From Kate’s Writing Crate…
Hectic
week at the magazine. Deadline was moved from the 18th back to the
16th so I’ve had a lot less time to write. For this post, I’ve decided
to continue with my Summer Reading List as some readers may be looking for something
to read.
I did read
Hunger by Roxane Gay which is a
painful memoir, but well-written. Books about trauma are hard to recommend
because readers with similar traumas will have totally different and valid takes
on it.
I also
completed On Wonder and Other Survival
Skills. The essays didn’t all appeal to me so a mixed review. I’m glad I
read it, but not a high recommendation.
I’m
partway through Arthur & Sherlock:
Conan Doyle and the Creation of Holmes by Michael Sims which is an
informative read. Fans will enjoy it. I’ve already added two of the author’s
other books to my reading list: The
Adventures of Henry Thoreau: A Young Man’s Unlikely Journey to Walden Pond and
Charlotte’s Web: E. B. White’s Eccentric
Life in Nature and the Birth of an American Classic.
I also
read chapter one in Astrophysics for People
in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson. I learned a great deal about what
happened in the first five minutes of the Big Bang. I like the book so far.
A friend
recommended Louise Penny’s Chief Inspector Gamache series set in Canada. I like
to read books in order so Still Life
is in my reading pile now.
Another
friend loaned me My Life with Bob: Flawed
Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues by Pamela Paul. Bob is a journal where
Paul lists every book she’s read. More than a list, she shares her thoughts and
parts of her life. Looks good. I’ll let you know.
Word count for the week of July 9-15 was 8,089.
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