April 2024 Archive

Posted April 27, 2024 by Papillon

"If you need to go all the way to Texas to find something, you don't really need it." This book kicks off a trilogy where Smiley tackles a full century of American history through one family's journey...

Posted April 24, 2024 by Papillon

"The crucial thing is having someone to talk to. Otherwise, you're stuck fumbling in the dark, desperately searching for a light switch in the stairwell." Three floors. Three families. Three stories...

Posted April 19, 2024 by Papillon

"Every day was a life in itself—marveling at renewed light, fighting off darkness, groping forward, forgetting and remembering, tracing a path that began at home and led somewhere unexpected..."

Posted April 17, 2024 by Papillon

"Just another chapter in America's grand fairy tale." February 23, 1979. George Clare bursts into his neighbors' house, panicked, carrying his young daughter—he found his wife murdered at home...

Posted April 13, 2024 by Papillon

"The Caesar salad was garbage. Bland. Wilted lettuce. Stale croutons. Totally disappointing. Like life." Alice Love fell during gym class. Hit her head. Knocked out cold. When she wakes up, she's convinced she's twenty-nine...

Posted April 11, 2024 by Papillon

"The poplars and alders offered shades of orange—bright, pumpkin, butternut. The sky cleared, blue emerged, sunlight swept across the trees on the opposite bank like wind, carrying scents of autumn..."

Posted April 8, 2024 by Papillon

"To read or not to read, that's the question." After three heavy, dark novels, I wanted something lighter and easier. What could be better than a book about books? Sara and Amy's connection started with letters...

Posted April 6, 2024 by Papillon

"Think history was written by ordinary men? History belongs to genetic exceptions—rebels, stubborn bastards, the relentless. Men who decide to become different from their fathers." The Ohio River doesn't just separate states...

Posted April 2, 2024 by Papillon

This tag's been making the rounds lately, and I decided to jump in after seeing the responses from Delphine, Nicole, Jérôme, and Noukette. A bit long, but actually pretty fun to complete...