberbourg”
Poetry Wednesday: Liu Xia’s “June 2nd, 1989”
Liu Xia is the widow of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo. This poem was part of her collection, Empty Chairs, published in a bilingual edition by Graywolf Press.…… Read more “Poetry Wednesday: Liu Xia’s “June 2nd, 1989””
Looking Back: Granta 133, Autumn 2015
Self has apocalypse on the brain. She’s reading the first novel of the Gone series, by Michael Grant. Because she’s so ornery, she began with Book 4,…… Read more “Looking Back: Granta 133, Autumn 2015”
Flashback Wednesday: Solace Fight Scene
From which you may gather that self has been obsessively re-reading Shards of Earth, by British writer Adrian Tchaikovsky (She is also still reading — and hugely…… Read more “Flashback Wednesday: Solace Fight Scene”
Summer 2022: Reads
So far this summer, self has read 13 books. Six of those were Dr. Ruth Galloway mysteries (Thank you, Elly Griffiths!) Two were Gone novels. One was…… Read more “Summer 2022: Reads”
Poetry Wednesday: 1939-1945 War, by Leontia Flynn
Shatter the windows. Tumble down the wall.Sleep under a curtain in the swimming pooland shelter in the old gymnasium.After the talks, the shying and denial,War has come…… Read more “Poetry Wednesday: 1939-1945 War, by Leontia Flynn”
Poetry Tuesday: Khalil Gibran
For what is it to die but to stand nakedin the wind and melt in the sun?And what is it to cease breathingbut to free the breath…… Read more “Poetry Tuesday: Khalil Gibran”
Author Elly Griffiths, Keeping It Real
Currently reading Book # 10 of the Dr. Ruth Galloway mystery series. “Sit down, Marta. I was wondering — are you planning to go home this summer?…… Read more “Author Elly Griffiths, Keeping It Real”
A New Katherine Addison
Finished The Night Hawks, a hugely enjoyable read. Elly Griffiths is Master of the Farcical Plot Twist, self loves her dry wit and of course her characters:…… Read more “A New Katherine Addison”
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