“God save us from idealists!” Renzo cries softly. “They dream of a world without injustice, and what crime won’t they commit to get it?” ~ Mary Doria Russell, A Thread of Grace
Review: A Thread of Grace
Team Review: The Library at Mount Char
“Carolyn–I need you to go back into America. We need an innocent heart. We will offer it to Nobununga when he arrives. Do you think you can handle that?” ~Scott Hawkins, The Library at Mount Char
Review: The Sympathizer
"Don't you see that Americans need the anti-American? While it is better to be loved than hated, it is also better to be hated than ignored."
Grief, Illness, and Abandoned Dreams in Meg Wolitzer’s The Interestings
"When you looked closely at anything, you could almost faint, Jules thought, although you had to look closely if you wanted to have any knowledge at all in life." ~ Meg Wolitzer, The Interestings
Review: The Doldrums and the Helmsley Curse
This was such a strong follow up to The Doldrums. Everything from the humor to the whimsical nature of the storyline carried over really well.
Review: The Armored Saint
“Fear is a deadly thing, Heloise. It can drain a person of all their strength, make them weak before their enemies.” ~ Myke Cole, The Armored Saint
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
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
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
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