Category Archives: fiction

Time to Work My Critical Muscles

Posted on March 1, 2020 by Liz Mc2

I’ve been thinking lately about attention. Where do I put mine? Why do I have such a hard time focusing it these days? One reason this has been on my mind is that next Fall I’ll be teaching a literature … Continue reading →

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All Among the Barley, by Melissa Harrison

Posted on September 7, 2019 by Liz Mc2

A few years ago I read and loved Melissa Harrison’s At Hawthorne Time, so I have really been looking forward to this one, which finally came in at my library. Harrison seems to be an author who works a groove, as the … Continue reading →

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Summer Reading Highlights

Posted on September 2, 2019 by Liz Mc2

Back to school time seems like a good time to try to get back to more regular blogging. The achievement of my summer was (mostly) completing the slow process of swapping my office with my daughter’s bedroom; she wanted to … Continue reading →

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Insurrecto, by Gina Apostol

Posted on May 17, 2019 by Liz Mc2

Some of the words used to describe Insurrecto: dizzying, labyrinthine, psychedelic, meta-meta. This doesn’t sound like a novel I’d love, but I did love this. The descriptor I’d choose is “kaleidosopic,” and I have always loved kaleidoscopes. The multiple time- and storylines … Continue reading →

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Reading Lists

Posted on April 7, 2019 by Liz Mc2

Hi, my name is Liz, and despite my best 2019 intentions my library pile is out of control again. Let me tell you about it. Finished and ready to return: Vivien Chien, Death by Dumpling: I liked the setting of … Continue reading →

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