Rebecca Reads

To my surprise, I greatly enjoyed reading The Book that Changed My Life, edited by Roxanne J. Coady and Joy Johannesson.
The Book that Changed My Life is a collection of essays by writers, and since I don’t often read modern fiction, I didn’t expect to recognize many of the authors highlighted, much less did I [...]

I saw How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas Foster on the “New Nonfiction” shelf at the library. I thought I’d take a glance through it when I got home, but I certainly had no intention of reading it: I have a lot of books either in progress or on my bedside table, [...]

I love lists. Lately, I’ve been making lists of my books to read. Weekly Geeks a number of weeks ago was to update something: that tells you something that it’s taken me this long to get my lists updated.
My husband says I’ve been working on reading lists more than I’ve been reading lately. But that’s [...]

I know I’m insane to think about another challenge when I’m already feeling overwhelmed. But I love the concept and the reading list for the Martel-Harper Challenge.

I wrote the other day how I visited the library and got a number of novels.

Half a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Handmaiden’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
Possession by A.S. Byatt
Atonement by Ian McEwan

I am very interested in reading all of them. I’ve only heard great things about them. I [...]

I really love your library system in many ways. It is so great that I can request any book in a Chicagoland library and receive it within the week. That pretty much takes care of any book I’ll ever want to read! I like to visit your branch and browse. Your children’s room is likewise [...]