The Booksellers documentary is so, so good. All the bookshelves, rare books, home libraries … and so many kindred spirits talking about their love of books. The whole documentary is beautiful and a little melancholy. Booksellers and librarians are my favorite people. Watch it on Amazon Prime.

Finished reading: Stories of Books and Libraries by Jane Holloway (ed.) 📚 A book of short stories, excerpts and essays about the love of reading and libraries? Of course I’m going to love it. A good father’s day gift for a dad who loves books. ★★★★★

David Copperfield and the Magic of Amazon WhisperSync

I’m currently reading the classic David Copperfield by Charles Dickens 📚 for the first time. I’m reading it on my Kindle with an add-on $3 splurge of the Audible audiobook. I experimented with WhisperSync many years ago when it was first released and found it buggy. For such a low fee, I thought I …

Currently reading: David Copperfield by Charles Dickens 📚

Finished reading: The Death of Grass by John Christopher 📚 A short 1950s SciFi novel about a virus that kills grasses. Starvation and violence breaks out. Governments fall. Civilization crumbles. Except for the very dated portrayal of women, the story felt current. ★★★★☆

Finished reading: The Reformation by Will Durant 📚

Currently reading: The Death of Grass by John Christopher 📚

Finished reading: To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf 📚 An absolute masterpiece. Totally gutted by the end. I can’t believe it took me this long to read it. ★★★★★

Finished reading: Sibley’s Birding Basics by David Allen Sibley 📚 Ah, the inevitable slide into birdwatching. Great introductory guide to help me get started. ★★★★☆

Finished reading: The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin 📚 Characters who love books and reading, lots of fun literary references, a bookstore set on an island … this one could have been written just for me. ★★★★☆

Finished reading: Desperation by Stephen King 📚 Maybe not one of Mr. King’s best efforts, but it was entertaining, and the ending came together better than I expected. ★★★☆☆

Currently reading: Desperation by Stephen King 📚 Tackling the remaining Stephen King books I haven’t read. I usually read fiction on my Kindle, but I have the hardback of this one. I forgot how heavy and unwieldy some of Stephen King books can be!

Finished reading: Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan 📚 I loved this short, spare novella. In 109 pages, Keegan puts you squarely in the mind and body of its protagonist, Furlong. You feel the pangs of long-ago childhood angst, the chill of an Irish cold spell, the ugliness of small town …

Currently reading: Slow Horses by Mick Herron 📚 Lamb’s laugh wasn’t a genuine surrender to amusement; more of a temporary derangement. Not a laugh you’d want to hear from anyone holding a stick. I enjoyed the TV series, but the book is even better.

Finished reading: The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry 📚★★★★★ Better than any argument is to rise at dawn and pick dew-wet red berries in a cup.

Finished reading: Dune by Frank Herbert 📚 ★★★★★

Currently reading: Dune by Frank Herbert 📚 Rereading ahead of seeing the movie. I had forgotten how much I loved this book.

Finished reading: I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh 📚 ★★★☆☆

The End of Private Libraries

There seem to be two kinds of people on this earth—those who love books and everyone else. The bookish have always been far outnumbered, and the gap must be widening in this age of endless digital entertainment. I count myself among the proud minority, but a book, of all things, has brought into …

The End of Private Libraries

There seem to be two kinds of people on this earth—those who love books and everyone else. The bookish have always been far outnumbered, and the gap must be widening in this age of endless digital entertainment. I count myself among the proud minority, but a book, of all things, has brought into …

Currently reading: I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh 📚

Finished reading: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin 📚 This was a good book. I liked the characters and the storyline. The reasons Sam and Sadie found to be mad at the other were a little frustrating, but I think that’s ultimately the lesson they each needed to learn. The …

Finished reading: The Master & Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov 📚

Currently reading: The Reformation by Will Durant 📚

Finished reading: The Renaissance by Will Durant 📚