Octavian Nothing (or the really long title, The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume One: The Pox Party)M.T. AndersonSeptember 2006351 pages I read about this book over on Dewey’s blog and was intrigued enough to buy … Continue reading
Three Cups of Tea Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin 2007 368 pages This was our choice for this month’s Slow Travel Concentric Reading Circle, and we discussed the book today. Not my normal choice of reading, and I struggled … Continue reading
Earthly PleasuresKaren Neches2008311 pages Skye Sebring is a greeter in Heaven. She’s a new soul, meaning she’s only been around for about a year. So she’s surprised when she finds out she’s been selected to go to Earth. Meanwhile, back … Continue reading
I tried. Really, I gave it a valiant effort. But I just can’t finish. Sorry Ines, you’re outta here. I made it to page 106. But there are 313 pages in this book, and the thought of having to read … Continue reading
Last night, shortly after Hovde, our local weather dude, reported 75 mile per hour winds in Morro Bay, our power went out. And it did not come back on until 2am. So we lit the candles and played a game … Continue reading
I did it. I finally finished Too Much Tuscan Sun. And since I’ve already wasted too much time on him, all I’m going to say is the author is an ethnocentric pompous ass.
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
