This week’s Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, asks for “Top Ten Quotes I Loved From Books I Read In The Past Year Or So.” I’ve assembled a somewhat random smattering of quotes that I loved from books I’ve read so far in 2015. I jot down quotes and passages in… Continue reading Ten Quotes I Love From Books I’ve Read This Year
Author: Emily
Book-hoarding INFJ who likes to leave the Shire and go on adventures.
Felicity by Mary Oliver
“If I have any secret stash of poems, anywhere, it might be about love, not anger.” – Mary Oliver Mary Oliver, one of my very favorite poets, has already graced us with a wonderful bounty of beautiful poems about the natural world and the joy of being alive in it. In her latest collection, she finally is… Continue reading Felicity by Mary Oliver
Polysyllabic Spree – October 2015
October was a good reading month, mostly because of the Readathon and audiobooks. Without the Readathon or audiobooks I would have finished only 4 books in October! Let’s not imagine such a bleak world, and instead rejoice in all the wonderful books that did get read. Books Read: 12 Already reviewed: The Martian by Andy… Continue reading Polysyllabic Spree – October 2015
The Dead Ladies Project by Jessa Crispin
It’s not often that I don’t want to finish a book. Even when I love a book, I’m usually satisfied with the conclusion and happy to check it off the list and start another (hopefully also wonderful) book. But I did not want to reach the last page of The Dead Ladies Project by Jessa Crispin.… Continue reading The Dead Ladies Project by Jessa Crispin
The Mark and the Void by Paul Murray
A lot of non-fiction books came out of the most recent financial crisis — books explaining what happened and why, how things got so bad, biographies and analysis of the major players, and details of the aftermath. But it hasn’t spawned a lot of novels, so far. There are a few, but Paul Murray’s new novel, The Mark and the… Continue reading The Mark and the Void by Paul Murray
The Week 11.01.15
I’ve been a bit M.I.A. on the blog the past few weeks. Last weekend I was upstate in Copake, NY with some of my dearest friends, and this past week I got to pup-sit again for the adorable Hideki. During my free time all I’ve wanted to do is relax and read, so I just… Continue reading The Week 11.01.15
Dewey’s Readathon Hour 8 Mini-Challenge: Armchair Traveling
Welcome to the Hour 8 Mini-Challenge for Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon! HOUR EIGHT. FEELING GREAT. The theme of this mini-challenge is ARMCHAIR TRAVELING. One of the many delights of reading is the ability books have to help us travel the world in our imaginations – rich descriptions and stories that make us feel transported, even if we… Continue reading Dewey’s Readathon Hour 8 Mini-Challenge: Armchair Traveling
Readathon: Fall 2015
It’s #readathon day! HUZZAH! What is Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon, you ask? It’s a twice a year event where book lovers around the world D.E.A.R. (drop everything and read) for 24 hours and eat snacks. We tweet, encourage each other, do mini-challenges, win prizes, and (most importantly) have a ton of fun. (It’s so much fun that… Continue reading Readathon: Fall 2015
Thirteen Ways of Looking by Colum McCann
Thirteen Ways of Looking is a collection of four pieces of short fiction by the wonderful Irish author, Colum McCann. They don’t have interconnecting characters or plot lines, but they do share a theme: investigating events from different angles and determining if it’s ever possible to know the full story, or if we are forever trapped in… Continue reading Thirteen Ways of Looking by Colum McCann
The Week 10.11.15
We celebrated Graham’s birthday this week! He likes low key celebrations, so we spent several evenings eating our favorite foods, and on his birthday evening we went to see The Martian. (My review of the book & movie is here, if you missed it.) Yesterday we hiked West Kill mountain in the Catskills and were… Continue reading The Week 10.11.15
The Martian by Andy Weir
When I was a kid, I alternated between wanting to be a teacher when I grew up, and wanting to be an astronaut. I was never very serious about the astronaut dream – it was just a fantasy. Deep down I knew the extreme unlikeness of realizing it, but it was so much fun to… Continue reading The Martian by Andy Weir
10 bookish things I have quit
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by the Broke and the Bookish, asks what bookish things we’ve quit. Once I got going, I had no trouble thinking of 10 things. Here’s my ten: 1. Collections of letters. I used to be an absolute sucker for collections of letters. There was something irresistible about them for… Continue reading 10 bookish things I have quit