Currently Reading
SO busy lately—working, traveling (first to a conference and then to visit family), and remodeling the house, which, since spring has sprung, now also involves the perennial borders, courtyard, and vegetable garden! Â But I am managing to keep at least one book going at a time. Â On a road trip last week I enjoyed Kazuo Ishiguro’s latest: Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall; I picked this up from the library as part of my “deep reading” project (I’m still deep reading–reading everything by–Ishiguro, Shirley Hazzard, and Iris Murdoch). Â I hope to review it here soon. Â Also, in honor of Shakespeare’s birthday over the weekend, I’m working my way through James Shapiro’s A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599 (which has made me almost decide to add Shakespeare to the deep reading project–if I can find a really good annotated critical edition). Â I’m still researching this possible book idea. Â I just put two more fiction works on hold at the library, and I’m combing through various books on square foot gardening and building outdoor rooms.
So…what are you reading? Â Do you tend to read more or less in the warmer months?
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