Once again I’m wrapping up the year by taking a look at some data from my reading habits. Because I didn’t post a retrospective for 2022 or 2023, I’ve decided to include that data here and make my 2024 reading retrospective a look back at the last five years. Disclaimer: Little to no analysis will… Read More 2024 reading retrospective
Baba Yaga is, in a word, iconic. A witch who resides deep in the forest, flies around in a mortar, and lives in a hut that walks on chicken legs? She’s living the dream. It’s almost enough to overlook the fact that she possibly eats children. Of course, my introduction to Baba Yaga was in… Read More 5 faves: Baba Yaga
As I did in previous years, in 2022-2023 I continued to share weekly recommendations for short fiction with my library colleagues. Stories varied from the serious to the silly, the heartfelt to the horrifying. (As usual, I tried not to traumatise my colleagues with anything overly scary or dark.) So if you’re looking for a… Read More Short fiction I recommended to my colleagues in 2022-2023
Once again, I kept track of all the books I read in a year so that I could see if there were any interesting trends in my reading habits. Last year I read 66 books. I didn’t manage to best that number in 2021, but I got pretty close: I read a total of 57… Read More 2021 reading retrospective
People who work in the field of library and information services are either (1) readers, (2) open-minded and willing to try something new, (3) polite enough to smile and nod if something’s not in their realm of interest, or (4) all of the above. So when I began sharing weekly recommendations for short fiction with… Read More Short fiction I recommended to my colleagues in 2020-2021
Thus far in 2021 I’ve had one work published which is eligible for awards season! So if you’re nominating and voting for the Hugos, Nebulas, or even just looking for something to read, please consider: The Reunion by Emily Fox, published by Nature Futures, August 2021 This is a science fiction short story about clones… Read More Awards eligibility: 2021
I didn’t grow up around dogs as a kid—my parents ran a dairy farm in the middle of nowhere, so my childhood did feature plenty of cows, some chickens, two cats, and the occasional guinea pig instead. I only discovered that I was a dog person when I took the plunge and got a dog… Read More 5 faves: Dogs
Last year, for the first time, I decided to keep track of all the books I read. There’s something satisfying about finishing a book and adding it to the ‘read’ list in my diary each month. It’s encouraged me to read more as well. I read a total of 53 books last year and I… Read More 2020 reading retrospective
Given the current pandemic situation and the fact that many of us are in isolation, perhaps feeling cut off from the world, or struggling to reconcile ourselves to this new reality, I think that escapism is more relevant than ever before. And while literature is a form of escapism in and of itself, if you’re… Read More 5 faves: Portals
I’ve never really kept track of the books I read before, but for 2019 I thought it would be interesting to see how many I read in the course of a year. I also hoped that recording the books I read each month would provide some motivation to read more – and it did! While… Read More 2019 reading retrospective
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