November 16, 2020 – Simple Tricks & Nonsense

Read and Reading

Did I finish reading anything last week other than my Deal Me In story? No. But I did start reading something new.

We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence

What’s Nonfiction reviewed We Keep the Dead Close by Becky Cooper. I’m working on a nonfiction project myself, and this book seems like something I should look at as well as being an engaging read. I put it on hold at the library, figuring I had two weeks to finish up Edison’s Eve. Foiled by the library, it became available Friday. So, I started reading it on Friday.

The second half #Sherlockathon was a bit of a bust for me, but did I really expect differently considering my track record with TBR lists? (I love making ’em, barely ever stick to ’em…) Still, it was a fun event, and I’ll give it another go if the organizers decide to do it again.

Deal Me In

Week 45: 10♦️
“The Letters” by Edith Wharton – The title of the Wharton anthology I’m reading is Tales of Men and Ghosts. Honestly, there have been too many stories of the former and not enough of the latter. “The Letters” is about a man, but through the lens of a woman who loves him, despite his being occasionally very negligent. For a story published before 1910, the actions of the young woman feel surprisingly contemporary.

(Yes, I’m still a week behind.)

Classics Club Spin #25

It’s easy. At your blog, before next Sunday 22nd November 2020, create a post that lists twenty books of your choice that remain “to be read” on your Classics Club list.
This is your Spin List.

On Sunday 22nd November, we’ll post a number from 1 through 20. The challenge is to read whatever book falls under that number on your Spin List by 30th January, 2021.

Yeah, yeah, I know what I just said about lists…