Author: Emily

Book-hoarding INFJ who likes to leave the Shire and go on adventures.

Teaser Tuesday

I’m reading a non-fiction book right that’s good, but a little uninspiring for a Teaser Tuesday post. So instead I’m going to post a teaser from a poem in the poetry book I’m currently reading now – Picnic, Lightning by Billy Collins. This is the best – throwing off the light covers, feet on the… Continue reading Teaser Tuesday

77 Love Sonnets by Garrison Keillor

During April, in honor of National Poetry Month, I read 77 Love Sonnets by Garrison Keillor. (Here’s a link to purchase this collection at an Indie Bookstore.) A modern collection of sonnets is, unfortunately, rather hard to come across. I was delighted last year to find out that Garrison Keillor was publishing a collection of… Continue reading 77 Love Sonnets by Garrison Keillor

The Postmistress by Sarah Blake

Title: The Postmistress Author: Sarah Blake Published: 2009 My edition: Putnam Hardcover 2009 Borrowed From: The Hoboken Public Library Pages: 326 Synopsis (from Strand): As the dawn of World War II sweeps throughout Europe, Americans are still relatively at ease and holding fast to Roosevelt’s promise that we’d be safe at home. Though, one American… Continue reading The Postmistress by Sarah Blake

Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis

Title: Auntie Mame Author: Patrick Dennis Published: 1955 My edition: Broadway Books Paperback 2001 Purchased From: Strand Pages: 299 Synopsis (from Strand): The world’s most beloved, madcap, devastatingly sophisticated, and glamorous aunt, Mame is impossible to resist, and this hilarious story of an orpahned ten-year-old boy sent to live with his aunt is as delicious… Continue reading Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis

Teaser Tuesday

By now, death had long since lost its power to shock. Everyone had a story: there were thousands piled up in London’s heart. But ever since the first of the year, Hitler had been playing with London’s nerves. There were three nights of bombing in January, then nothing for a week. Then again, and heavier.… Continue reading Teaser Tuesday

Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel (& Author Event)

Gentle readers, I’ve returned from a longer than anticipated blogging absence. I went on a relaxing 9 day vacation to Michigan, thinking that I would probably catch up on some book review posts there. I wound up barely touching a computer the whole time. I did finish six books while I was there, which was… Continue reading Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel (& Author Event)

National Poetry Month

Happy National Poetry Month! Last year I tried to celebrate by reading a poem a day for the entire month. I think I made it about 10 days before I forgot. I think I’ll try again this year. Maybe I should put a collection of poetry by my toothbrush or something so I remember to… Continue reading National Poetry Month

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Teaser Tuesday

We human beings build houses because we’re alive, but we write books because we’re mortal. We live in groups because we’re sociable, but we read because we know we’re alone. Reading offers a kind of companionship that takes no one’s place, but that no on can replace either. It offers no definitive explanation of our… Continue reading Teaser Tuesday

Teaser Tuesday

Through her closed eyelids Olive sees a red light slanting through the windows; she can feel sunlight warming her calves and ankles on the bed, can feel beneath her hand how it warms the soft fabric of her dress, which really did come out nicely. It pleases her to think of the piece of blueberry… Continue reading Teaser Tuesday

Teaser Tuesday

I have read quite a lot of books lately, and I intend to read many more. And in books I have discovered that there are sometimes lonely patches And scary times Disasters Catastrophes And long paragraphs of no use at all except possibly (says Saffron) to build up your stamina. But there are also jokes… Continue reading Teaser Tuesday