My mother, brother, and I have been big fans of Terry Pratchett for years now. It has become tradition the last few years that my brother sends me the new Pratchett for my birthday. This year, his new book is … Continue reading →

Ah. The Night Circus. This book was just what I needed right now. I even started another book, but just couldn’t get into it. I needed something magical. Something light and beautiful and I found it. “The Night Circus” by … Continue reading →

This morning I finished Beach Music, another book that has served to solidify my deep love of Pat Conroy. The book was fabulous. Completely and utterly fabulous. It is a whopping 768 pages long, prompting one fellow coffee shop patron … Continue reading →

I have read “To Kill a Mockingbird” before. I read it backstage when I was working at the Arkansas Repertory Theater during a production of “Of Mice and Men”. I remember liking the book, but it didn’t really stick with … Continue reading →

I was recently home in Arkansas and before I returned to Seattle, I asked my mom for a plane book. When I’m looking for a book to read on a plane, I am generally looking for something I can read … Continue reading →

I have finished the sequel to “The Sparrow” by Mary Doria Russell, “Children of God”. What a thoughtful series of books. It is hard for me to know exactly how I feel about this book. On one hand, I was … Continue reading →

I finished “The Sparrow” by Mary Doria Russell last week. It took me the entire weekend to decide how I felt about this book. It has been quite some time since a book left me so confused and with so … Continue reading →

After finishing the epic “A Game of Thrones”, I decided to pick up a small book from my “to read” stack. I put this one in my Amazon cart a while back. I’d never read it before, but have just … Continue reading →

Over the last few weeks I’ve been reading George R.R. Martin’s “A Game of Thrones”. “A Game of Thrones” is an epic fantasy novel and the first in the “A Song of Ice and Fire” series that spans four published … Continue reading →

I knew there was something I meant to write about this week, but I’ve been so slammed I forgot what it was. I just remembered! I finished reading “The Art of Racing in the Rain” this week. And it was … Continue reading →