Take a Look through our Lens
This list was a tricky one—somehow, we are both getting to the ends of our TBR shelves! But we do have a handful of book we’re looking forward to reading this fall. Thanks as always to That Arts Reader Girl for this week’s Top Ten Tuesday!
"'Wayne's a little attached to that hat,' Waxillium said. 'He thinks it's lucky.' Wayne: 'It is lucky. I ain't never died while wearing that hat.'" ~ Brandon Sanderson, Alloy of Law
“I think by now we can all agree that the foundation of world travel goes something like "Bring a cardigan.” Sloane Crosley
This one was a fun list to put together, especially because it feels like the world only reads a select few number of books each year and it’s usually the ones on the best seller lists. Here are a few we think deserve another shot or at least a spot on your shelf: Pete's Five... Continue Reading →
“The Jenny Haniver was surfing on the edge of night as it swept Westward across the Great Hunting Ground.” ~Philip Reeve, Night Flights
We actually got some serious reading done this August! A lot of travelling (and some strategically-planned reading nights) helped with that. September is filled with books we’ve both been looking forward to for a while, since we read some duds last month.
“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.”
“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.”
“It's a bad word, 'belong.' Especially when you put it with somebody you love ... You can't own a human being.” ~ Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon
“Each member of the family in his own cell of consciousness, each making his own patchwork quilt of reality—collecting fragments of experience here, pieces of information there.” ~ Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye
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