by Jamie Chavez | Jan 18, 2016 | Books You Might Like
Back in 2012 I wrote an article called “My Favorite Book … This Year.” I do track what I read, and I know my reading tastes well enough that I generally end up with a year’s worth of excellent books. They should all be favorites—but there are always some standouts....
by Jamie Chavez | Feb 2, 2015 | Books You Might Like
If you’ve ever held one of my business cards in your hand, you’ve seen it, scrawled across the bottom in 24-point type: I love books! And I do. I love talking (er, writing) about reading them, about editing them, about authors and writing. Honestly, if there were...
by Jamie Chavez | Jan 10, 2015 | Books You Might Like
We were just discussing My Year of Reading Nonfiction, which was fun … but, hey, I did read twenty-eight fiction titles too. What were they? How did they stand up to the nonfiction? I have a list of them too. I’ve been keeping an annual Books-I’ve-Read list for a few...
by Jamie Chavez | Jan 8, 2015 | Books You Might Like
There is a photo of me in my mid-twenties sitting at the kitchen table reading a book. There are two other books on the table, one open, and my arms are positioned in such a way that I am touching all three books. This would not be untypical for me. In those days, I...
by Jamie Chavez | Jan 9, 2014 | Books You Might Like
I read thirty-three* books for pleasure in 2012—and at the end of the year I boiled it all down to One Favorite Book, difficult though that was. I read fifty-four in 2013, and most of them were titles I’d happily recommend, for one reason or another. I blogged about...