# book reading (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 5 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover book reading. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Personal Things I've Been Ignoring.](https://www.amodelrecommends.com/p/the-personal-things-ive-been-ignoring) _2026-08-20 · Ruth Crilly · A Model Recommends_ And yes, my creaking knees and weakened wrists are on the list. ## [Between Us: Three Products I'm Stalking the Restock On...](https://www.amodelrecommends.com/p/between-us-the-three-products-im) _2026-08-16 · Ruth Crilly · A Model Recommends_ ...and why they're worth the wait. ## [A Tisket, A Tasket, I Want Me That Basket.](https://www.amodelrecommends.com/p/wicker-rattan-jute-home) _2026-08-13 · Ruth Crilly · A Model Recommends_ ...once we stop sniggering about rattan appendages. ## [Book Beginnings - Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World by John Vaillant](https://janicebakke.com/book-beginnings-fire-weather-a-true-story-from-a-hotter-world-by-john-vaillant/) _2026-08-10 · janicebakke · Janice Bakke_ For Rose City Reader 's Book Beginnings on Fridays "where participants share the opening sentence (or two) from the book they are reading." This book was recommended by Byron Borger of Hearts & Minds Books in Pennsylvania in one of his recent newsletters . I checked out my copy from the local library. Book Beginning of Fire Weather : On a hot afternoon in May 2016, five miles outside the young… ## [Between Us: I had my piles banded so that you don't have to.](https://www.amodelrecommends.com/p/piles-banding-experience) _2026-08-09 · Ruth Crilly · A Model Recommends_ It has taken me a couple of weeks to prepare this highly scientific post about piles banding (haemorrhoid ligation, for those who prefer to use proper terms) because I wasn’t quite sure how to approach it. ## [An introduction to Paradise Lost, Book 8](https://glutenbergbible.substack.com/p/an-introduction-to-paradise-lost-93e) _2026-08-07 · GlutenbergBible · Glutenberg Press_ For man to tell how human life began is hard; for who himself beginning knew? ## [Ways to spend the summer holidays, my newest recommendations...](https://www.amodelrecommends.com/p/ways-to-spend-the-summer-holidays) _2026-08-06 · Ruth Crilly · A Model Recommends_ ...including chicken portraits, aerial displays and unearthing egg dishes. ## [Between Us: Three Books I've Loved, Three Books I Haven't](https://www.amodelrecommends.com/p/between-us-three-books-ive-loved) _2026-08-02 · Ruth Crilly · A Model Recommends_ I’ve been ploughing through that summer reading pile I told you about (Five Books I’ll Be Reading This Summer) and I have some notes. ## [Classics Book List](https://janicebakke.com/classics-book-list/) _2026-08-01 · janicebakke · Janice Bakke_ In the spirit of I only have twenty-five years left to read all the books , here is a partial list of the books I currently own (or have checked out from the library) that I would like to (re)read. These are mostly novels with a few other classic books included. (Someday I should pull together a list of mostly non-fiction classic or important books I'd like to read. So many lists! So little time!)… ## [Just write](https://janicebakke.com/just-write/) _2026-08-01 · janicebakke · Janice Bakke_ In one week it will have been twenty-five years since I published my first blog post . I was prodded to write here tonight after watching a YouTube video by John Rogers, 5 Reasons to Start a Blog in 2026 (... or any other Year) . Rogers said he started his blog twenty-three years ago. He still posts at The Lost Byway . The video was a good kick-in-the-pants to get back to writing here again. I had… ## [Ship software peacefully (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/r1webHNnzqel) _2026-08-01 · **Sponsored**_ Connect your repo and deploy instantly — Railway handles config, scaling, and monitoring. ## [Paradise Lost Book 7 Reading Notes](https://glutenbergbible.substack.com/p/paradise-lost-book-7-reading-notes) _2026-07-31 · GlutenbergBible · Glutenberg Press_ But knowledge is as food, and needs no less her temperance