Book Reviews and a Little More…
This isn’t a meme I regularly participate in, but I felt the urge to wax poetic this morning! First, the business. Here’s what I have going this week: Kindle: The Raising by Laura Kasischke Audio: The Likeness by Tana French Non-fiction I pick through occasionally at work: Left Back: A Century of Battles over School Reform by Diane Ravitch On hold while I finish The
Read moreBook #16 was The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner. The back of the book reads: First published in 1929, Faulkner created his "heart’s darling," the beautiful and tragic Caddy Compson, whose story Faulkner told through separate monologues by her three brothers–the idiot Benjy, the neurotic suicidal Quentin and the monstrous Jason. "Out, out, brief candle! Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player
Read moreBook #15 was The Silent Hour, the fourth book in Michael Koryta’s Lincoln Perry series. The back of the book reads: Fresh off the critical acclaim of his Los Angeles Times Book Prize–nominated Envy the Night, Michael Koryta returns with a blistering new installment in the Lincoln Perry series. Whisper Ridge Home to Dreams October 2, 1992–April 12, 1996 So reads the strange epitaph carved
Read moreBook #14 was Diavolino by Steve Emmett. The back of the book reads: Paradise is just one step from Hell. The chance to build a dream home on a private island in Italy’s most beautiful lake offers architect Tom Lupton the fresh start he’s been yearning for. But when he arrives with his family on Diavolino, he finds the terrified locals dead set against his
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