Many experiences in life are common to all of us, and a word or two is frequently enough to enrich a story with a wealth of recollection; take, for instance, the words ‘income tax.'
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We maybe take a bit longer getting ready for the day when we've got an enjoyable audiobook playing. Apologies for the tardiness! Blame--and download!--Libby.
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Illness has also caused me to seek new experiences through books. I read more memoirs now, both harrowing and adventurous ones and memoirs from people dealing with their own illnesses. Reading books about people dropping everything in their lives to go on adventures has inspired me to do the same—even if I do have to convalesce for days after I get back.
Reading memoirs from other people battling illnesses though, that gives me solace. I think that kind of book, when done well, represents the highest calling of literature: to remind us even in our deepest struggles that we are not alone.
“There is this kind, lovable, awareness to Gmorning, Gnight!. It knows what it is and how it works, what it can do and what it cannot.”
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5 Ways To Bookishly Donate This Holiday Season
Whether you’re trying to stave off the bah-humbugs or maximize your charitable contributions before the end of the fiscal year, here are some ideas for giving back: http://bit.ly/2R9UmuK
It’s our book date, Stephanie Garber’s LEGENDARY (with its older sibling CARAVAL)! Here’s what it’s about:
After being swept up in the magical world of Caraval, Donatella Dragna has finally escaped her father and saved her sister Scarlett from a disastrous arranged marriage. The girls should be celebrating, but Tella isn’t yet free. She made a desperate bargain with a mysterious criminal, and the time to repay the debt has come.
What are you reading?
It’s our book date, Stephanie Garber’s LEGENDARY (with its older sibling CARAVAL)! Here’s what it’s about:
After being swept up in the magical world of Caraval, Donatella Dragna has finally escaped her father and saved her sister Scarlett from a disastrous arranged marriage. The girls should be celebrating, but Tella isn’t yet free. She made a desperate bargain with a mysterious criminal, and the time to repay the debt has come.
What are you reading?
Are you ready for Aquaman? The next DCEU movie is swimming our way like a sailfish (the fastest animal in the ocean, obviously), and will flood U.S. theaters on December 21st, 2018. Though the King of the Seven Seas’ last outing, 2017’s Justice League, might have floundered a bit, fans are hoping this movie will make more of a splash.
We’ve got your who’s who of the characters here: http://bit.ly/2PwQebd
12 Christmas Romance Novels For This Holiday Season
Christmas break is coming! With that comes shopping, family dinners, holiday celebrations, quality family time, people you only see once a year. Ahem, maybe you need a little happily ever after to get you through. I have just the list for you. Make a cup of tea, put on your favorite pajama pants, and find your coziest blanket. With these Christmas romance novels you’ll be hoping to get snowed in: http://bit.ly/2Ps1N3E
It’s a dreaded day many readers have and it’s something we all come across: you have to go through and organize your TBR and consider what books you will read and what books you won’t.
But how do you start a process like that? Like this: http://bit.ly/2QImNj4
On the island where I come from women rule. They run the country, control the wealth, and decide who will do what, why, and when.
It’s our book date, Stephanie Garber’s LEGENDARY (with its older sibling CARAVAL)! Here’s what it’s about:
After being swept up in the magical world of Caraval, Donatella Dragna has finally escaped her father and saved her sister Scarlett from a disastrous arranged marriage. The girls should be celebrating, but Tella isn’t yet free. She made a desperate bargain with a mysterious criminal, and the time to repay the debt has come.
What are you reading?
9 Tasty Children’s Books About Food
Whether it’s the focus of the story, or just there to add (ahahaha) flavour, food is an important part of children’s stories. We’ve all imagined eating Honeydukes sweets or chowing down on a Wonka bar, but here’s a menu of the best children’s books about food that dish up some tasty treats: http://bit.ly/2PqtXMo
There are so many great microhistories, ranging from subjects like butter and cotton to champagne and the color indigo. Check out this list: http://bit.ly/2PoSVeV
He said he’d done his best. He’d tried to be a decent medic. Win some and lose some, he said, but he’d tried hard. Briefly then, rambling a little, he talked about a few of the guys who were gone now, Curt Lemon and Kiowa and Ted Lavender, and how crazy it was that people who were so incredibly alive could get so incredibly dead.
Winter is coming—and I don’t mean in a terrifying Game of Thronesway, but in a grab-your-hot-chocolate-and-let’s-cozy-up-in-front-of-the-fire-and-get-to-reading kind of way. Because I don’t know about you, but winter is one of my favorite seasons for reading. I don’t know if it’s the shorter days or the fact that cold weather makes me even more of a blanket-burrito hermit than usual, but either way, there’s nothing better on a cold winter’s day than a good book. And there are so many great books coming out in the next few months: http://bit.ly/2QFmp4M