“Thinking is not always…comforting.
It is always good,
but not always comforting.”
― Robin Hobb, Royal Assassin
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2022 – A Year of Good Reading
2022 was a diverting year of reading. The 65 books I’ve logged in Goodreads during the last twelve months run the gambit from general nonfiction to YA literature, memoir to fantasy. While I enjoyed them all to varying degrees, there were some clear stand-outs. Here they are: Historical fiction and literary adaptations are quickly becoming…
Book Review: The Library: A Fragile History
Thank you, NetGalley for the opportunity to read this ARC in exchange for an honest review. Complex and meticulously researched, Andrew Pettegrew and Arthur der Weduwen’s The Library: A Fragile History leads the reader on a tumultuous journey filled with accounts of destruction, loss, power struggles, survival, and above all resilience. From the famed, ancient…
Sarah Blake’s “The Safety of Women”
I was deeply moved by many of the poems in Sarah Blake’s book Don’t Let Me Be Lonely. Some reminded me of similar situational or emotional experiences I’ve had as a mother, while others, like “The Starship,” provided the opportunity to consider the choices that each of us makes to either rebel against or become…
Deborah Lamer is a bibliophile, writer, educator, violinist, and alpaca rancher with MAs in both Educational Technology and English Literature. Her love of Chaucer’s Wife of Bath and recent discovery of The Medieval Podcast has led her down a medieval rabbit hole. You can follow her on Twitter @DeborahLamer.
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