In a place where there is a Small Island, a Big Island, and a mainland, there is a man, given to very little speech, but too fond of drinking. When he is sober he is a carpenter A wonderful worker in wood. Every piece he works on comes out right, with nothing wasted. But this skill comes to him without effort. And because it came with no effort he has never respected it—or ... Read More...
The Headmaster’s Wife: Giveaway and Review
The Headmaster's wife was one of my favorite book of 2014. Its paperback release is tomorrow so I wanted to remind anyone who might have missed this book what a gorgeous piece of prose it is. Plus, I have 2 copies to giveaway so you could win one to read! Some books are written with the intent to stun a reader with surprise and don’t offer much beyond that. Others, ... Read More...
The Word Exchange: A Novel
I've finally been hit by what so many of you have in the last few months- a whopper of a cold that has left me unable to formulate even the simplest thoughts. The Word Exchange just came out in paperback and as it was one of my favorite books for 2014, I'm sharing the review for the second time. A meme (/ˈmiːm/ meem) is "an idea, behavior, or style that ... Read More...
The Jaguar’s Children
There is always some fact in fiction but in The Jaguar’s Children by John Vaillant there is likely to be much more than expected. The story is a simple one in terms of characters and staging because it takes place inside a water tanker truck over the course of three days when it is left in the desert near Nogales, Arizona after stopping due to mechanical problems. The ... Read More...
We Need to Talk About Kevin
The point is, I don’t know what exactly I’d foreseen would happen when Kevin was first hoisted to my breast. I hadn’t foreseen anything exactly. I wanted what I could not imagine. I wanted to be transformed; I wanted to be transported. I wanted a door to open and a whole new vista to expand before me that I had never known was out there. The holidays are not generally the ... Read More...
Free Range Reading: Tinkers
Tinkers opens with George Crosby, lying on a bed in the living room of the home he built himself, as his mind swirls and flows between the reality of his family gathered to bid him goodbye to the most exquisite reminiscences on life itself and his place in its great tiled framework. …I will remain a set of impressions porous and open to combination with all of the other ... Read More...
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