Orange Is The New Black My Year In A Women’s Prison by Piper Kerman ” As Nina headed down the hill to the FCI, I felt a real sense of loss. She was the first real friend I had made, and I wouldn’t have any contact […]

The Martian by Andy Weir “Yes, of course duct tape works in a near-vacuum. Duct tape works anywhere. Duct tape is magic and should be worshiped.” I just love it when the underdog wins. Some might not consider Andy Weir, author of the bestselling novel […]

The Alchemyst – The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott ” I am legend. Death has no claim over me, illness cannot touch me. Look at me now and it would be hard to put an age upon me, and yet I […]

The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George “ He wanted her to sense the boundless possibilities offered by books. They would always be enough. They would never stop loving their readers. They were a fixed point in an otherwise unpredictable world. In life. In love. […]

Dark Places by Gillian Flynn “I was not a lovable child, and I’d grown into a deeply unlovable adult. Draw a picture of my soul, and it’d be a scribble with fangs.” Gillian Flynn is best known for her astoundingly successful thriller, Gone Girl – […]

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 […]

How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin Hamid ” We are all refugees from our childhoods. And so we turn, among other things, to stories. To write a story, to read a story, is to be a refugee from the state of […]

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, […]

Lost in a Book by Jennifer Donnelly “The second vulture screeched. He shook his head, and then his wings. Death’s pale cheeks flushed with indignation.  “I know there are rules, Truque!” she said. “I know I cannot go to the girl before her time. But […]

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 […]