Nightstand – February 12 2021

Photo by Ylanite Koppens on Pexels.com Greetings on this beautiful Michigan winter morning! I’ve got my coffee, a cat on my lap – and I’ve got a few books going . . . . I just finished The Ten Thousand Doors of January (Alix E. Harrow) and will review it after an online book discussion.……

Snow Day

Hello! I’ve decided to use this blog for more regional and personal posts but I will include links to book posts at my other website, Your Book Group. We are expecting quite the snow dump and frigid temps over the next day or so here in West Michigan. We are well below our cumulative snowfall……

Happy Birthday Edgar Allan Poe

Visit Your Book Group to read the full text of Poe’s short story “The Masque of the Red Death.” It’s creepy – not suprisingly.

A reminder and a request

Hey! I’m seeing some new followers and new likes, which makes me happy. What would make me even happier if is you would like and follow my NEWER blog, http://www.yourbookgroup.com. See you over at the new blog! Be sure to read my most recent post so you know my plans for this week.

Relax with these waves.

We went to Holland State Park to catch the late afternoon sunset today. This is one of the few beaches along our coastline with no major erosion, so I was able to walk about 300 feet from our parking spot to the edge of the waves -so close my shoes got wet when some of……

I’ve moved. Come visit!

The new website is up and running; come see me at Your Book Group. You can navigate with the red menu above photo. To get ideas for what to read next, click on “What to Read Next” and choose your genre. To see all the titles I have reviewed click on All Reviewed Titles. The……

Poetry

Reading a poem is a form of meditation. It requires attention to every word, and awareness of the preceding words as well – one has to be fully present when reading, if one wants to understand the poem. The Academy of American Poets has a website in which you can search for poets and poems,……

Update and a review

I know – what happened to “I’ll update every week?” Life happened, I guess. Working my day job while building the new website, which has had its share of technical issues (which I’m proud to say I solved) takes a fair amount of time, and when I’m not navigating life (cooking, shopping, laundry, cat wrangling……

A Birthday Surprise

No – it’s not my birthday. However, I did discover today, while traveling down a research rabbit-hole, that three of my top ten favorite authors have the same birthday (in different years). C.S. Lewis, author of The Chronicles of Narnia as well as some completely engulfing adult fantasy (Perelandra and Out of the Silent Planet……

Survey

Well hello! The link below will take you to a survey in which you will answer questions about your reading tastes. The goal is to gain insight into readers’ preferences, which will provide some direction for our upcoming new site, Your Book Group. Feel free to take the survey (especially if you plan on visiting……