“Jews don‘t have any clear textual guide to the afterlife; even that it exists…. I see it as a perpetual rainy Thursday afternoon in March. Dead leaves.”

“Jews don‘t have any clear textual guide to the afterlife; even that it exists…. I see it as a perpetual rainy Thursday afternoon in March. Dead leaves.”

Starting the year off right with a cup of tea and my first #AuldLangSpine pick from @MatchlessMarie — happy 2026, everyone! May it be a great reading year for all of us!

Managed to cram all my other novel length favourite fiction plus poetry into this frame!
Top row = 2025 favourite fantasy
2nd row = Horror, Mystery, Classic
3rd Row = Contemporary, Short Stories, Historical
4th row= One more classic 😅 plus poetry!

Random book from our personal library.

Watching the Christmas Eve Carol service from Westminster Cathedral while reading this memoir of an amazing singer.

I picked up an old “Canadian Educational Edition“ of this play about the murder of Thomas Becket. The notes helped but I expect I still missed a good number of references in Eliot's verse. The story was seasonal, as the drama took place during the Yuletide season.
#gottacatchemall (Lycanrock Dusk: TBR 2+ years) @PuddleJumper
#52bookclub (told in verse)

Random book from our personal library.
Read a different edition in 2005 and later rated it ★★★★☆