The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. An emotionally gripping novel about a young man growing up in Afghanistan and the terrible burden of guilt he harbors. What I liked about this book was the immense symmetry in it– if you knew where to look, everything was anticipated by something else. Spin to Knit by Shannon […]
May 2007: Book Reviews
This is an archive of my shorter book reviews and notes, which historically have been posted over at the 50 Book Challenge on LiveJournal, but which I’m starting to move over here. I’m posting them with altered date-stamps, but they might show up in my LiveJournal cross-post anyway. Bear with me, please. Note: Many of […]
Exploring eBook Options
So, as I whittle my 900-boook library down to less than 100, I’ve started picking up eBooks as a new hobby. After all, audiobooks have been working really well for me, and I do so love to read…. I started with a couple of PDF books, one on travel writing, the other an ARC that […]
April 2007: Book Reviews
This is an archive of my shorter book reviews and notes, which historically have been posted over at the 50 Book Challenge on LiveJournal, but which I’m starting to move over here. I’m posting them with altered date-stamps, but they might show up in my LiveJournal cross-post anyway. Bear with me, please. Note: Many of […]
I’m obsessed
I’m obsessed with my books lately. I think it’s very hard for a writer to look around at her beloved friends and companions, her library, and say good bye to so many of them. It’s like a holocaust of literature. I’ve removed four bookshelves from my office (leaving two left and several piles and stacks […]