over appetite... ## [Love stories, a digital detox and some low-key writing inspiration.](https://www.amodelrecommends.com/p/love-stories-a-digital-detox-and) _2026-07-30 · Ruth Crilly · A Model Recommends_ July Favourites. ## [The Stress Profile of an FBI Negotiator](https://www.amodelrecommends.com/p/the-stress-profile-of-an-fbi-negotiator) _2026-07-27 · Ruth Crilly · A Model Recommends_ Who better to test out a new deodorant than me? I know what you’re thinking: there are a million people better suited to testing one than you, you desk-bound twerp! ## [Between Us: The Self-Administered Enema](https://www.amodelrecommends.com/p/between-us-the-self-administered) _2026-07-26 · Ruth Crilly · A Model Recommends_ I interrupt normal scheduled service, where I was to talk about my pitifully flimsy wrists and wonky knees and all the sensible things I’ve been doing to fix them, to tell you about my self-administered enema. ## [Applesauce](https://janicebakke.com/applesauce/) _2026-07-24 · janicebakke · Janice Bakke_ The first kettle of the season of early apples (Yellow Transparent) is cooking down on the stove! It already smells divine. ## [Creation and birth in Paradise Lost](https://glutenbergbible.substack.com/p/creation-and-birth-in-paradise-lost) _2026-07-24 · GlutenbergBible · Glutenberg Press_ This wild abyss, the womb of nature and perhaps her grave... ## [The summer skincare tweaks that save my face...](https://www.amodelrecommends.com/p/the-summer-skincare-tweaks-that-save) _2026-07-23 · Ruth Crilly · A Model Recommends_ Author and model Ruth Crilly describes how she banishes summer breakouts with some easy changes to her skincare routine. ## [Between Us: Things I'm Thinking of Writing About](https://www.amodelrecommends.com/p/between-us-things-im-thinking-of) _2026-07-19 · Ruth Crilly · A Model Recommends_ My kids have just broken up for the summer holidays (solidarity, please) and I still have posts in my drafts folder that I started in January. Here are some of the things I’ve started to write about: your task, if you choose to accept, is to help me to arrange them into a list in order of importance by simply letting me know in the comments which of them you’d like to see first. ## [These foot-loving flip flops are the best I've tested...](https://www.amodelrecommends.com/p/best-arch-support-flip-flops) _2026-07-16 · Ruth Crilly · A Model Recommends_ My feet need support but not at the expense of aesthetics. I still have standards, you know. ## [My Mid-Length Hair and How I Style It](https://www.amodelrecommends.com/p/how-i-style-my-mid-length-hair) _2026-07-09 · Ruth Crilly · A Model Recommends_ Author and model Ruth Crilly on mid-length hair and how to style it. ## [Open-source Screen Sharing with Control (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/38fBPv6GaCde) _2026-07-09 · **Sponsored**_ WebRTC screen sharing with simultaneous mouse & keyboard control; viewers join in browser. ## [Summer Wardrobe Try-On and my Staying Fresh Trick!](https://www.amodelrecommends.com/p/summer-wardrobe-try-on-and-my-staying) _2026-07-04 · Ruth Crilly · A Model Recommends_ This week finds me doing what I do every single year, at about this time: obsessively searching for the magical keystone wardrobe items that will fix all of my dressing woes. ## [An introduction to Paradise Lost, Book 7](https://glutenbergbible.substack.com/p/an-introduction-to-paradise-lost-589) _2026-07-03 · GlutenbergBible · Glutenberg Press_ Half yet remains unsung… ## [My Deceased Dad's Glasses and the Temporary Curse](https://www.amodelrecommends.com/p/my-deceased-dads-glasses-and-the) _2026-07-02 · Ruth Crilly · A Model Recommends_ I tried on my Dad’s glasses last week and in doing so, I think I must have unleashed some kind of temporary curse. ## [What I'm reading when I'm not reading Paradise Lost](https://glutenbergbible.substack.com/p/what-im-reading-when-im-not-reading) _2026-07-01 · GlutenbergBible · Glutenberg Press_ Six months into the Paradise Lost slow read, here are all the other books that have been keeping me company this year. ## [The Most Dramatic Difference I've EVER