Who Fears Death Nnedi Okorafor 2010 304 pages Published by DAW ******************** Purchased for Calliope (my nook). It’s important to keep your nook well fed. ******************** I don’t even know how to describe this book, so I’m only going to … Continue reading
White Is for Witching Helen Oyeyemi 2009 227 pages Published by Nan A. Talese Publisher Comments: “Miranda is at home — homesick, home sick…” As a child, Miranda Silver developed pica, a rare eating disorder that causes its victims to … Continue reading
Sorry for the cheesy title. But it was just begging to be said. My nook arrived last Tuesday (while I was at work! The agony! Except it did arrive half a month early…the ecstasy!). Her name is Calliope, and we’re … 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
