paula mclain – Poetic Aperture

August: a short reading report

September 2, 2022

August was quite fun. We went on a couple of short trips to get away. Sweet Girl started 8th grade, but not before she…

May 17, 2021

April in Paris… don’t I wish! I’m dreaming of places we could travel – I just don’t know if it’s worth the risk yet…

October 1, 2018

“Books to me are portals to the unknown — a place where the mind can rest and rage simultaneously. Books make the future imaginable…

August 28, 2015

For some reason, I had the song from the movie Greece in my head. You know, “Those Summer Nights?” Really, it’s “Ni-hights.” So I’ve…

August 15, 2011

I recently read three books in a row that are set in New York or in Paris in the 20’s. I’m sure this is…