Reading books is a conversation: with yourself, other readers, the author, and maybe even a higher power. Conversing about books is an imperative part of the reading process.

LitReaderNotes exists to point readers to appealing reads, inspire book clubs, and encourage everyone to spend more time engaging with a book.

The process of reading a book is not complete, in my mind, until you have spent time discussing it with others. By sharing favorite passages, as well as its themes, narrative details, characters and/or particularly gripping facts delineated in any given book, we cement our relationship with the book and its author in a living, breathing community. Reading books is participating in a conversation: with a younger self who previously read the book; with the self you see reflected in the narrative; with the exegetical self (with whom you debate as you tackle the author’s literary project); with the author; with others who have also read the book; and, perhaps, with some higher being. Thus, I find conversing about books an imperative part of the reading process.

What you find here is a part of that process for me. Perhaps you will find reading ideas that will inspire you to seek out authors and titles you would have otherwise overlooked. Perhaps you will wish to contact me with your own ideas, suggestions, and reviews.