There are just those books that you finally get around to reading and wonder why the heck you’ve moved it for the last several years. Daniel Mason’s The Piano Tuner was exactly that book for me. It also holds the dubious honor of a one-star rating from me. If you check out the full post, you can read my scathing review in its entirety. Bonus: in my retelling of how I acquired this book (which involves a Yankee Swap), I confess that I used to […]
When your husband tells you he killed someone, you might want to be a little nervous
Rebecca is one of those books I was always assumed I had read. I knew the basics of the plot, and of course the famous opening line, “Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.” When I realized I’d somehow missed reading it, I picked it up. It’s the perfect book to curl up with on a rainy Sunday with a cup of tea. While I didn’t love it as much as everyone else seems to, I certainly enjoyed it. While working as the […]
Bradbury was the Best!
I’m not entirely sure why I chose to read Dandelion Wine but I am very glad that I did. The book is a collection of short stories and yet much more at the same time. It is more like a series of vignettes that occur within one loosely organized plot and it is utterly delightful. Dandelion Wine, according to the author’s forward (and my memory), began as a writing exercise that Bradbury would do to persevere through stints of tough writing. He created the mythical […]
Georgie’s marriage is in trouble. She and her husband, Neal, end up in different cities for Christmas – she makes a last-minute decision to stay in L.A. to work on an important new project for her work, while Neal takes their two daughters to Omaha for Christmas as originally planned. This is the first time in 15 years the two have been apart for any length of time, and Georgie and Neal left each other on very tense terms. Georgie, a television writer, leads a […]