December 2011
60 posts
“Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical...”
– -J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
(via lotsofbookquotes)
Book Review:Evermore-Alyson Noël
smartiepantscay:
After a horrible accident claims the lives of her family, sixteen-year-old Ever Bloom can see people’s auras, hear their thoughts, and know someone’s entire life story by touching them. Going out of her way to avoid human contact and suppress her abilities, she has been branded a freak at her new high school-but everything changes when she meets Damen Auguste. Damen is...
“I saw my life branching out before me like the green fig tree in the story. From...”
– Sylvia Plath (The Bell Jar)
“There is nothing heavier than compassion. Not even one’s own pain weighs so...”
– Milan Kundera (The Unbearable Lightness of Being)
“Fear prods you to jump to conclusions instead of waiting for clarification. Fear...”
– Raising the Sail by Nicole Johnson (via landofrainbows)
USED & INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES
encyclopediaofgratitude:
Remember when “Look Inside the Book” involved picking one up? A local bookstore is a treasure chest, one that reminds readers why they love books—the physical objects—so much. Bookstores touch all our senses, down to that evocative, slightly musty smell (paper, dogs, generations of readers thumbing through volumes over coffee). Then comes the divine moment when...
Blood Rites by: Quinn Loftis
goldbitsandstardust:
Synopsis from Goodreads;
With the challenge complete and the corrupt Alpha of Coldspring defeated Fane is now free to complete the mate bond with Jacque and perform the Blood Rites. Although the challenge is done, the affects are far reaching. Once it is known that Vasile, one of the strongest Alphas in the world is in America, specifically Coldspring, TX, there is one...
“Just as composers go to concerts and artists visit galleries, writers read. You...”
– Judith Barrington (via cinderellainrubbershoes)
Book Review: Shoulder Bags and Shootings
beingcc:
What’s it about? Dorothy Howell adds another book to her Randolph series in this third installment entitled “Shoulder Bags and Shootings” You can find my review of the first book here, and the second book review is pending but check back here. The novel is about 300 pages long and can be purchased online. I got mine for $3.99 at the ibook store. This is book 92 of my 100 book...
“You know how people long to be eternal. But they die with every day that passes....”
– Steven Mallory (The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand)
