'I mean that we can allow ourselves to live and not really know what it is we're doing. That's all right. It's an accumulation stage.'

Loving this book so far. Already wanting to pack my bags!

I am LOVING this! It's so warm and interesting. It feels a look like the TV series Firefly, actually. Character driven, interesting, efficient world building, and just seriously the warmest, kindest space-y sci-fin I've ever come across. Space sci-fi generally doesn't feel 'cozy', but this does!

This was actually really good! Intelligently written, poignant, and interesting. Definite recommend!

"The world was suddenly heightened and tragic and important-seeming, as if everything were star-dotted and misty and brilliant, every word uttered passionately and ardently..."

"Don't you miss the world?"
"I have the whole world right here."

I just love this!

"In every breeze exhales the promise of spring,
Each sleeping tree dreams green dreams;
The barren mountain wakes in blossom."
Wave after wave of magic surged silently beneath her skin. They did not crash to the shore. Not yet.

"Speak the word, and, as you know, I would take you to the ends of the earth tomorrow."

#currentlyreading a fluff novel on vacation

They never had much, but they always had enough.

An unbelievably poetic and lyrical telling of a girl through her experience in WW2, told by a unique narrator. I was captivated early on and couldn't believe the beauty of good versus evil, light versus dark in this unbelievable story. I wish it never ended.

"The thin tunes, holding lost times and future hopes in liason, twisted upon the Valais Night. In the lulls of the phonograph a cricket held the scene together with a single note."

After reading books on WW2, I hope to hug every Jew in heaven someday. So beautiful, so heartbreaking, so incredible. Well done Zusak! Must read!

Ann Patchett is mesmerizing as she takes you through leaps in time and into the dynamics of a blended family all in the most organic, fascinating way possible.

This is high literature without stuffiness, and the characters have stuck with me even though I finished this two weeks ago. Nuanced, sleek, and powerful this took the literary world by storm for good reason. I can't wait to dive into the next book, I heard it just gets better! Have any of you read it? What did you think?

Ohhh this book. Atmospheric, utterly absorbing, and characters that feel truly alive. A wonderful, wonderful work and the best book I read this year

Seriously this reads like a Quentin Tarantino film, just a lot of casual murder and a fun mystery and non stop action that yanks you by the arm into the story and never lets go. Laugh out loud funny, utterly absurd, and so much fun to read!

JoJo Moyes is reasonably talented, above someone like Nicholas Sparks, but nowhere near someone like Donna Tartt. An entirely predictable plot and only fair writing made for a vaguely interesting but largely uninspiring novel.

This was 97 pages and epistolary, so took under an hour to breeze through. You have the witty, chatty Helene juxtaposed with the more formal, classical englishman, Frank, and their warm banter as Frank finds books for Helene. You get a beautiful view of the relationship between these two kindred souls and a heartwarming hour to experience it in.

I expected a little more from this initially, but after the first chapter I realized it was going to just be pleasant and breezy and implausible and everything would just tie up neatly. It was a fun fluff book!

I sincerely believe I learned more about The Tempest from this re-telling than in a college lit class years ago. Magic how Atwood weaves actual analysis of the play into a humorous, sharp, compelling story. Her re-telling is so worth reading