Tag Archives: reading

Sort this book

Posted on April 11, 2019 by rossmurray1

“By author, by color, by genre, or by Want to Read versus Read. How are your bookshelves currently organized?” – @Goodreads on Twitter I, of course, have spent considerable time organizing and thinking about how to organize my books, just … Continue reading →

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Put These Books on Your Summer Reading List, Idiot!

Posted on June 28, 2018 by rossmurray1

The Girl Who Was, Like, Whatever By Kelly O’Nelly This literary tour de force from the acclaimed young author of Rockabye Rat Trap tells the story of Kenmore Levinson, a girl so neglected that her mother named her after a … Continue reading →

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Is reading overrated?

Posted on February 22, 2018 by rossmurray1

Chances are if you’re reading this that’s all you’re doing. You might be eating breakfast or possibly doing a chore. Maybe you’re folding laundry and glancing back and forth at these words. If so, you’re not giving it your full … Continue reading →

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Why book lovers are the best

Posted on October 20, 2016 by rossmurray1

For the last several months I’ve been enjoying house concerts in Stanstead. I get to go into someone’s living room and listen to performers as they stand in front of me playing intricate arrangements on instruments that I could never … Continue reading →

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The books in review 2015

Posted on December 31, 2015 by rossmurray1

Let Me Be Frank With You – Richard Ford Not much happens in Ford’s Frank Bascombe books, and this, the fourth, has the least going on of the lot, mostly encounters with acquaintances and loved ones in four separate stories. … Continue reading →

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