One for each year lived.
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What I Read: June
Some good, some bad.
A Constellation of Words: The Luminaries
An intricate mystery set in New Zealand’s Gold Rush.
“The World Was Hers For The Reading”: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
In 1943, Betty Smith published what would become her most famous work and one of the most representative pieces of American literature. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn* was an instant hit, at the time being only surpassed by Gone With the Wind * in sales. The novel narrates the life of Francie Nolan and herContinue reading ““The World Was Hers For The Reading”: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn”
What I Read: May
Poisonous jellyfish, dysfunctional families, unlikely friendships and mice.
“Trouble with mice is you always kill’em”: Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men
Trouble in the ranch.
An Inbred Wanderlust: Finding North by George Michelsen Foy
“«Where» is the primal question, rather than «when», «how», or «who»”.
“The Best is Only Bought at the Cost of Great Pain”: Colleen McCullough’s The Thorn Birds
700 hundred pages of suffering and a very handsome priest.
Earth Week Essentials
Books to remember everything’s not lost 💚🌎
In defense of chick-lit
Four cringe-worthy (in the best way) reads.
The Wilderness Within: Kristin Hannah’s The Great Alone
Life has been so busy lately! Work has been a bit in the way of my reading, which means I’ve been only reading a bit before bed. Anyway, I managed to finish The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah last week. I had never read anything by her before —or anything written after 1970 in aContinue reading “The Wilderness Within: Kristin Hannah’s The Great Alone”
Adventures on the Page
Sometimes you just can afford to read.
