I'm way behind at this point but won't make excuses. I'm a first timer who heard about this from my blogging friend Shannon at River City Reading. The read-a-thon started at 5am PST but if you know me even remotely, you know I barely acknowledge 5am much less read at that hour. So now I'm up and going. I'm 100 pages into my first book Lexicon which I've wanted to read for some ... Read More...
The Big Books of Fall
Fall is the biggest time of year for the publishing world. Why? I’m not sure but maybe it’s the shorter days and worsening weather—it makes staying inside with a good book that much more appealing. The fact that several of these are from well-known authors who have been silent for a while makes it even more exciting. It’s not complete but here’s a brief look at some of the big ... Read More...
Sunday Sentence: Cartwheel
Sunday Sentence: The best sentence(s) from this week, out of context and without commentary. Inspired by David Abrams at The Quivering Pen. But this was like a lot of things, she supposed—you wandered away from something for what felt like a minute and by the time you thought to come back to it, it had already been gone for a very long time. ... Read More...
Sunday Sentence: The Signature of All Things
Sunday Sentence: The best sentence(s) from this week, out of context and without commentary. Inspired by David Abrams at The Quivering Pen. I would like to spend the rest of my days in a place so silent—and working at a pace so slow—that I would be able to hear myself living. ... Read More...
Sunday Sentence: Enon
Sunday Sentence: The best sentence(s) from this week, out of context and without commentary. Inspired by David Abrams at The Quivering Pen. ...I deliberately found the thickest novels I could, for the pleasure of lingering in other worlds and other people's lives for as long as possible. -Enon by Paul Harding ... Read More...
Waiting on Wednesday: The Revolution of Every Day
Waiting On Wednesday (WOW) is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine, that spotlights an upcoming release I'm eagerly anticipating at The Gilmore Guide to Books. What Goodreads says: In the midnineties, New York’s Lower East Side contained a city within its shadows: a community of squatters who staked their claims on abandoned tenements and lived ... Read More...
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