Category Archives: Books

Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Beth Parks Aronson

This is another of my TBR Challenge Books. I’ve had it on Kindle forever, but always turned away and started something else. This year I decided I really wanted to catch up on my 1001 Books reading while doing the … Continue reading →

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January Check in For 2018 TBR Challenge #TBR2018RBR

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Beth Parks Aronson

I have made a great dent in my list this month. It will get harder from here, since classes start tomorrow. So far this January, I have read: Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott … Continue reading →

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2018 TBR Reading Challenge

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Beth Parks Aronson

One of the blogs I follow, RoofbeamReader, has an annual challenge (except when he was writing his dissertation, which I totally get) to help people weed out all those books that have been sitting around for more than a year … Continue reading →

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A Quick Catch-up Post

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Beth Parks Aronson

Well, I’m reading a lot, but I’m not doing a very good job of filling you in on what I’m reading. Work is winning in the battle for my time. So this is what I’ve been doing, other than reading … Continue reading →

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On the banks of the Hudson, with Echoes of Wellesley

Posted on February 13, 2014 by Beth Parks Aronson

I have leap-frogged over a couple of reviews to discuss this one, because I found myself composing this post in the time remaining in my commute after the novel stopped playing. Something in Leah Hager Cohen’s writing made me … Continue reading →

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Facing War Trauma in Edinburgh

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Beth Parks Aronson

For one the challenges in a Goodreads book group, I finally got started on the Regeneration Trilogy by Pat Barker. The books in the series are on the 1001 list, have received awards and huge critical acclaim, but I was … Continue reading →

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Grenada and Sweden on the Edge of My Seat

Posted on February 2, 2014 by Beth Parks Aronson

I just finished up the second of Stieg Larsson’s suspense novels, and I am going to keep this brief so I can start the third one! The novel definitely captured my full attention, and I was really glad to have … Continue reading →

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February Plans

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Beth Parks Aronson

Since I’m currently about four commute days away from finishing my next chunkster (The Girl Who Played with Fire), I’m not going to have reviews to post for a bit. I decided to share with you the results of my … Continue reading →

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Traveling Back to East Texas in the 1960s

Posted on January 26, 2014 by Beth Parks Aronson

This summer I moved to Houston to take a job teaching in the psychology department of Lamar University, which is located 100 miles east, in the heart of East Texas. East Texas is a place you have to learn to … Continue reading →

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The Journey of A Glass Church in New South Wales

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Beth Parks Aronson

Without intending to, I have immersed myself in mid-19th century Oceania with my most recent reads. This one was across the water in the marginally more settled New South Wales. The narration begins in the present day, with a narrator … Continue reading →