Now that I have 40-60 minutes of commuting every workday, I’m getting through more audiobooks. I have a different set of criteria for books I listen to, compared to the ones I read. They can’t be anything too heavy, requiring intense focus: that leaves out anything literary or biographical. I usually stick to lighter women’s […]
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June Book Round-Up
I feel like I’ve been gorging on books lately, but when I looked back, I found I haven’t actually finished many this month. I’m still in the middle of EIGHT! Two on CD in my car, one on my iPhone, one paperback novel, one giant reference on book publishing, and three on my Kindle. This […]
Friday Book Review: The Reason I Jump
I’ve been wanting to read this book ever since the translator, David Mitchell, was interviewed on The Daily Show. This book is ground-breaking- it’s the world’s first authentic, detailed account of what a person with autism thinks, feels and experiences. There are several people to thank for this global phenomenon: the author, Naoki Higashida, a (then) […]
Friday Book Review: Coming Clean
I’m a member of Amazon Prime, so I get a free Kindle book each month from the Kindle Owners Lending Library. Occasionally I’ve hit upon something good in this category (a well-written romance novel, a page-turning thriller) but for the most part, I’ve been disappointed with the selection. But not so in November. I clicked […]
Gratitude Book #2: The Glass Castle
I first read Jeannette Walls’ memoir The Glass Castle several years ago (I reviewed it and its semi-prequel, Half Broke Horses, in one of the first Words From The Sowul posts). I still think about it a lot; I find it on my mind much more than other books I read during the same period. Beyond […]
REVIEW of Summer Reading List 2013
At the beginning of summer, I posted a list of titles I hoped to read this season: Summer Reading List 2013. I didn’t read all the books on the list, but I did get to several. Here are my brief synopses and a review of each: