“Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins.” Lolita Vladimir Nabokov Read more
Yearly Archives: 2017
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“It was not until several weeks after he had decided to murder his wife that Dr. Bickleigh took any active steps in the matter. Murder is a serious business.” Malice Aforethought Frances Iles Read more
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It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. 1984 George Orwell Read more
New on the Shelves…
I’ve been a serious slacker this month, but I promise (make a resolution, even) to change that. Let’s start off with a book I am really eager to dig into, because at this time of the year, we can all use a little Happy Living: The Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to Happy Living by Meil Wiking Embrace… Read more
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Log Entry: Sol 6 I’m pretty much fucked. The Martian Andy Weir Read more
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“Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.” One Hundred Years of Solitude Gabriel García Márquez Read more
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“Tolstoy clearly never spent any time with my happy family.” Appetites: A Cookbook Anthony Bourdain Read more
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“It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents, except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the house-tops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.” Paul Clifford… Read more