What a way to start the week! My package from Amazon showed up (and that’s a whole ‘nother story – they get a rare “F” in customer service on this one) and I can’t wait to start this one: I’ll Never Write My Memoirs by Grace Jones Legendary influential performer Grace Jones offers a revealing account of her spectacular career and… Read more
“My two favourite things in life are libraries and bicycles. They both move people forward without wasting anything. The perfect day: riding a bike to the library.” – Peter Golkin It’s funny – this quote is in all sorts of search engines and quote lists, but I can’t find anything about Golkin! Read more
More great new books this week! First up, Killers by Howie Carr: Whitey Bulger is gone from Boston, but Bench McCarthy is here to take his place. Bench McCarthy is a thug’s thug, a hitman, an underworld jack-of-all-trades running his own mob out of Winter Hill in Somerville while simultaneously handling “wet work” for Sally Curto, a half-demented, totally obscene… Read more
“A bit of trash now and then is good for the severest reader. It provides the necessary roughage in the literary diet.” – Phyllis McGinley, children’s author Read more
As soon as I heard the story behind My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family’s Nazi Past by Jennifer Teege and Nikola Sellmair, I knew I wanted to read the book: When Jennifer Teege, a German-Nigerian woman, happened to pluck a library book from the shelf, she had no idea that her life would be irrevocably… Read more
“My daughter is seven, and some of the other second-grade parents complain that their children don’t read for pleasure. When I visit their homes, the children’s rooms are crammed with expensive books, but the parent’s rooms are empty. Those children do not see their parents reading, as I did every day of my childhood. By contrast, when I walk into… Read more
I’ve been busy and I’ve gotten behind schedule, but I’ve got a stack of new books to tell you about, as well as some things I’ve finished that I want to review. But let’s start out with an easy one – can’t wait to get this one on the TBR list! Menagerieby Rachel Vincent: When Delilah Marlow visits a famous… Read more
Another rockstar quote about books and reading… I wanted to escape Small Town U.S.A. To dismiss the boundaries, to explore. My life experience came from watching movies, TV, and reading books and magazines. When your culture comes from watching TV everyday, you’re bombarded with images of things that seem cool, places that seem interesting, people who have jobs and careers… Read more
Sometimes music, movies and books are the only things that let us feel like someone else feels like we do. – Marilyn Manson, American musician, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actor, painter, multimedia artist Read more
This came in while I was out of town and I can’t wait to start on this one: All by Adriana Trigiani Adriana Trigiani, the New York Times bestselling author of the blockbuster epic The Shoemaker’s Wife, returns with her biggest and boldest novel yet, a hypnotic tale based on a true story and filled with her signature elements: family ties,… Read more