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Category archives: 95books

Currently reading

I have probably 50 recently bought books unread. Probably 6 books pre-ordered. Probably 12 underway and partly mislaid. So far this year in 5 weeks, I’ve finished 6 books. Rather less than my usual 2-3 a week but my body has been evil and I have physical projects of sewing and construction. Finn Family Moomintroll […]

Posted byPearlFebruary 7, 2020Posted in95books, Currently readingLeave a comment on Currently reading

Favourite reads of 2019

Generally what lights me up are novels and memoirs that let me suspend disbelief and drop me into a timeless space. That’s magic to transfer mental images through squiggles. It’s not the subject but the resonance. Stories that model community and friendship caught me this year, accepting and rolling otherness into an us.   Novels: […]

Posted byPearlJanuary 16, 2020Posted in95books, Currently readingLeave a comment on Favourite reads of 2019

Year in Review: books read in 2019

I generally read a lot of memoir and science, but novels have foregrounded lately and poetry has dropped to less than half of my titles read in 2019. In my total I include chapbooks (27/111 titles) and YA and lids books, comic books, graphic novels and audio books. Still it adds up to over 18, […]

Posted byPearlJanuary 4, 2020Posted in95books, Currently reading, CWILALeave a comment on Year in Review: books read in 2019

95books, 2016

I post the 2016 reads on twitter (@pesbo). I used to heavily hyperlink the summary posts but that add 3x the time. Maybe links mean that publishers and writers can more readily find mention of what they sent into the world. Or maybe trackback isn’t common as it used to be. This much I can say […]

Posted byPearlFebruary 22, 2016Posted in95books, Currently readingLeave a comment on 95books, 2016

95books in 2015, list 3: Geography is Social

I’ve fallen behind in notes on #95books since April when I mentioned book 30. I’m at book 67 now. As with such things, backlog is a stressor. I’ve been reading but not posting here, only on twitter while doing readings, renos, getting spring press titles out and garden in. I had the notion of chunking […]

Posted byPearlJuly 2, 2015Posted in95books, Currently readingLeave a comment on 95books in 2015, list 3: Geography is Social

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Since 2005, pesbo has been Pearl Pirie’s scrapbook of reading notes, event write-ups, and poetry mullings.

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