On Reading
Reader, Come Home by Maryanne Wolf
I recently finished this book, Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World, by Maryanne Wolf. It’s a book about the ways our brains are changing, especially young, still-developing minds, with the increasing pervasiveness of the digital world, screens everywhere all the time.
A (Very) Few Indigenous Titles
I had meant to get this together during the month when we were reading Braiding Sweetgrass, but things got away from me.
August Wonder Pens Reads: Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Cutting it close again, but here to announce August’s Wonder Pens Reads: Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
Thoughts on Reading More
One of the things that’s keeping me sane these days is enjoying the piles of books on my desk. I love reading them, but I also just love having them around.
July’s Wonder Pens Reads: Braiding Sweet Grass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
When we first launched having a book of the month, we selected the first several months of our monthly book picks at one go to be able to get everything organized, all our ducks in a row, notecards printed, etc.
The Iliad and The Odyssey Retold by Gillian Cross
We’ve slowly begun carrying more and more books, and it’s been a lopsided, staggering journey.
Wonder Pens Reads The Emissary by Yoko Tawada
If you’ve been following us for some time, you may remember that many moons ago, we had a staff book club, and we read some books that I really enjoyed. Alas, as staff have come and gone, our staff book club has taken a sabbatical, and it’s something I miss tremendously.
On Reading Long Books
If you’ve been following the blog for a while, you’ll know that I’ve been slogging through Middlemarch, a Victorian novel in the same vein as Jane Austen or Jane Eyre, except quite a bit longer.Â
Calligraphy Books
Last year we began bringing in books for the shop, special ordering books for customers, and having some beautiful calligraphy or art books for browsing in store. Since the quarantine started and library closed, though, I’ve begun scrolling online publishers’ catalogues late into the night, looking for books for Caleb and Naomi, making lists, and in the process discovering some treasures that would be great for the shop.