i feel ill equipped to review “housekeeping.” honestly, i wasn’t sure i would enjoy it, especially after trying robinson’s pulitzer prize winning “gilead” and only managing to stomach a few pages. and even more so after attending a reading of robinson’s a few years ago: i found her arrogant and self-satisfied. i could hardly stand [...]
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thank goodness this book is back in print.read it religiously, once a year. tune out the kids. turn off the TV. light a candle. melt into something soft. and just read. read read read. it’s the tale of prue sarne, a woman stricken with a hare-lip (or rather, a cleft-lip, for those of us who need [...] [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 [...] [book-a-day advent to thanksgiving: 9 days left] i love love love this book. (so i’ve loved loved loved all the books this month. but if i was stranded on a desert island and i was feeling particularly girly and i just needed a romance, i would smuggle this book under my shirt, along with rope, matches, and [...] [just a little side note: we're still in the book-a-day blog advent to thanksgiving. thanks for books!] my vivid mental image of the war in heaven, the fall of satan, and the subsequent fall of adam and eve all stem from john milton’s epic poem. milton gives satan depth of character. he gives voice to adam’s, and [...] |
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