About

Name: Maggie
Occupation: Reporter

I have, at last count, 160+ books in my immediate possession, and more still at my family’s house that I have somewhat dubious claim to. I work as a business reporter for a living and when not working, read, run, write, and follow hockey. I also knit and make jewelry, but those impulses tend to come in fits and starts.

This blog was started when I was in college, so please keep that in mind if you peruse the archives- sometimes some very poor imitations of other writers’ voices were the result. Browse those early posts at your own risk!

The blog tagline is paraphrased from a line in George Orwell’s “Confessions of a Book Reviewer,” which reads: “The best practice, it has always seemed to me, would be to simply ignore the great majority of books and to give very long reviews  – 1,000 words is the bare minimum – to the few that seem to matter.”  While I have no doubt that his take on which books matter would be very different from mine, the idea is one I think well worth undertaking.

Updates are going to be uncertain at best, due to the nature of working full-time, but I have no intention of leaving the blog or abandoning it. I hope you enjoy whatever you read, and if you decide to comment, know that I sometimes zap or edit comments for language. Other than that, you can generally expect me to respond, albeit not always promptly. Happy reading, and I look forward to talking at some possible date!

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My LibraryThing, if you want to check out the books I’m reading: https://www.librarything.com/catalog/MLiberty49