From the bookshelf: May 2026
Five books. Every month. A variety of topics from different genres. Here is the list from May 2026.
All posts filed under: Recommended Readings
Books (along with a smattering of movies and plays) that I have found of interest and want to share
Navigating small town dynamics
An early work in the Maigret series leads the reader to consider the human condition in all its shades.
With one foot in fiction and the other in memoir
Annie Ernaux has produced “a deceptively simple book and a profoundly disarming one.”
Declaring our independence
How a declaration in 1776 became the genre-defining document that changed the world.
The impossible sister
Beverly Cleary and Politics & Prose: Two classics!
Courage
An uneven yet ultimately useful look at how we learn to be brave by Bishop Mariann Budde.
From the bookshelf: April 2026
Five books. Every month. A variety of topics from different genres. Here is the list from April 2026.
A classic that speaks to our times
A classic Hungarian novel of the early twentieth century provided an unexpected pleasure in May of 2026.
You must remember this
“Maybe there are better films than Casablanca, but there are probably none better loved.”
Need to broaden your horizons? Try a reading challenge.
My friend Margit recently passed along a reading challenge. How many have you met?
MORE TO COME... 