May TBR Indiana’s April Wrap Up This was not a bad month of reading! Granted, I didn’t actually end up reading the longest book that I had planned to read. But we plan, God laughs. The Doldrums and the Helmsley Curse by Nicholas Gannon - Review to come After Henry by Joan Didion - Review... Continue Reading →
Team Review: Elantris
"That's exactly the problem. Everyone's convinced that their lives are over just because their hearts stopped beating." ~Brandon Sanderson, Elantris
Pyramids: A Meandering Stroll through the Desert
“He was attached to rivers, which he felt were designed to have water lilies on top and crocodiles underneath, and the Ankh always depressed him because if you put a water lily in it, it would dissolve.” ~ Terry Pratchett, Pyramids
Forgetting (for real) and (maybe) forgiving in Moriarty’s What Alice Forgot
“She was busy thinking about the concept of forgiveness. It was such a lovely, generous idea when it wasn't linked to something awful that needed forgiving.”
The quiet brilliance of Fortunately, the Milk
"Spoons are excellent. Sort of like forks, only not as stabby."
Hillbilly Elegy: the biography that made a splash
“whenever people ask me what I’d most like to change about the white working class, I say, “The feeling that our choices don’t matter.”
Team Review: The Fellowship of the Ring
“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” - J. R. R. Tolkien
Double Review: An Ember in the Ashes #1 and #2
"So long as you fight the darkness, you stand in the light," Sabaa Tahir.
Review: Heroes of the Frontier
"This was the common criminal pursuit of all contemporary humankind. Give my child an Ikea desk and twelve hours a day of sedentary typing. This will mean success for me, them, our family, our lineage." ~ Dave Eggers, Heroes of the Frontier
Review: Anna and the Swallow Man
“Because," said the swallow man. "A friend is not someone to whom you give the things you need when the world is at war. A friend is someone to whom you give the things that you need when the world is at peace.”