“Mornings now, when I wake up, I have this springy, hopeful feeling, and I see that everything is worth it, after all.” This line from Morgan’s Passing is my favorite quote from a book, ever. No surprise that I also love the book. It’s the story of a man named Morgan who’s bored by his tedious job, his inattentive wife and dismissive children. He has a closet full of costumes, and the one joy in his life is wearing them out in public and pretending […]
Five minutes looking in his eyes, we all knew he was broken pretty bad
Reading an Anne Tyler book is like snuggling into your warm bed when it’s raining and you have nowhere to be. There are no Big Bads, no scary, suspenseful moments, and no dramatic confrontations. Her books feel like a snapshot of the characters’ lives, which are mostly very ordinary. I adore them. The Accidental Tourist is the story of Macon Leary, a middle-aged man who writes travel guides for businessmen (and since it was written in 1985, they are indeed guides for businessmen, not businesspeople). His son Ethan was […]