In my first post at Thornfield Hall in 2018, I wrote:

“Every writer reaches a stage in her career when he or she is fatigued or blocked.  She sits at an untidy desk and writes on an ugly gray computer.  For fun, she reviews small-press books nobody else will touch (her friend the literary magazine editor went to school with the small-press editor).

“And she has a blog, of course.  But she is tired of it.

“What to do next?

“I am experimenting with a new kind of writing (for me): “journaling” about bookish topics in a notebook.  After years of typing blog posts directly on a typewriter or computer, drafting by hand feels innovative.”

And here I am, eight years later, in a similar mood.

I have written with delight about books at this blog.  I have reveiwed and journaled about classics, out-of-print middlebrow books, collections of essays, science fiction, fantasy, biographies, and occasional new books. 

But my reading has changed, and I have changed. I still love the classics, but as far as new books go, I prefer non-fiction to fiction. (There are exceptions.)  Perhaps novels and short stories are not as polished as they used to be – I see the difference –  because  the electronic world has influenced literary style. If you compare novels written on a computer with those written by hand or on typewriters, you will see a difference. Some will prefer one, some another.

Anyway, I’ll post a notification if I decide (a) to return to Thornfield Hall or (b) begin a  new blog.

God bless! Thanks for reading!