“People think that intimacy is about sex. But intimacy is about truth. When you realize you can tell someone your truth, when you can show yourself to them, when you stand in front of them bare and their response is 'you're safe with me'- that's intimacy.” ― Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Category: Adult Fiction
Book Review: Gone with the Wind
“After all, tomorrow is another day!” ― Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind
Book Review: The Circle
“You sit at a desk twelve hours a day and you have nothing to show for it except some numbers that won't exist or be remembered in a week. You're leaving no evidence you lived. There's no proof.” ― Dave Eggers, The Circle
Book Review: Eligible
“There’s a belief that to take care of someone else, or to let someone else take care of you—that both are inherently unfeminist. I don’t agree. There’s no shame in devoting yourself to another person, as long as he devotes himself to you in return.” ― Curtis Sittenfeld, Eligible: A Modern Retelling of Pride and Prejudice
Top Ten Tuesday: Books You’ve Never Heard Of
I had fallen off the bandwagon a bit when it came to this blog, but one of my favorite features that I have done in the past is contributing to The Broke and The Bookish's Top Ten Tuesday. It gets me really thinking about the books I've read in the past. This prompt, in particular, was challenging … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Books You’ve Never Heard Of
Book Review: Ready Player One
“Whenever I saw the sun, I reminded myself that I was looking at a star. One of over a hundred billion in our galaxy. A galaxy that was just one of billions of other galaxies in the observable universe. This helped me keep things in perspective.” ― Earnest Cline, Ready Player One
Book Review: The Perfect Girl
“I believe that if you are lucky enough to have a child, then you should love them, whether or not society labels them as flawed, whether or not you label them as flawed.” ― Gilly Macmillan, The Perfect Girl
Book Review: Lost Lake
“She understood that the hardest times in life to go through were when you were transitioning from one version of yourself to another.” - Sarah Addison Allen, Lost Lake
Ernest Gaines and Southern Literature
So sorry guys. It looks like I fell off the map a bit. Life is busy and really hard sometimes, but I'm finally seeing the light (and feeling more inspired than ever)!I'm currently spending the week at my alma mater, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, studying at the Ernest J. Gaines Center for the 2nd … Continue reading Ernest Gaines and Southern Literature
Book Club Reviews: A Fall of Marigolds
Book Title: A Fall of MarigoldsAuthor: Susan MeissnerPublication Date: 2014Genres: Adult Fiction, Historical FictionGoodreads Rating: 4.11 Stars Book Club Rating: 4.5 StarsA beautiful scarf, passed down through the generations, connects two women who learn that the weight of the world is made bearable by the love we give away....September 1911. On Ellis Island in New York Harbor, nurse Clara Wood cannot face returning … Continue reading Book Club Reviews: A Fall of Marigolds