Notes on Books & Life
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. I’m currently about half way through The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge by Rainer Maria Rilke for my IRL book group meeting in early February. My edition is translated …
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Delirium by Lauren Oliver is the first book in a new trilogy. I received an electronic advance copy through NetGalley and read it on my Sony Reader. About the Book: In Lena’s sheltered, contained world, love is a disease: amor deliria nervosa, to be precise. Fortunately, there’s a cure, which everyone is required to receive …
I received The Absent Traveler Randall DeVallance for review from Atticus Books. About the Book: The Absent Traveler features one novella (the title work) and eight short stories. The novella tells the story of Charles Lime, a twenty-something stuck in a dead-end retail job in his hometown. Unwilling to move back into his old bedroom …
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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. Last night I finished Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen. It’s kind of an exciting classic for me, for two reasons. First, after starting and abandoning Pride and Prejudice at …
A Cup of Friendship is a new novel by Deborah Rodriguez, author of the memoir Kabul Beauty School. It will be published on January 25th. I received an advanced copy through LibraryThing’s Early Reviewers program. About the Book: Sunny, an American, has built a life for herself in Afghanistan. She owns a successful coffeehouse in …
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