We all know how crappy it is to be in a reading slump; to feel like nothing you read will be that interesting or exactly what you’re looking for. It’s simply the worst.
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: Arm of the Sphinx
“Hope. What is its dimension? How long is it? Where does it lead? When does it become habitual, automatic, the answer not only to doubt, but also to action, and redemption, and living?” ~ Josiah Bancroft, Senlin Ascends
Review: Uglies
“Perhaps the logical conclusion of everyone looking the same is everyone thinking the same.” -Scott Westerfeld
August TBR
We're hoping to make August a busy reading month!
Top Ten Tuesday: Books that Lived Up to the Hype
Thanks to That Artsy Reader Girl for another great Top Ten Tuesday idea!
Review: Gift from the Sea
“Mechanically we have gained, in the last generation, but spiritually we have, I think, unwittingly lost.”
Review: Story
“The weakest possible excuse to include anything in a story is: 'But it actually happened.' Everything happens; everything imaginable happens.” ~ Robert McKee, Story
Top Ten Tuesday: Books with Sensory Memories
Thanks to That Artsy Reader Girl for another great TTT!