One piss-poor bluffer indeed. The Glass Castle is still one of the most remarkable books I've ever read. She rides in a limo through New York City only to see a woman on the street digging through the trash, and realizes it's her mother. A memoir.

I can't say enough about this book. Passages like this. Let the words wash over you.
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What She Knew combines beautifully written prose with the cleverness of suspense, and the creative ability to weave in multiple layers of investigation and heartbreak. "Leaves gusted around me like decomposing confetti as the wind began to build, and great masses of foliage shuddered and bent as it whipped through the canopy above." - Gilly MacMillan

Keep looking. Keep searching. Keep trying.
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The best escapism. #reading #writing #bookquotes

And you should see what happens if we suspect snow flurries in the South ;) #reading #writing #bookquotes

Friend, lover, caretaker, collaborator, partner. So many words to describe us, but not enough to define us. #reading #writing #bookquotes

Struggle shows conflict, hardship, perseverance, and then growth. We can keep going, aiming for the sky. I'm also a big fan of this book. The first paragraph had me hooked from the beginning.

Reading this book right now and the quote jumped out at me. I've worn a mask at times. How many others do this too?

So true.

My favorite writing podcast: The Creative Penn by Joanna Penn (she also writes thriller novels). All things writing, the future of tech, and the latest in publishing news. And all with a lovely British accent. Check out her web site, books, and webinars too!

This is a strange, cautious time. But it's ours, just for a little while, until we say it out loud.

I love this analogy. A quick kiss in the dark.

Reasons for writing.

We are enough. What we have is already enough.

The selective transforming of reality. Bringing out its essence. Why I love fiction.

I read this book in 2 1/2 days. Great pacing and plenty of twists & turns for a clever suspense plot. Plus, this quote, sadly, rings true of what the woman goes through trying to find out what happened to her husband. Great read. Highly recommend it!

I love this description. You can almost picture it. When words create that moment when you must stop and read them again.

I am. I am. I am.

Good reminder. Get your dream list done now!

Every day counts. Not the one big event. Not the one time lucky circumstance. It's how you live and carry yourself every day. That's the complete package, your complete life.

Kimberly Belle has a new book out now: The Marriage Lie. I haven't been able to put it down.

I love this saying. I also love it's the title of her book. ✨

Author Kimberly Belle is represented by the same agency that offered me representation earlier this year. Wishing Kimberly and everyone at Holloway Literary many congrats on this book release. I'm already 1/3 of the way in! #litsyfeature

"Do you have the courage? Do you have the courage to bring forth this work? The treasures that are hidden inside you are hoping you will say yes."
Poet Jack Gilbert to a student, as captured by Elizabeth Gilbert in Big Magic.

Let's be ready ✨

Taking comfort in the steady routine of the night sky ✨

This book is hauntingly tragic, beautifully written. I love everything about The Hours. Always have. One of my all-time favorites that combines complex female characters with melancholy and a struggle to be loved.

Have been on a Jane Eyre kick lately when it comes to book quotes. Such strong, independent words.

I've always been a fan of Anita Shreve. Lots of female drama. Her work goes back more than twenty years with The Weight of Water one of my most dramatic favorites. Testimony is excellent too.

See where it all takes you.

Couldn't help posing Fractured when a storm overturned my chair and it looked like the cover ;) #litsyfeature

We still believe.

To all the sunsets we've seen before ⭐️

Yes! To all of this!

Beautifully written. The dreamer's tragedy.

Wise words -always- from Anne of Green Gables.

Keep going. Keep swimming. Most of all, keep your head up.

Christmas Week Read: Behind Closed Doors, suspense. The husband is already creeping me out. #litsyfeature

So true! Sometimes, I draw out the last chapter so it won't end. I make up chapters on my own. Or other times, the book ends too abruptly, as if forced or rushed by deadline, or to simply get to The End.

Me too ⭐️

Who shall we meet next?

This is so true. Makes me wonder what we'll be like years from now.

Now's the time! ⭐️

Offer yourself up like dust to the universe ⭐️

My Christmas read is more on the dark side. There are multiple sentences - from the first paragraph to Chapter 3 to page 50 - that has me wondering what in the heck happened to this woman before going on the run - and who is the original passenger?? "In case you were wondering, I didn't do it. I didn't have anything to do with Frank's death. I don't have an alibi, so you'll have to take my word for it." - Lisa Lutz, The Passenger #litsyfeature

It takes so little to make a child happy, that it is a pity in a world full of sunshine and pleasant things, that there should be any wistful faces, empty hands, or lonely little hearts.
- Louisa May Alcott, The Little Men #litsyfeature

When words are so beautiful you must stop and read them again ⭐️

Rise again. This entire book is filled with beautiful writing.

Have become a big fan of Kimberly McCreight this year. Her debut novel is well written, particularly from the viewpoint of the mother Kate as she tries to find out what happened to her daughter. And the author uses a clever way of inserting quick one to two pages of text messages, emails, or letters to show a flashback or some sort of dialogue. I recommend Where They Found Her also.