Saturday, May 23, 2026

The Sabbatical

Through the months of March and April, I read one book.  One book.  Never have I read so little.

Why?

  1. Busy schedule.  Just too busy.  I must slow down and make better choices, mainly ones that relate to my teaching schedule.  Just too much.
  2. Technology.  I find that when tired, reaching for my phone and mindlessly strolling is just too easy.  Getting into and learning about another book's life was just more energy than I had any interest in obtaining.  Just crazy, right?
Having typed those reasons, I may read lazy between the lines?!   This is not a word that I like to associate with myself.  (In my defense, this school year has been one of the more busiest ones ever!)

Summer is here...and reading is back!  For my first series, I am reading a book of ten (short) novels (novelettes?) about a family from Strawberry Sands, Michigan.  This has been a great way to dive back into a world that is not my own.

Next up:  a who-done-it series!  Then, all my books I missed for several book clubs.

I am looking forward to a busy summer of travel via books!

Saturday, January 3, 2026

Just Twelve Books...

This will be year four of my participating in Twelve Books-Twelve Friends-Twelve Months, of asking friends to request a book each thinks I should read.

Always interesting to see who and then what books each will encourage my reading!

Confession:  I have yet to read them all.  I start off find...and then I get to a really long one or get to a busier time of my year.  So...I am behind.  Much to look forward to in my retirement years!  All these recommended books!

This years twelve recommendations are as follows:

  1. Anthony Defore - This Tender Land
  2. Rochelle Dalton - Love in Tandem
  3. Natalie Greenfield - Theo of Golden
  4. David Ward - I Am the Messenger
  5. Kaila Murphy - Boyfriend
  6. Kayla House - The Unmasking of June Farrow
  7. Kayla House - The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip
  8. Crystal Kemp - It's Ok That You're Not Ok
  9. Dr. Tebbetts - My Friends
  10. Mark Skelton - The Three-Body Problem
  11. Jeanne Trawick - My Beloved
  12. Danielle Adams - The Unselected Journals of Emma M Lion



I am looking, very much, to reading in 2026!