Tom Smith
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Books read in November. One for #NYRBWomen25 and a couple for Native American Heritage Month. Sad to see the end of the Barrøy Chronicles and Roy Jacobsen. 5 years from reading the first to the last was too long a gap, so a re-read is planned.
December 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Books read in November. One for #NYRBWomen25 and a couple for Native American Heritage Month. Sad to see the end of the Barrøy Chronicles and Roy Jacobsen. 5 years from reading the first to the last was too long a gap, so a re-read is planned.
It's a historical novel about the clash of cultures (Sami, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, and Russian) in Sápmi during the 1850s. Much of it is centered around the real live religious figure Lars Levi Laestadius: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Le.... Just started, but I love it so far.
November 25, 2025 at 5:39 AM
It's a historical novel about the clash of cultures (Sami, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, and Russian) in Sápmi during the 1850s. Much of it is centered around the real live religious figure Lars Levi Laestadius: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Le.... Just started, but I love it so far.
Fortunately I'm off full time now and I'll be enjoying these three.
November 25, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Fortunately I'm off full time now and I'll be enjoying these three.
October reading with Scandinavia well tepresented. Not pictured: The Captive by Marcel Proust. I enjoyed all but the Garcia Marquez. My favorites were Orbital, The Postcard, and Mirror to Shoulder, Signal. #NYRBWomen25
November 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
October reading with Scandinavia well tepresented. Not pictured: The Captive by Marcel Proust. I enjoyed all but the Garcia Marquez. My favorites were Orbital, The Postcard, and Mirror to Shoulder, Signal. #NYRBWomen25
Just finished Slouching Towards Babylon. Next up are I Used to be Charming and Didion & Babitz. #NYRBWomen25
October 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Just finished Slouching Towards Babylon. Next up are I Used to be Charming and Didion & Babitz. #NYRBWomen25
September reading. Favorites were Occupation Journal and Look at Me. #NYRBWomen25 #SpinsterSeptember
October 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
September reading. Favorites were Occupation Journal and Look at Me. #NYRBWomen25 #SpinsterSeptember
Couple of visitors this morning.
June 25, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Couple of visitors this morning.
Read in January. The highlights for me were Tom Jones, Trees, and The Omnivore's Dilemma. Spent a lot of time with Lies and Sorcery and Swann's Way. #NYRBWomen25 #AContinuation25 #Proust25
February 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Read in January. The highlights for me were Tom Jones, Trees, and The Omnivore's Dilemma. Spent a lot of time with Lies and Sorcery and Swann's Way. #NYRBWomen25 #AContinuation25 #Proust25
Finally posting November and December reads. Too many slow reads in November, but December was very productive and everything was great. Finished 21 of 23 for #NYRBWomen24 skipping two rereads.
January 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Finally posting November and December reads. Too many slow reads in November, but December was very productive and everything was great. Finished 21 of 23 for #NYRBWomen24 skipping two rereads.
Post a film still from the year you were born.
November 25, 2024 at 3:26 AM
Post a film still from the year you were born.
October was a good reading month for me. Finished The Vegetarian just before the Nobel announcement. It was a favorite, along with the Freya Stark and the two Deborah Levy books. #NYRBWomen24
November 20, 2024 at 5:29 AM
October was a good reading month for me. Finished The Vegetarian just before the Nobel announcement. It was a favorite, along with the Freya Stark and the two Deborah Levy books. #NYRBWomen24
October reading. I enjoyed them all, but perhaps the Solnit was my favorite. Loved the references to two books I own: Views of the Mississippi and Death Valley in '49. Read two for #NYRBWomen23 and the Jackson for #1962club.
November 2, 2023 at 8:58 PM
October reading. I enjoyed them all, but perhaps the Solnit was my favorite. Loved the references to two books I own: Views of the Mississippi and Death Valley in '49. Read two for #NYRBWomen23 and the Jackson for #1962club.
Great time in Iowa City last night seeing Werner Herzog in conversation with Andrei Codrescu about his new memoir.
October 17, 2023 at 4:46 AM
Great time in Iowa City last night seeing Werner Herzog in conversation with Andrei Codrescu about his new memoir.
New additions to my library from the Moline library book sale and a visit to Prairie Lights. A table full of nature books from a single donation. Another person donated two tables of French lit, which sadly I can't begin to read.
October 15, 2023 at 4:43 PM
New additions to my library from the Moline library book sale and a visit to Prairie Lights. A table full of nature books from a single donation. Another person donated two tables of French lit, which sadly I can't begin to read.
September reads included books for #NYRBWomen23, #CzechLitMonth, and #SpinsterSeptember
October 10, 2023 at 12:45 AM
September reads included books for #NYRBWomen23, #CzechLitMonth, and #SpinsterSeptember
Currently reading red
September 9, 2023 at 8:34 PM
Currently reading red
Another great month of reading in August. Eight books for #WITMonth, two for #NYRBWomen2023, and seven writers who were new to me. I loved all but the Bronsky and my favorites were the Giono, Nors, and Djavadi.
September 1, 2023 at 2:32 AM
Another great month of reading in August. Eight books for #WITMonth, two for #NYRBWomen2023, and seven writers who were new to me. I loved all but the Bronsky and my favorites were the Giono, Nors, and Djavadi.