I have a confession. I have never read Boris Pasternak’s Dr. Zhivago. Not such a big deal, but I thought that I had read it, convinced myself that I had, and even added it to my “Have Read” books on Goodreads. I have removed it from that list. I wanted to revisit the … Continue reading Remembering Dr. Zhivago
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2018 Book Favorites
It’s never a bad time to celebrate great books, so I am happy to recognize my favorite titles from 2018. I read 80 last year (28 more than in 2017), and I had a lot of good reading to choose from. I have narrowed them down to my top ten fiction and nonfiction titles and … Continue reading 2018 Book Favorites
Five Reasons to Read During Severe Weather
In my world, this is the season for watching the sky and our favorite weather broadcasters. A couple of weeks ago, we used our tornado shelter for the first time since last year. The severe weather was of short duration, about 30 minutes in the shelter and several hours of tracking the storms … Continue reading Five Reasons to Read During Severe Weather