“I think by now we can all agree that the foundation of world travel goes something like "Bring a cardigan.” Sloane Crosley
Review: Look Alive Out There
Review: Squire
“When people say a knight's job is all glory, I laugh and laugh and laugh. Often I can stop laughing before they edge away and talk about soothing drinks.”
Review: Pretties
“Being pretty-minded is simply the natural state for most people. They want to be vapid and lazy and vain . . . and selfish. It only takes a twist to lock in that part of their personalities.”
Review: Agnes Grey
“If happiness in this world is not for me, I will endeavour to promote the welfare of those around me, and my reward shall be hereafter,” Anne Bronte
Protector of the Small
“You can smack some people in the face with a haddock and they’ll still call it a mouse if a mouse is what they want to see,” First Test, Tamora Pierce
Review: Uglies
“Perhaps the logical conclusion of everyone looking the same is everyone thinking the same.” -Scott Westerfeld
Review: Gift from the Sea
“Mechanically we have gained, in the last generation, but spiritually we have, I think, unwittingly lost.”
Review: Less
"'Strange to be almost fifty, no? I feel like I just understood how to be young.' 'Yes! It's like the last day in a foreign country. You finally figure out where to get coffee, and drinks, and a good steak. And then you have to leave. And you won't ever be back.'" ~ Andrew Sean Greer, Less
Review: Gilead
“This is an interesting planet. It deserves all the attention you can give it.”
Review: Colors Insulting to Nature
“Lexie’s curmudgeonly dad, after a few tearful door-slams, hard truths, and violin music, reluctantly agrees to let a top ice-coach transform diamond-in-the-rough Lexie into a polished Olympic contender in six months (introducing the Ticking Clock, Hollywood Formula Obstacle #1).”
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