Books, stories and creative walkabout
(Includes rant about young adult fiction) I love it, I hate it, I love it, I hate it – I have the same guilty conscience after reading Beautiful Creatures as when I have eaten too much chocolate and enjoyed every bite. Here is yet another young adult novel with a supernatural twist and lo and […]
MoreBooks are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time. ~E.P. Whipple
I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves. ~Anna Quindlen, "Enough Bookshelves," New York Times, 7 August 1991
Finally, I am reading again and it is time to blow the dust off Louise’s Home Library. From May until now, I have not read a thing. Unbelievable, I know but nevertheless true. I have however leaped far in other fields during my absence. New job. Horribly long commute for four months. Buying a home and […]
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