Seen On My Face. (And It's Instant)](https://www.amodelrecommends.com/p/the-most-dramatic-difference-ive) _2026-06-26 · Ruth Crilly · A Model Recommends_ This post is an AD in partnership with ZIIP. ## [Paradise Lost Book 6 Reading Notes](https://glutenbergbible.substack.com/p/paradise-lost-book-6-reading-notes) _2026-06-26 · GlutenbergBible · Glutenberg Press_ Let it profit thee to have heard by terrible example the reward of disobedience... ## [Lightening Strikes, Cloud-Like Bras and some Hot June Favourites](https://www.amodelrecommends.com/p/lightening-strikes-cloud-like-bras) _2026-06-25 · Ruth Crilly · A Model Recommends_ It’s a miracle I’m even alive! ## [Reading Milton's Civil Wars](https://glutenbergbible.substack.com/p/reading-miltons-civil-wars) _2026-06-19 · GlutenbergBible · Glutenberg Press_ War wearied hath performed what war can do, and to disordered rage let loose the reigns… ## [Yesteryear, A Fabulous Cake and Possibly the Best Swimsuit I've Ever Owned...](https://www.amodelrecommends.com/p/yesteryear-a-fabulous-cake-and-possibly) _2026-06-18 · Ruth Crilly · A Model Recommends_ I could have written a whole post about the cake I bought for my daughter’s birthday, yesterday. ## [Call for Papers: the Online Journal of Paradise Lost Slow Readers](https://glutenbergbible.substack.com/p/call-for-papers-the-online-journal) _2026-06-12 · GlutenbergBible · Glutenberg Press_ I thence invoke thy aid to my advent'rous Substack... ## [Web Coding With AI, Live (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/jdmRuWwojDND) _2026-06-12 · **Sponsored**_ Collaborative screen sharing with simultaneous remote control, open source. ## [Port Isaac: Where We Stayed, Everything We Ate and the Things We Regretted.](https://www.amodelrecommends.com/p/port-isaac-where-we-stayed-everything) _2026-06-11 · Ruth Crilly · A Model Recommends_ A record number of you pressed the heart button on my recent Perfect Holiday post, which can only mean - seeing as I instructed you all to press the heart button if you wanted a run-down of my mini-break to Port Isaac - that you all want a run-down of my mini-break to Port Isaac. ## [An introduction to Paradise Lost, Book 6](https://glutenbergbible.substack.com/p/an-introduction-to-paradise-lost-809) _2026-06-05 · GlutenbergBible · Glutenberg Press_ Now storming fury rose, and clamor such as heard in Heav'n till now was never... ## [5 Books I'm Reading this Summer (and the books from last year you should add to your list)](https://www.amodelrecommends.com/p/5-books-im-reading-this-summer-and) _2026-06-04 · Ruth Crilly · A Model Recommends_ Bestselling author Ruth Crilly with her 5 books of the summer, 2026, to add to your reading list. And her top three fiction books from 2025. ## [Paradise Lost Book 5 Reading Notes](https://glutenbergbible.substack.com/p/paradise-lost-book-5-reading-notes) _2026-05-29 · GlutenbergBible · Glutenberg Press_ Some doubt within me move, but more desire to hear, if thou consent, the full relation, which must needs be strange… ## [Daily](https://www.krabr.com/daily/) _2026-05-29 · krabr.com_ My ideal daily schedule ## [Pedicures, Paintings & Peaking Too Early: May Favourites](https://www.amodelrecommends.com/p/may-favourites-9b9) _2026-05-28 · Ruth Crilly · A Model Recommends_ I’ve long been a believer that being too organised, planning too far in advance, getting things done early, is entirely the incorrect approach in life. ## [Technology](https://www.krabr.com/technology/) _2026-05-03 · krabr.com_ Software and gadgets I find useful ## [People](https://www.krabr.com/people/) _2026-05-03 · krabr.com_ People I follow ## [Now](https://www.krabr.com/now/) _2026-05-03 · krabr.com_ What I'm working on right now ## [Investing](https://www.krabr.com/investing/) _2026-05-03 · krabr.com_ My approach to investing in the stock market ## [Books](https://www.krabr.com/books/) _2026-05-03 · krabr.com_ Books I'm reading ## [Bikes](https://www.krabr.com/bikes/) _2026-05-03 · krabr.com_ Thoughts on motorcycles ## [How I organize my work](https://www.krabr.com/blog/how-i-organize-my-work/) _2026-04-03 · krabr.com_ A