by Library Lin | Jan 6, 2022 | Books, Literature books
813. American fiction in English Further Reading Leon Edel Henry James: The Master 1901-1916, 1972. Leon Edel summarizes his five-part biography of Henry James in this final volume. It provides a sweeping view of his career and final years. David Gessner All the Wild... 
by Library Lin | Dec 29, 2021 | Books, Uncategorized
Reading in 2022 I love New Year’s Day. For me, it’s a time to dream of the wide-open new year’s possibilities and challenges. There will be gardens to plant, parties to plan, and best of all for me, books to read. Picking a year’s reading I... 
by Library Lin | Dec 27, 2021 | Books
Nonfiction Reading: A Year in Review While I regret not reading more, like many people, I don’t have as much time to read as I would like. Time is precious, and I’m picky about what I read. Last year, I only read 30 books. Of these, five were fiction, and... 
by Library Lin | Oct 5, 2021 | Books
I want to make something plain before I begin. Steve Friedman did not write The Corporate Introvert for me. While I’m introverted and follow his blog Beyond Introversion, I’ve never worked in a corporate environment, and I never intend to. So I was a little surprised... by Library Lin | Jun 13, 2021 | Books
1776 by David McCullough My rating: 5 of 5 stars I read David McCullough’s John Adams last year and really liked it. But I must confess, I enjoyed this one more. Since 1776 focuses on one seminal year in American history, it was a shorter book. The action was so... 
by Library Lin | Apr 29, 2021 | Books
All books need some components. This includes the title page, copyright page, and, for chapter books, a table of contents. All these features are in the book for one reason: to make the material more understandable for the reader. In any book, the reader is the most...