Reading with Analysis

It’s always kind of bothered me when people say they’re tired of people talking about politics all the time. I happen to find politics super interesting (I studied it, after all), and it’s ...

https://readingwithanalysis.wordpress.com/2019/01/08/not-quite-a-review-of-maya-banks-enforcer-series/

It’s entirely possible that all of my posts going forward will be of the more meandering style that I associate with the made-up term musey thoughtsey… But for now, I’m going to pretend tha...

https://readingwithanalysis.wordpress.com/2017/06/23/inconsistent-pet-peeves-a-musey-thoughtsey/

I stalled out writing this post over a year ago, and I just… stopped. I’d hit a wall, and I couldn’t write anything. Read on, and perhaps you’ll see why. For most of my life, I’ve answe...

https://readingwithanalysis.wordpress.com/2017/04/14/reading-as-healing-a-musey-thoughtsey-about-the-billionaire-takes-a-bride-by-jessica-clare/

Hi. I know. It’s been a hot minute. What can I say?… I have a bunch of posts in draft, but I got stuck on one of them and… yeah. Stuck. I might finish writing it at some point, but in the m...

https://readingwithanalysis.wordpress.com/2017/04/07/whats-conflict-got-to-do-with-it-trust-me-by-laura-florand/

I’m happy to welcome Marguerite Kaye back to the blog today. (You know… I had planned to write this magnificent introductory paragraph, but… I got nothin’. Just imagine that I’m super...

https://readingwithanalysis.wordpress.com/2015/10/16/i-cant-stand-the-rain-a-musey-thoughtsy-from-marguerite-kaye/

In one of my recent(ish) email exchanges with Marguerite Kaye (who, in addition to writing some of my favorite historical romance novels, is a fabulous correspondent), I mentioned that I wanted t...

https://readingwithanalysis.wordpress.com/2015/10/14/expectations-and-endings-a-musey-thoughtsy-about-the-soldiers-rebel-lover-by-marguerite-kaye/

So, I think by now it’s clear that I love me some Charlotte Stein. I love her books. I love her Twitter feed. I have aspirational thoughts sometimes — usually when I’m in the middle of one ...

https://readingwithanalysis.wordpress.com/2015/10/12/books-and-love-the-professor-by-charlotte-stein/

Hi again! So a couple of months ago (or something? Whatever. Some time ago. Any mention of time gets really complicated when it takes me months to write a damn post.), I saw a series of tweets ...

https://readingwithanalysis.wordpress.com/2015/09/29/the-battle-of-the-stereotypes-douche-canoe-vs-cat-lady/

Hi again. I hope your summer is shaping up to be super awesome. I’ve been busy reading and learning how to play the ukulele and sort of kind of developing a business as a freelance copyeditor....

https://readingwithanalysis.wordpress.com/2015/07/20/adventures-in-reading-accidental-corollaries/

Oh, right! It’s time for Armchair BEA. If you have no idea what that is, don’t worry about it. (Thanks for the reminder, Tasha!) Anyway, today’s the first day of Armchair BEA, and the topic...

https://readingwithanalysis.wordpress.com/2015/05/27/armchair-bea-2015-introductions/