January 2026

Some notes about books I finished reading this month &#xA; &#xA; ( Click on an author’s name to read my notes about the book. ) &#xA; &#xA; The Birth of Love &#xA; &#xA; by Joanna Kavenna. &#xA; &#xA; In this novel, Kavenna weaves together four tales on motherhood. The weaving of the four is both explicit and implicit. The first tale is a semi-fictional account of the last days of Ignaz Semmelweis…