The Non-Accidental Reader, 2025: Untried authors, meh. Favorite authors, 5 star!

At the start of the year, I set out to read authors who were new to me, rather than falling back on my standard bearers. That does not mean you won’t see a title or two from John Irving, Jodi Picoult, or some of my other all-time favorites, but this year’s list introduced many new …

The Accidental Nester, Part II

My first pandemic blog post made it seem as if every day were a day of nothing but leisure. And while that is largely true, and there is nothing wrong with that, I do feel compelled to say that Allan and I have accomplished several productive tasks during these months as well. Perhaps this productivity …