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
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
How To Be a Woman Caitlin Moran audio narrated by Caitlin Moran 2011 Picture me standing on a chair yelling “This book is fucking amazing!” 1. The chair standing is Ms. Moran’s fault. She actually wanted me to yell “I … Continue reading
Today is Christmas Eve. Today is my birthday. Today I am fifteen. Today I buried my parents in the backyard. Neither of them were beloved. This book will alternately break your heart, raise your eyebrows, and make you want to … Continue reading
“It’s funny how you can forget everything except people loving you. Maybe that’s why humans find it so hard getting over love affairs. It’s not the pain they’re getting over, it’s the love.” -Melina Marchetta, Jellicoe Road I really didn’t … Continue reading
Do you remember when Peter Geye won the Indie Lit award for Literary Fiction last year? Well, it was a well-deserved win because his first novel, Safe from the Sea, won me over despite the fact that I DO NOT … Continue reading
11/22/63 Stephen King narrated by Craig Wasson 2011 849 pages, or 30 hours and 44 minutes in audio form ******************** This is my favorite King novel! And okay, so I’ve only read three, but this one pretty much blew The … Continue reading
Tell the Wolves I’m Home Carol Rifka Brunt June 2012 368 pages ******************** This will go down as one of my favorites for the year. Seriously. Even if it did make me cry. June Elbus adores her Uncle Finn. They … Continue reading
Shadow of Night Deborah Harkness July 2012 588 pages on the nook app ******************** As this is the sequel to A Discovery of Witches, I’m not gonna rehash the plot. Partly because it’s a sequel, but mostly because there isn’t … Continue reading
The Flight of Gemma Hardy Margot Livesey January 2012 464 pages ******************** True confession #1: For some reason I confuse Margot Livesey with Penelope Lively. And they’re nothing alike. True confession #2: I’m pretty sure I bought this book twice…in hard … 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
