We all carry something inside us that can be rejected; that can look silver in the light. You can deny it, or try and throw it in the garbage, by all means. You can despise it so much you drink yourself halfway to death. At the end of the day, though, the only thing to do is to take hold of yourself, to gather up the broken parts.
So I think I'm bailing on this month's book club pick, 'The Course of Love'. 90-odd pages in and it's fine enough (de Botton's writing is quite lovely at times), but I just don't care enough about what happens to these characters. #alaindebotton #thecourseoflove #bookclub #abandoned
A good haul from this week's traipsing around bookstores in Melbourne 📚👌 #octaviabutler #olivialaing #bellhooks
I'd not read any Ann Patchett until 'Commonwealth' was released earlier this year - it was so wonderful that once I'd finished, Patchett's entire back catalogue made its way onto my Christmas list! So you can imagine I was thrilled to find this under the tree this year 😄 Can't wait to start! #annpatchett #stateofwonder #Christmas
Just finished this, and got through most of it just this afternoon - couldn't put it down! One of the best books I've read this year.
"It is paradise, but I am not happy. I am like the dog that used to belong to Pablo. History is the dark magician inside us, tearing at our liver".
Brunch and a good book on a glorious spring day - what could be better? #hotmilk #deborahlevy #manbookerprize2016 #manbookershortlist
