[thankful for a book-a-day advent to thanksgiving: 5 days left]
when i was a boy i liked to write. it was the only thing i wanted to do with my life. i invented imaginary people and filled notebooks with their stories. i wrote about a boy who grew up and got so hairy people wanted him for his fur. he had to hide in the trees, and he fell in love with a bird who thought she was a three-hundred-pound gorilla.
that’s all it took. a few sentences and i craved and feasted and sighed on the history of love. it is p
erfect. absolutely perfect.
the reviews, however, on krauss’s book were mixed, to say the least. and you’ll find most people tipping against it. i have no idea what’s wrong with those people. if my house was on fire, i would take the history of love.
is it in your 72 hour kit?
[ps - you still have ample time to finish housekeeping by marilynne robinson for our book group, the book trail, on nov. 30.]

yes, I would take the book too, if I owned a copy, love the history of love. And I did finish housekeeping, can’t wait for everyone’s reaction.