plain-text, git-tracked worklog that keeps multiple jobs and side projects in sync without any task-management tooling. ## [Book Beginnings - In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden](https://janicebakke.com/book-beginnings-in-this-house-of-brede-by-rumer-godden/) _2026-02-21 · janicebakke · Janice Bakke_ For Rose City Reader 's Book Beginnings on Fridays "where participants share the opening sentence (or two) from the book they are reading." One of my books to read during Lent in lieu of watching so many YouTube videos. Book beginning of In This House of Brede : The motto was "Pax," but the word was set in a circle of thorns. Disclosure: I am an affiliate of Bookshop.org and I will earn a… ## [Robertson Davies on Writing](https://janicebakke.com/robertson-davies-on-writing/) _2026-01-20 · janicebakke · Janice Bakke_ From the essay "Writing" in The Merry Heart: Reflections on Reading, Writing, and the World of Books by Robertson Davies (1996). ...I was born a writer. My family, even beyond the confines of my parents and brothers, were writers, by which I mean that they were journalists ranging from simple reporters to writers of political comment, essays, reviews, and editorial opinion. Consequently I grew up… ## [2026 January. Leaving Splunk/Cisco](https://kula.blog/newsletter/2026_01_update/) _2026-01-05 · Kula.blog_ Books I'm reading # The Opposite of Worry: The Playful Parenting Approach to Childhood Anxieties and Fears Lawrence J. Cohen . Trying to be a better parent. Some extreme stories, but the overall message of the book seems to make sense. Books I've read # Generative AI in a Nutshell: How to Survive and Thrive in the Age of AI by Henrik Kniberg . Quite good and short intro to LLMS and working with… ## [Book Beginnings - The Everlasting Man: A Guide to G. K. Chesterton's Masterpiece](https://janicebakke.com/book-beginnings-the-everlasting-man-a-guide-to-gk-chestertons-masterpiece/) _2026-01-04 · janicebakke · Janice Bakke_ For Rose City Reader 's Book Beginnings on Fridays "where participants share the opening sentence (or two) from the book they are reading." After I had posted a book beginnings entry for The Everlasting People: G. K. Chesterton and the First Nations by Matthew J. Milliner, I watched a YouTube video by Faith&books in which she mentioned that the book chosen for her theology book club this first… ## [2025 Books](https://janicebakke.com/2025-books/) _2025-12-28 · janicebakke · Janice Bakke_ After an era of what at one time would have been inconceivable—reading very few books each year—this year I joined a book club at church, the first book club I've ever joined. I also purchased a library card for 2025. So I wanted to make full use of my access to the library. (Because I live out in the county, and our library is a city library, you have to pay a fee if you don't live or… ## [Book Beginnings - The Everlasting People: G. K. Chesterton and the First Nations](https://janicebakke.com/book-beginnings-the-everlasting-people-g-k-chesterton-and-the-first-nations/) _2025-12-26 · janicebakke · Janice Bakke_ For Rose City Reader 's Book Beginnings on Fridays "where participants share the opening sentence (or two) from the book they are reading." This book arrived in the mail this week: The Everlasting People: G. K. Chesterton and the First Nations by Matthew J. Milliner (and others), 2021. Matthew Milliner was a student at my alma mater, Wheaton College (IL), and is now a professor there. He posts… ## [Book Beginnings - Winter in the Blood and Winter Brothers: A Season at the Edge of America](https://janicebakke.com/book-beginnings-winter-in-the-blood-and-winter-brothers-a-season-at-the-edge-of-america/) _2025-12-20 · janicebakke · Janice Bakke_ For Rose City Reader 's Book Beginnings on Fridays "where participants share the opening sentence (or two) from the book they are reading." I went to the library this morning to pick up a book on hold and to check out another book, Fools Crow by James Welch. I was recommended Fools Crow by Charlotte McGuinn Freeman over 20 years ago and want to re-read it. Right next to it was another book by…