Finished reading: The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout đź“šAn amazing novel. I’ve read a lot of Strout’s books, but this one is special and is by far my favorite. It reminds me of the Joyce story “The Dead”.
A friend of mine has a new substack that I am highly recommending. They take one event/issue related to ecological change and do a deep dive into the science. It’s readable and engaging. Here’s the most recent one on the disaster in Nepal.
Currently reading: Beguilement by Lois McMaster Bujold đź“š
Currently reading: The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout đź“š
Finished reading: The Day the World Came to Town by Jim DeFede đź“šInteresting to read on the 25th anniversary of 9/11. I hope my small town would be as generous and welcoming as those Newfoundlanders.
Finished reading: Jade City by Fonda Lee 📚did not finish. Too much violence, characters I didn’t care about. Interesting world building and magic system, though.
Finished reading: Canticle by Janet Rich Edwards đź“šA beautiful novel about faith and doubt set in 1299 in Flanders.
Currently reading: How the Scots Invented the Modern World The True Story of How Western Europe’s Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything in It by Arthur Herman đź“š
Finished reading: Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold đź“š
Currently reading: The Day the World Came to Town by Jim DeFede đź“šOur September Library Book Club selection.
Currently reading: Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold đź“š
Finished reading: The Warrior’s Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold đź“šGetting started with the Vorkosigan Saga!
Currently reading: Jade City by Fonda Lee đź“š
Currently on-boarding a new client and working on non-profit activities for Sharing Housing, Inc. and the Monadnock Folklore Society.
And I’ve hit my 2026 Reading Goal of 50 books and it’s only August! Thank you to Bookshelves on Micro.blog for helping me keep track.
Currently reading: Colonial New Hampshire A History by Jere R. Daniell đź“š
Finished reading: Everyday Life in Early America by David Freeman Hawke đź“šHeading down a rabbit hole of Colonial America history.
Currently reading: The Warrior’s Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold đź“šContinuing my circumnavigation of the big Bujold series.
Finished reading: The Place of Tides by James Rebanks đź“šSweet non-fiction about spending a summer on a Norwegian North Sea island and thinking about how to live life in the 21st century.
Finished reading: Pauper Auction by Mary Kronenwetter đź“šCute little novel about early 19th-century New Hampshire. A funny mix of historically accurate and anachronistic events.
Currently reading: Pauper Auction by Mary Kronenwetter đź“š
Currently reading: The Place of Tides by James Rebanks đź“š
Currently reading: A man’s place by Annie Ernaux đź“š
Currently reading: Everyday Life in Early America by David Freeman Hawke đź“š
Finished reading: Daughters of the Sun and Moon - A Novel by Lisa See 📚good novel with a horrific middle scene but I forgive the author because it’s a true story of a lynching in LA in 1870.