California: a fat wave* of options
Holy cow, y’all. I’ve made it to California (in my reading project). After STRUGGLING to find suitable Arkansas-set novels written by Arkansas authors (it was a STRUGGLE. more on that in a future...
View ArticleHousewarming party at Andrea Reads America
Okay, so there’s not really a party on my new site. BUT. After six weeks of tireless editing, revisions, uploading of media, arrangement of photo galleries, and transferring of posts from Butterfly...
View ArticleHave you ever learned a critical lesson from an only okay book?
A man without a wife can be lonely in a big black Mercedes, no matter how many readers he has. – Howard Jacobson Have you ever read a book that just didn’t do it for you, but had one character, one...
View ArticleI abandoned a book last night
I officially quit on a book last night. Shelved it under DNF (did not finish) on Goodreads, removed it from the homepage of my Nook, and resumed the recurrent task of trying to find something gripping...
View ArticleMaybe characters don’t have to be my friends
To those who have found Nora hard to like, Messud points out that she would seem extremely likable if you met her, “and that’s the point. It costs her a great deal to be a likable character …...
View ArticleSix short stories to listen to right now
I was asked in a recent job interview, “What’s a major decision you would like another go on?” I answered that I wouldn’t change anything. Every choice I’ve made in my life has led me to the point I’m...
View ArticleDelaying gratification
I am super excited. I’m about to start on an entirely new and foreign-to-me part of the country on my Andrea Reads America reading project: Idaho. What I’m most giddy about is that there is an author...
View ArticleI’ve arrived in Maine!
Well, not in real life: I’ve arrived in the New England state on my reading journey of the United States. I finished reading Louisiana, and now I get to move on to Maine — in winter! We lived in Maine...
View ArticleFlitting colours and festering skies
After arriving in Las Vegas last week for a work trip, I opened up my hotel room to my co-workers. I stayed in one of three social suites where we hung out at night to talk, snack, drink, and play...
View ArticleI’m about to read Massachusetts, and I’m overwhelmed by the possibilities
I finished Maryland on my reading tour of the US — three books set in each state and written by an author from that state — and as I do every time I finish a state, as soon as I finished Maryland, I...
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