“She looked back at the friendly horses and saw that one of them had those eyes—those human eyes. Not blue this time, but somehow possessing a human awareness. It did not look at her. It studied her. The horse raised its head a little and the eyes widened, as if seeing the recognition in her…
“Crying makes him feel a fool, but he is weeping now, unstoppably. It's so performative. Who does he do this all for? Oh, what is the meaning? (He does not know about us yet, of course, reader. And though I'm no angel, I must say I have been mistaken for one, my feathers being so…
“It wasn’t too late to back out. She could’ve said that she’d changed her mind. But by then, she felt like she deserved to do something that she didn’t want to do as a punishment for misunderstanding her own desires. She should’ve known earlier. She should’ve known all along.” Sydney Hegele, Bird Suit,…
“There are those of us who wobble like blancmange in a crisis, and then there are those lucky souls who rise magnificently to the occasion, like a perfectly baked truffle souffle. Ian was the latter type.” (Sykes, 337) While ostensibly about the “Yummy Mummies” , the super-wealthy and status conscious ladies of the English…
“The gesture, the first time recognizing me, how could I forget it? And to have it followed by her voice, the first intelligible words I heard her speak, so near, the only time I’ve regretted the wind, wished it away, that slight breeze that carried her breath away from me. How terribly did…
Irish writer, Tana French is best known for her excellent Dublin Murder Squad books. Unlike that series, her books featuring retired Chicago cop, Cal Hooper, really have to be read in order. As a follow up to The Searcher (Cal Hooper #1), teenager Trey continues to wrestle with the secrets kept…
“I follow his gaze and then it strikes me. The paintings and sculptures are varied and diverse, but they all feature the same subject. It is unmistakable who it is. They all feature me.” Justinian Huang, The Emperor and the Endless Palace, pg. 153 What if you were doomed to love someone in every lifetime?…
“Books won’t solve my problems, Harriet.” “No, but they give your problems perspective. They allow your problems to breathe.” - Monica Wood, How to Read a Book Chances are if you are a regular library visitor that you are a booklover. I know that I love books. They provide not only an escape, but…
https://youtu.be/m6aQ7pyS5bM?si=NbHKd81xvXgGyAUh April is National Poetry Month! The newest episode of Nonfiction Book Report is available on the Library’s YouTube Channel. This April, Natalie and I chat Newish Noteworthy Nonfiction (but make it poetry) with our special guest, Kristina. To celebrate National Poetry Month, we each report on a book of poetry. Kristina gets meta with her own poetry-notes-poem while…
“Is this a test?” she asks. “For me?” “I’d say it’s more for us,” he says gently. “Or me, maybe. You’ve been good Annie. You’ve been wonderful, actually. It’s been over a month since you were grounded. And even that was for a mistake. I ought to give you more credit.” - Sierra Greer,…
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