Modern Mrs Darcy

I love spring and summer; I dread fall and winter. It makes no sense really — I love basketball which usually begins at the end of October. There’s Thanksgiving in November and the tinsel and sparkle of Christmas and New Year’s Eve in December. Plus, the cold and cozy months are perfect for curling up with a good book. I traditionally have my best reading month in January. B...

For all the bibliophile-centered book lists we’ve made over the years, can you believe we’ve never dedicated one to librarians? I was shocked to discover this recently. Since September was Library Card Sign-up Month and October is National Book Month, this feels like the perfect time to correct that oversight.

Many of our readers—me, included—love books about books...

Reading in retirement has given today’s guest more time to explore what makes a book “click” for her, and she’s joining me today to talk all about it.

Debbie Day lives in the Nashville area, where she’s enjoying settling into retirement and empty nesting. This chapter of life is giving her more time for travel, dancing, cooking, spending time with friends and famil...

How are you feeling about this first October weekend? I’ve been on the road all week and just got in last night; today feels like a Saturday yet there are lots of work-a-day things to catch up on! I’m very much looking forward to this first fall-feeling weekend: I’ve got books to read, soup to make, football to watch, and an art fair to visit. (Anyone else near Louisville he...

I read with sorrow the news that American author and Pulitzer winner Annie Dillard died recently at age 81. She was not long preceded in death by another author I count among my serious literary influences, Kentuckian Wendell Berry, who died two weeks earlier at the age of 92. My love of Wendell Berry and his work have been well documented in our spaces, and many readers rea...