Happy December! I had a number of odd reading experiences last month--seeing the list of books below made me feel a little trepidation. What can I find to say about this list of moody, left-of-center books? I don't know but let's find out together! Shall we? Reading Riches: Everything I Read This Month Crossing to Safety , by Wallace Stegner Let’s start with an easy one. Crossing to Safety sits on my personal Mount Rushmore of books, right alongside Jane Eyre , Little Women , and She’s Come Undone . These are four of the books that have shaped me most, the favorites of all time, and the ones that I still feel fingerprints from in my life. Even seeing those titles gathered together makes me think, Such riches! I can’t express how much these books mean to me. Crossing to Safety is a semi-autobiographical novel following the decades-long friendship between two couples—Larry and Sally Morgan, and Sid and Charity Lang. Their story stretches over thirty-five years, from their firs...