Category: Recommendations
Recommendation: A Discovery of Witches
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness ” It begins with absence and desire. It begins with blood and fear. It begins with a discovery of witches. “ I usually seem to have the luck to stumble upon serial books at the end, when all of […]
Recommendation: Something Blue
Something Blue by Emily Giffin ” I ripped out a page and wrote: “Steps to Becoming a Better Darcy.” I thought for a second, replaying Ethan’s speech. Then I wrote: 1. Go to an ob-gyn in London and prepare for motherhood! 2. Be more healthy, […]
Recommendation: Chances
Chances by Jackie Collins ” Costa Zennacotti stared at the girl sitting across from hi, his ornate carved wood desk separating them She spoke rapidly, gesticulating wildly, making faces to emphasize a point. Christ! He hated himself for having such thoughts, but she was the […]
Recommendation: Grave Sight
Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris “Sometimes I dream I am an eagle. I soar above them, noting their remains, bearing testimony to their disposal. I spy the man who went hunting with his enemy – – there, under that tree, in that thicket. I spot […]
Recommendation: The Witching Hour
The Witching Hour by Anne Rice “Who in God’s name are you? she thought. The incongruity of it struck her slowly, along with a completely alien thought. This is not what it appears to be. this is some form of illusion I’m looking at! And […]
Recommendation: The Mortal Instruments – City of Bones
The Mortal Instruments – Book 1 City of Bones by Cassandra Clare “Clary glanced at the spot where the boy had disappeared from, and said nothing. There wasn’t even a smear of blood there – nothing to show that the boy had ever existed. “They […]
Recommendation: What Remains
What Remains by Carole Radziwill “He was handsome and serious, bent over scripts in a hotel room, and then he stood and reached for my hand.” I know what you’re thinking. Why would you want to read a book about death? And not just about […]
Recommendation: The Nightingale
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah “If I have learned anything in this long life of mine, it is this: In love we find out who we want to be; in war we find out who we are. Today’s young people want to know everything about […]
Recommendation: Size 12 Is Not Fat
Size 12 Is Not Fat by Meg Cabot “Less Than Zero looks relieved. “Good,” she says. “Well, I guess I better go and find a store that actually carries my size.” “Yeah,” I say, wanting to suggest Gap Kids, but restraining myself. Because it isn’t […]
