“The visionary language of the doomed reaches heights of linguistic ardor with which language of the blessed and saved cannot compete.” ~ Toni Morrison, Paradise
Review: Paradise
Review: Impostors
“Freedom has a way of destroying things,” Scott Westerfeld
December TBR
November was a fairly hefty month of reading for both of us. Somehow, we both managed to get through our TBRs! This month, we’re making a last push to hit our yearly reading goals.
Review: Water for Elephants
“Why the hell shouldn’t I run away with the circus?” ~ Sara Gruen, Water for Elephants
Review: Beloved
“Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.”
~ Toni Morrison, Beloved
Review: A Closed and Common Orbit
“If you believe you have control, then you believe you’re at the top. And if you’re at the top, then people who aren’t like you… well, they’ve got to be somewhere lower, right? Every species does this. Does it again and again and again.” ~ Becky Chambers, A Closed and Common Orbit
Team Review: The Return of the King
“In this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien
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
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
