“What are we supposed to do? . . . About the way it is . . . the way it feels. Things like misogyny, which seems to be everywhere, kind of wallpapering the world, you know what I mean? It’s still acceptable in the twenty-first century, and why is that?”
Top Ten Tuesday: Best Character Names
Top Ten Tuesday: Best Character Names This Top Ten Tuesday was fun and tough to narrow down! Thank you That Artsy Reader Girl for another great TTT. Indiana’s Five: Eustace Scrubb: On its own the name is nothing special, but combined with the fantastic character arch of Eustace himself it’s just perfect. Dumbledore: It doesn’t... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Tuesday: Books with My Favorite Color on the Color
A collection of greens and blues on the covers of a few of our favorites.
Top Ten Tuesday: Books I’d Slay a Lion to Get Early
Top Ten Tuesday: Books I’d Slay a Lion to Get Early This one was easy to put together as there are too many books we’re excited about to begin with. Thanks for the excuse to write about them That Artsy Reader Girl!
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
Forgetting (for real) and (maybe) forgiving in Moriarty’s What Alice Forgot
“She was busy thinking about the concept of forgiveness. It was such a lovely, generous idea when it wasn't linked to something awful that needed forgiving.”
The quiet brilliance of Fortunately, the Milk
"Spoons are excellent. Sort of like forks, only not as stabby."
Hillbilly Elegy: the biography that made a splash
“whenever people ask me what I’d most like to change about the white working class, I say, “The feeling that our choices don’t matter.”
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