Six Degrees of Separation: Land by Maggie O’Farrell

It’s time for the super monthly tag Six Degrees of Separation, which is hosted by Kate at Booksaremyfavouriteandbest, Six Degrees of Separation #6degrees picks a starting book for participants to go wherever it takes them in six more steps. Links to my reviews are in the titles of the books chosen. The starter book this month is: Land Read More

Brooklyn, NYC – authors and novels

I do love a listy post. I was contemplating doing one of my archive ‘Five Feat‘ posts about Brooklyn, one of NYC’s five boroughs, but when I started looking for posts, I found there were just tons of them! What is it about Brooklyn? A few facts: It’s the most populous part of NYC, and Read More

A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

This was the last book in my six session Galley Beggar Critical Reading class led by chief Galley Beggar Sam Jordison. The others were: Before I get into discussing the book, I’ll just say that it’s been a rewarding six months. The two hour sessions give much more time for discussion of the books and also Read More