Coming home with me.

So seamlessly put together and yet you can't help but think of the effort it must have taken. From start to finish, remarkable.

Lacking in life, in vibrancy. The whole of it felt as familiar as a path taken a hundred times, and yet there was no comfort to be found in the formula, likely because the characters could not be distinguished from the scenery.

The majority of this poetry collection was just WHOA. I kept asking myself, How does one word that way?

"You will thank me later, perhaps, for having had the courage to not be more tender."

That line about other stupid, frivolous women aside: Goodness gracious.

The subtitle and summary would have you believe this book is about LADIES, and while several are mentioned, the accomplishments and pursuits of men in the field too often intrude. To enter this book in search of a detailed account of the work and personal lives of late nineteenth century female astronomers is to be letdown. The focus, rather, is on The Harvard Observatory as an institution. Interesting, not what I was after.

The structure of this novel was all thumbs-up; I wanted to take it apart to see how it was done. I enjoyed the writing style, appreciated the cold distance between the reader and the main character -- all of the characters -- and how it served the story. I wasn't, however, invested in the events that unfolded. One key point was obvious early on, effectively letting the tension go slack.

Picked up this hitchhiker at B&N.

One of my favorite reads of 2016.

A couple of new additions to my shelves.