One of these things is not like the other.
All of them fascinating and brilliant in their own way, one kept creeping back into my thoughts long after finishing, meaning it merited a review…
(more…)July 2023 Reads
Completing the Author-to-Reader Circuit
July was a banner month for reading, as you’ll note from the graphic. As you’ll also note from the graphic, I am quite the design expert.
One of my 2023 resolutions (bwahaha, remember those?) was to write more reviews of books. The rule I set for myself was to write a review for any book that I was still thinking about many hours after turning the last page.
Reviews require a different sort of engagement with a book. It’s academic and emotional. It is a way of helping complete the circuit of author-to-reader.
Punky Tweenerhood
Last weekend I took my 11-year-old daughter clothes shopping, hoping we’d get a jump on back-to-school prep. (Back-to-school season now starts somewhere in June, if everything I see is any indication.) Our mission took us through multiple stores, like hapless Goldilockses in search of the elusive Just Right.
It was no walk in the park.
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Jackie Pick 