Forgive me; it has been six weeks since I wrote anything here. First, my husband and I went to Ecuador, and then, when we got back, it was close enough to Christmas that the holidays seemed to absorb all my energy. Because I’ve been busy, I haven’t been diligent about keeping up with the book-relatedContinue reading “The Books I Enjoyed Most in 2024”
Tag Archives: Barbara Kingsolver
David Copperfield in Our Times
Animal Dreams (1990) is American writer Barbara Kingsolver’s second novel, but it’s the first one I read, and during the past thirty years, I’ve read it at least twice more. For reasons I still don’t fully understand, it spoke to me in the early nineties as if it were written just for me. It’s obviousContinue reading “David Copperfield in Our Times”
Books We Grow Into
There’s a column in the New York Times called “By the Book,” in which successful writers—or famous people who have written a book, which isn’t quite the same thing—answer questions about their reading habits. If my friend Donna reads an example she particularly likes, she cuts it out and shares it with me over coffee.Continue reading “Books We Grow Into”
Kim Hays 