I didn’t post one of these in November, because I only read 4 books. I fell into an awful slump, and the books I chose to read were not fast paced enough to get me out of that slump. Luckily, after finishing Anna Karenina, I felt a huge sense of accomplishment, which propelled me to read even more in December. I will be posting my annual “Best of” post in a few days, but I wanted to update this before I began working on that one.
I love rereading books! I often find that when I revisit a book after a few years, I find new things to connect to and new details I missed out on the first go round. This is a list of ten books that I love rereadng and will definitely reread in the future!
This year, I made a not-so-resolution to be a better reader. (I made a lot of not-so-resolutions, in that I wrote none of them down, made no actionable goals for them, but still think of it as a lofty dream...) This version of me, the "better reader" would read all of the books I currently … Continue reading On Quitting Books
This summer, there hasn't been a whole lot of reading getting done. I know exactly why.Procrastination.I'm falling prey to it, just like my students. All summer long, I could have been reading glorious contemporary fiction that sucks me in. Instead, I've been feeling guilty about not completing my summer reading. I didn't want to read … Continue reading A Summer of Classics
Whew! Came back to TTT just in time for a kick in the pants about the fact that 1) IT IS SUMMER, 2) I have all the free time, and 3) Remember how much I love reading?While some of these novels are definitely for work, not play, I think I should get through all of … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: My Summer TBR
Some of you may have noticed (at least the 15 people that still visit this blog might have noticed) that I've been in a slump. Not a life slump, per se, but a reading and blogging slump. I haven't read a book since our book club book back in March, even though I have 10 … Continue reading What a Slump.
