March Wonder Pens Read Pick: The Friend by Sigrid Nunez
Of the many, many things that have fallen by the wayside, we are now picking back up again our Wonder Pens Reads. I had meant to get onto this: there had been real, actual delays and then many more self-constructed delays, but I am back. For (January-) March, we have The Friend, by Sigrid Nunez.
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.