The Song of Achilles Madeline Miller 2012 369 pages ******************** I had to go to Fresno again yesterday for a meeting. Luckily, I didn’t have to drive this time. Also luckily, this was the book I chose to take with … Continue reading
Come In and Cover Me Gin Phillips 2012 342 pages Ren sees dead people (remember that movie?). I know, this sounds like potentially a very bad set up (at least in my experience), but Phillips totally pulls it off. I … Continue reading
The Girl Who Fell From the Sky Heidi Durrow 2010 264 pages ******************** From the author’s website: This debut novel tells the story of Rachel, the daughter of a Danish mother and a black G.I. who becomes the sole survivor … Continue reading
I had a plan. And it was a good one. I was going to read Brave New World for Banned Books Week. But this is what happened… I bought the book. And I started to read it. Then I drove … Continue reading
Game of Secrets Dawn Tripp July 2011 272 pages Published by Random House ******************** A few months ago, when Hamburger was still in the hospital, this book unexpectedly arrived on my doorstep. The wonderful Dawn at She is Too Fond … Continue reading
The Night Circus Erin Morgenstern September 2011 387 pages Published by Doubleday, who did an outstanding job with the entire book design ******************** “Thank you,” Poppet says. “That was a good one. Kind of sad, though, but kind of not … Continue reading
Little Princes Conor Grennan January 2011 294 pages Published by HarperCollins and purchased by me. In hardcover. Because you all wouldn’t shut up about how fabulous this book is. ******************** Oh my. This could very well be my favorite non-fiction … Continue reading
The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine Alina Bronsky Translated by Tim Mohr April 2011 304 pages Published by Europa, purchased by me because hello…Europa! ******************** I’ve been reading some fabulous books this month, and this is one of them. … Continue reading
I’d had The Secret of Everything on my nook for months…I can’t even remember why I downloaded it in the first place. But I finally opened it up this week and was immediately sucked in. I read it in one … Continue reading
Centuries of June Keith Donohue 2011 271 nook pages Published by Crown ******************** I am absolutely, positively loving this book. And no, I haven’t finished it yet, but that’s okay, since I won’t be able to spoil the ending. But … 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
