Too Soon? A look at COVID novels

Eventually, there will be a flood of them. Books written about (and some, no doubt, during) our collective and oh-so-individual…

YA and MG Favorites of 2021

I typically read in the adult category more than kid lit, but this year I read 14 young adult and…

As I detailed in my 2021 Reading – By the Numbers post, my nonfiction reads last year were pretty evenly…

I read forty-six adult fiction books this year. Twelve were historical novels, ten were thrillers, and 24 I’ve categorized as…

I read 115 books this year. 37,600 words, if one is to believe word counts from Goodreads. That’s a lot…

A lot of people had a difficult time reading in 2020. With the world in such a mess, it can…

I’ve heard there are some writers who just start. These writers, if I’m to believe the stories, put pen to…

On January 1, 2018, my friend Chad and I decided to start a Facebook reading group. It wasn’t supposed to…

On the evening of January 31, 2019, I sat in a third floor classroom of Loft Literary in Minneapolis and…

March 4, 2006 The phone rang at our Texas home on Saturday afternoon. It was the nursing home Dad had…