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Chronic Bibliophilia chronicles my journey as I endeavor to become a ridiculously well-read human being. Part of that journey includes probing what I mean by “well-read”. Having reviewed countless lists, books about books, awards lists, and literary prescriptions, I am disappointed but not surprised by the lack of diversity represented among the “must-read” lists. When we, as bookworms and consumers of words, embark upon a book, we are listening to an other’s voice. We are learning an other’s point of view. We are expanding our minds, embracing our world, and acknowledging our differences. We need to push our boundaries and seek broader voices. Through 2 to 3 posts each week, this blog provides reflections, reviews, and recommendations from a reading list focused on supporting and highlighting the voices that continue to face suppression. I believe that this project has changed not just what I read, but how I read and how I think. I hope you’ll join me on my literary odyssey.
O Beautiful By Jung Yun
2021-11-09 14:39
“Men talk to her on planes. She doesn’t invite it anymore; it’s just something that happens. Usually, she travels with things to armor herself against unwanted conversatio… Read More
Cloud Cuckoo Land By Anthony Doerr
2021-09-28 18:41
“Doerr has created a tapestry of times and places that reflect our vast interconnectedness – with other species, with each other, with those who lived before us and those who wi… Read More
Bewilderment By Richard Powers
2021-09-21 14:46
“The pages turned; we traveled easily, everywhere.” If you’re like me, the words “Richard Powers has a new book out” might be all you need to hear to k… Read More
2021-09-11 17:30
“That was why it was so weird when she left, out of all the adults. Most of them taking off wouldn’t have been that strange in the grand scheme of things. But my mom, Junipe… Read More
Memory And Regret
2021-07-16 16:20
Every life contains many millions of decisions. Some big, some small. But every time one decision is taken over another, the outcomes differ. An irreversible variation occurs, which in turn… Read More
2018-04-19 17:23
“Mykola had stuck with the nervous, the reluctant like himself among the newly recruited, until he’d learned that another man’s fear was nothing to trust in. Give the fearf… Read More
2018-04-12 17:52
“‘You must understand,’ Saw Lay explained as he and Benny walked one evening in April. ‘The loyalist bond we share with the Brits … what made it stick was our… Read More
2018-01-08 01:18
          “As of this moment Art has had enough of Christmas. He now knows he never wants to see another Christmas Day again.         … Read More
2018-01-06 20:46
“It occurred to Kate that all the definitive images of New York City she’d accumulated were views from a distance. That it was a place best seen from bridges and water and sky. H… Read More
2017-12-11 19:29
“Life is just this, Jama thought, a long journey, with lightness and darkness falling over you, companions all around on their own journeys. Each person sitting passively or impatientl… Read More
“What I Loved” By Siri Hustvedt
2017-12-04 19:07
“The difficulty of seeing clearly haunted me long before my eyes went bad, in life as well as in art. It’s a problem of the viewer’s perspective – as Matt pointed out… Read More
2017-11-23 19:02
“As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.” – Henry David Thoreau  The days are getting shorter, the holidays abound in which we are led to reflect on the p… Read More
2017-10-29 19:19
“Numbers and maps tell horror stories, but the stories of deepest horror are perhaps those for which there are no numbers, no maps, no possible accountability, no words ever written or… Read More
2017-10-20 18:38
“Sometimes it was as if Daddy was torn apart by our questions. He wanted to be an honest man who shared what he knew with his children, imparting details of his current and former live… Read More
The Man Booker Prize 2017
2017-10-16 18:42
This past July, the Man Booker Prize judges panel announced the longlist, a selection of 13 novels, written in English, which are eligible to win the coveted Man Booker Prize. As Barone… Read More
“Autumn” By Ali Smith
2017-10-16 18:04
          “We have to hope, Daniel was saying, that the people who love us and who know us a little bit will in the end have seen us truly. In the end, not muc… Read More
2017-10-15 17:21
          “A man entered the office, carrying Isma’s passport, laptop, and phone. She allowed herself to hope, but he sat down, gestured for her to do th… Read More
2017-10-08 19:14
“Until that moment, it had never occurred to him that he might not be an American, or, more precisely, that his way of being an American was any less authentic than the way Dougie and… Read More
2017-10-06 17:34
“It had been more than six months and still there was nothing. No footprints, no clothing, no persons of interest, no sightings on any security camera. It was as though the ground had… Read More
“Ready Player One” By Ernest Cline
2017-09-17 20:46
“My generation had never know a world without the OASIS. To us, it was much more than a game or an entertainment platform. It had been an integral part of our lives for as far back as… Read More
2017-08-29 19:35
“Tell me what you eat, I longed to say to each woman, and then tell me whether you like to eat alone, and if you really taste the flavors of food or ignore them, or forget them a momen… Read More
“Ginny Moon” By Benjamin Ludwig
2017-07-13 16:01
“In my head I need to say what happens to me right after it happens. I need to say it all back to myself because it helps me understand. That’s why I talk inside my brain. It&rsq&hell…Read More
“Tangles” By Sarah Leavitt
2017-07-10 15:51
In “Tangles”, Sarah Leavitt writes about “Alzheimer’s, my mother, and me”. “Tangles” is a graphic memoir, of sorts, in which Leavitt tries to unpack… Read More
2017-07-01 18:04
It’s July, officially summer – at least in my part of the world. My garden is finally abloom, the vegetables are starting to sprout, and my To Be Read list grows with each summer… Read More
2017-06-29 15:21
“Her hair was thick and brown, and her eyes were large and brown. She had a long face and nearsighted eyes, a figure that was generous without being lewd, and nervous movements. She wa… Read More
“The Windfall” By Diksha Basu
2017-06-26 17:47
“His India was neither rich nor poor. There were no huge homes and elaborate weddings, nor were there slums and water shortages and child laborers. The middle ground was too confusing… Read More
2017-06-22 13:47
It matters what you call a thing: Exquisite a lover called me.Exquisite. Whereas Well, if I were from your culture, living in this country, said the man outside the 2004 Republican National… Read More
“Cork Dork” By Bianca Bosker
2017-05-18 18:24
“They epitomized what I found endlessly intriguing about the sommeliers, which was the fact that they united extremes of personality – devoutly studious and unrelentingly sybarit… Read More

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