Books I Read (and recommend) in 2024

(from mid December 2023 up until Nov. 18th 2024, anyway.) I surrendered my volunteer reading position with Orca Literary Magazine this summer, and this has allowed me to read (or at least start to read) more published works this year than last, fifty-five including a few “read” as audiobooks as of the time I decided … Continue reading Books I Read (and recommend) in 2024 →

My 4-Star Reads in 2023

Since I’ve been reading “slush” for Orca Literary magazine this year – lots of poems and short stories and some creative non-fiction submissions, which it would be unprofessional for me to talk about much - Because of that slush reading, I haven’t been able to read quite as many books this year as in the … Continue reading My 4-Star Reads in 2023 →

2022 Reads

Between November 15 2021 and November 15, 2022 I read… 83 Books (although some I didn’t read all the way through, and some were audiobook listens rather than reading) Of which: 14 were non-fiction 14 were Advance Reader’s Copies 18 were westerns And 2 were in French Here were my favourite books… The Storm in … Continue reading 2022 Reads →

Spectral Lines: Poems about Scientists

Over sixty poems there is a lot to enjoy, and if you think that it won't take much time to read 126 pages of mostly short poems, (most are no more than a page) you might find yourself surprised and taking more time than you expected, to give each poem time.

Books I enjoyed most this year

Books! The Best of those I’ve Read Between December 2020 and Nov. 15 2021 Listed in no particular order – Out of 81 total books read/listened to over the past year-or-so The Mirror and The Light – by Hilary Mantel – the third in the Wolf Hall/Thomas Cromwell trilogy is a wonderful literary challenge, immersing … Continue reading Books I enjoyed most this year →