Ride the Book Trail

R E A D "more than human" by theodore sturgeon for a discussion beginning 31 march 2010 with guest host kate

"after leaving mr. mackensie" by jean rhys for a discussion beginning 31 may 2010 with guest host deja

"when you reach me" by rebecca stead for a discussion beginning 31 july 2010 with guest host KT

"olive kitteridge: a novel in stories" by elizabeth strout for a discussion beginning 30 sept. 2010 with guest host elise

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the book trail: more than human

a day late and a dollar short. story of my life lately. but, good news is, me and the kids safely arrived in the great state of colorado last night. [who knew they made places with so. much. sky. i can feel my whole soul stretching its arms and unraveling in the sun.]

and with the [...]

book trail: my cousin rachel

i have to admit the truth. i spend most of my time laying on the couch eating chocolate chips. not even reading books and eating chocolate chips. just staring into space and eating chocolate chips. but, for those of you whose life is not as exhausting as mine, here is our book trail discussion for [...]

at last

at last. the bubble that’s been hovering around me like a second skin the past few months keeping me from penetrating life: my life, an imaginary life — finally burst. i picked up alice sebold’s the lovely bones, a book i’ve been avoiding. i don’t do hype. i don’t do murder. but i read that [...]

atonement

i rarely seem to jump on book-bandwagons these days. maybe it’s the same reason i don’t watch the news or don’t seem to care whether obama or hillary wins the democratic nomination. but for some inexplicable reason (i liked the cover…?), i read atonement by ian mcewan. i’m going to agree with all those [...]

the enchanted april

i hope the enchanted april enchanted your own april. here’s our guest host sarajane’s take on the book.

I was totally enchanted by Enchanted April. I found myself completely taken in by the delicious descriptions on every page of this delightful novel. It was almost magic how quickly I felt totally transplanted into this warm, [...]