February 2022

Yeah, February's short. Barely had time to blink. But I'm taking off tomorrow, heading to the other side of the planet for some summer sun, so now's the moment for my monthly wrap-up. Spoiler: it's pretty thin this month. Spent most of it prepping for this trip instead of reading.

My fail-safe cure for a reading slump (and trust me, I'm deep in one right now) is simple: go back to basics. Pick up something bulletproof. So here I am, rereading Jane Austen. Starting at the end, actually, since Persuasion was her sixth and final completed novel.

"When God made the birds, the rivers, the humans in seven days, he didn't spare ten minutes for literature. Never said: 'And then there will be literature. Some will love it, some will obsess over it, they'll want to write it, and...' Nope. Didn't happen."