Tana Pageler

My old blog What a Life sort of died when I joined Facebook. When my kids did cute things, I shared them on Facebook rather than in a blog post. The response was bigger and instantaneous. So Facebook has been my main mode of online sharing for several years now. But times have changed. I have… Continue reading A Circle of Quiet →

September is one of the busiest months of my year. It didn't seem to slow down my reading, though. I listened to Dan Harris interview Gretchen Rubin on his podcast 10% Happier (September 13) where he commented in passing that he meditates for 2 hours a day. Not all at once, of course. He laughed… Continue reading September 2017 Reads →

Earlier in August, Anne Bogel wrote a blogpost Does your reading list embarrass you sometimes? Yes, it does. But not necessarily in the ways she describes. I'm a member of several book groups online. In The Book Club everyone seems to be reading the latest fiction - granted, more literary in nature yet very here today,… Continue reading August 2017 Reads →

I read a lot in July. My oldest was detasseling so I was going to bed at 8 PM and getting up at 4 AM which meant lots of early morning reading. July is also our quietest month for activities, in contrast to August, September and October which are by far the busiest. I'm going… Continue reading July 2017 Reads (finally!) →

This weekend I participated in the #24in48 Readathon. Basically, it's a challenge to read for 24 hours over 2 days (48 hours). There were even prizes. In fact, I won a doorprize during hour 27. When I told Steve about my plans at supper Friday evening, he told me I totally made it up just… Continue reading How I Completed the #24in48 Readathon (and how I find time to read) →

Another whirlwind month of reading. Modern Mrs. Darcy has two reading challenges going on this year: Reading for Fun and Reading for Growth. Nevermind the specifics of the challenges - those two categories are a great way to represent the type of reading I do. Let's begin with reading for fun. I read five selections from the… Continue reading June 2017 Reads →

This month's list is so long it's rather embarrassing. With all the summer reading guides coming out in May, I buckled down and finished several books that had been on my nightstand forever (along with several new finds, of course). Now the discipline is over - let the summer reading party begin! The first book I finished… Continue reading May 2017 Reads →

April was a tough month for reading. We had family in town for about a week, which puts a squeeze on reading time. Then Holy Week with lots of extra musical performances at various services. My reading for school (which I don't talk about much here since the books are read over months, not days)… Continue reading April 2017 Reads →

I kicked off March with the main Modern Mrs. Darcy Book Club selection A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline. The book is inspired by Christina's World, a picture by Andrew Whyeth and attempts to tell what might be the story of the woman in the painting. It was well researched historical fiction, though the conversation… Continue reading March 2017 Reads →