Reflections on my reading choices
Alma Whittaker, born with the century, slid into our world on the fifth of January, 1800. Swiftly—nearly immediately—opinions began to form around her. A friend of mine lent me this book, and it has consequently made its way around a small group of my friends. It was like the Sisterhood of the Travelling Book: every… Continue reading The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert
Bird reflected on his fortune: a trophy wife, candelabra-wielding mother, stair-case threatening caregiver, saber-wielding brother, dentally and mentally challenged caretaker, crumbling house, money-sucking mortgage, dwindling bank account. The Institute for Continuing Conflict The premise of the novel revolves around political tensions between The United States, China, and the Dalai Lama. If that doesn’t seem too… Continue reading They Eat Puppies, Don’t They? By Christopher Buckley
Analysis of consequences. This Swedish crime novel hits all the right psychological thriller spots and fits into my ‘book that has been translated’ category. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is the first novel in the series and was published posthumously (which I find to be a really cool fact) in 2005. I think it’s… Continue reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Loved one. She has read these words many times in such books, even in very scientific books not seeking to comfort but to inform. Ann is always moved by the tender ambiguity. Loved one, the faceless, sexless, helpless focus of her heart: A loved one is the person you will lose. Each chapter of this novel… Continue reading Idaho by Emily Ruskovich
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