“In this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien
Review: Specials
“I'm not sure what I am anymore... Sometimes I think I'm nothing but what other people have done to me―a big collection of brainwashing, surgeries, and cures... That, and all the mistakes I've made. All the people I've disappointed,” Scott Westerfeld
Review: Shopgirl
“He never complicates a desire by overthinking it, unlike Mirabelle, who spins a cocoon around an idea until it is immobile.” ~ Steve Martin, Shopgirl
Top Ten Tuesday: Bookstores/Libraries I’ve Always Wanted to Visit
It was surprisingly difficult to put this list together. Thanks to That Artsy Reader Girl for another great TTT.
Review: A Reaper at the Gates
“Curse this world for what it does to the mothers, for what it does to the daughters. Curse it for making us strong through loss and pain, our hearts torn from our chests again and again. Curse it for forcing us to endure,” Sabaa Tahir
Team Review: The Two Towers
“War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.” ~ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers
Review: The Brink of Darkness
“This hair of yours,” she said. “I suspect you don’t care to hear anyone’s opinion—but may I tell you my opinion? “ “Um, sure?” said Val. “It is sublime,” said Ripper. “You must not alter it until you’ve infuriated as many imbeciles as you can.”
Top Ten Tuesday: Longest Books We’ve Ever Read
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday by That Artsy Reader Girl was an easy one for us—we have a tendency to put ourselves through extremely long and dense tomes, and we love them.
Review: Inkheart
“If you take a book with you on a journey," Mo had said when he put the first one in her box, "an odd thing happens: The book begins collecting your memories. And forever after you have only to open that book to be back where you first read it," Cornelia Funke.
Review: Touch
“Visually and audibly, the world of today was designed to distract. Before you could give a name to your own feelings, there was something telling you what to think and want.” - Courtney Maum