Notes on Books & Life
When I received The Bee-Loud Glade by Steve Himmer for review from Atticus Books, I wasn’t really sure what to expect. From the first page, though, the book sucked me in, and I knew I would end up liking it. The Bee-Loud Glade will be published on April 4, just a few weeks away. About …
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When Herta Müller won the Nobel Prize in 2009, I was rather ashamed to say I’d never heard of her, even though at that point I’d been working in a bookstore for two years. She immediately went onto my TBR list, and when I came across a copy of The Appointment at a recent library …
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I’ve felt a little “meh” toward most of the books I’ve read recently. Last week I talked about Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome and The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett, both audiobooks I didn’t love. Instead of talking about these next two books separately, I’m rolling all the “meh” into a …
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After hearing about The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett ever since it came out a few years ago, I finally decided to try it. I borrowed the audiobook, read by the author, from my local library. About the Book: The Uncommon Reader is a brief little novel about what happens when the Queen of England …
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The Classics Reclamation Project is my personal challenge to read and enjoy the classics. Each Wednesday, I post about the classic I’m reading at the moment. Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome was published in 1889 and tells the story of three friends’ vacation traveling by boat down the Thames. It’s narrated …
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