Coastal Horizons... books, beaches, and backroad adventures

Several bloggers have been sharing their favorite tomes for TTT (Top Ten Thursday), a weekly meme hosted by Jana from That Artsy Reader Girl...

  What do you consider a big book? Over 400 pages? More than 500? In 2023 I read a dozen books over 400 pages. This past year I read fiftee...

  Do you avoid big books? I do, but once I get immersed in one, I don't want it to end! Forget your Goodreads goal and sink into a chunk...

  Fellowship Point by Alice Elliott Dark Fiction 2022 Marysue Rucci Books Finished on October 10, 2023 Rating: 5/5 (Excellent) Publisher...

A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry Fiction 1995 Vintage Books Finished on January 16, 2023 (First read in 1997) Rating: 4/5 (Very Good) Orig...

“Many people have lost the ability to really immerse themselves,” she said. “We have developed a cognitive impatience about our reading.” (D...

Looking Back... In an effort to transfer my book journal entries over to this blog, I'm going to attempt to post (in chronological ord...

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt Fiction 2013 Hachette Audio Reader: David Pittu Finished on October 9, 2014 Rating:3.5/5 (Good) ...

East of Eden by John Steinbeck Fiction (Classic) 1952 Penguin Books Finished on 3/27/14 Rating: 4.5/5 (Terrific!) Publisher’s ...

Under the Dome by Stephen King Fiction 2009 Scribner eBook Finished on 7/9/13 Rating: 3.5/5 (Good) Synopsis: On an entirely...

From Shelf Awareness: Under the Dome , a 13-part series based on Stephen King's novel (media tie-in edition available from Ga...

The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough Fiction 1977 Harper Collins Finished: 10/6/12 Rating: 3.5/5 (Good) There is a legend...

We're supposed to get snow tomorrow. A part of me is dreading this change of seasons, but another part is hopeful that we get snowed in....