Once again, I read over twice as many books as I read last year. Most of this happened hurriedly during rare breaks. My absolute favorite was A Lover’s Discourse. As usual, I also read several books for work, but only included the few that were really meaningful or entertaining to me. Mom jeans are back in fashion (or at least I am still embracing them), and so I’ve also been reading and enjoying scholarship from the early 1980s as well. I’ve also included a few children’s books that I thought had literary merit, although I also read well over 2,000 children’s books this year, many of which were repeats.
A Short History of the World According to Sheep by Sally Coulthard
Tales the Textiles Tell in the Lais of Marie De France: Weaving As a Signifying System by Gloria Thomas Gilmore-Hunt
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Turns of Thought: Teaching Composition as Reflexive Inquiry by Donna Qualley
Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May
Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi
Dog Flowers by Danielle Geller
A Lover’s Discourse by Xiaolu Guo
What Remains by Carole Radziwill
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Worms Eat My Garbage by Mary Appelhof
Orwell’s Roses by Rebecca Solnit
Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
Walking: One Step at a Time by Erling Kagge
The Peaceable Classroom by Mary Rose O’Reilley
Mothers: An Essay on Love and Cruelty by Jacqueline Rose And others…
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