This blog will self-destruct in 3, 2, … Well, not quite. But it will go away in a few months. For the full story (it’s really not that dramatic, trust me…I’m just moving the blog), you’ll need to go to: … Continue reading
Do you like to read books about bookish things? Well then, have I got a book for you: (I am absolutely in love with the cover of this baby.) While I’ve only been to a handful of the stores featured, … Continue reading
Little Women Louis May Alcott first published 1868 ***WARNING: I will be discussing why some people consider this a freezer book.*** So going into my re-read of this classic, I only remembered two things from my first experience (and I … Continue reading
Today would’ve been my dad’s 71st birthday (wow, that sounds weird, since he is forever frozen at 53 in my memory). So since he was born on the greenest of holidays, AND because his nickname was Sam, AND because my … Continue reading
My Cousin Rachel Daphne du Maurier narrated by Jonathan Pryce first published 1951 11 hours, 55 minutes Oh Philip. Philip, Philip, Philip. WHAT are we going to do with you, boy? You are, by turns, sweet, annoying, naive, and a … Continue reading
So I opened up my Google Reader last night only to read the message that it’s going away in July. ??!!??!!??!! Also… @#$%&^*@$@! Not to mention: Doesn’t Google realize that I don’t like to deal with pesky changes like that? … Continue reading
Foreign Correspondence Geraldine Brooks 1999 240 pages Overview filched from B&N: Born on Bland Street in a working-class neighborhood of Sydney, Australia, Geraldine Brooks longs to discover the vivid places where history happens and culture comes from. She enlists pen … Continue reading
Not as good as the first one. Although this first one got my hopes up: I found the bulk of the stories to be all emo drama (is that redundant?).
The Principles of Uncertainty Maira Kalman 2009 336 illustrated pages I wish I could draw. I also wish I could just drop everything and gallivant off to Paris on a whim. You know, call up my (non-existent) sister and say, … Continue reading
The End of the Affair Graham Greene Narrated by Colin Firth 6 hours and 28 of the longest minutes of my life first published in 1951 For such a short book (audio, actually), this one was agonizingly long. So long, … Continue reading
In a real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish. ~S.I. Hayakawa
The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
~St. Augustine
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.
~Mark Twain
