I know all about your standards. And if you don’t mind my saying so There’s not a man alive That could hope to measure up to that Blend of Paul Bunyon, St. Pat, and Noah Webster You’ve concocted for yourself Out of your Irish imagination, Iowa stubbornness, And your library full of books. ~Meredith Wilson’s The Music Man Here’s the problem with fictional men: someone made them up. And as a result, we have to seriously look for their faults. And while characters like Dom surely have faults, because we see so little of those faults […]
The Secret Sisterhood of Tortall & Tamora Pierce
There is one book series that most women in my generation – the older end of the millennial generation – have read. It’s the secret book language that we can all speak, and know inside out. And they’re books that we keep pushing the younger millennials to read, too. These are the books by Tamora Pierce. All of them a extremely empowering, particularly to women. However, my love has always come back to her Tortall stories. “At the end of the road – we’ll see. We’re bound for the capital of Tortall-“ The girl’s face […]
The Full “Among Others” Book List – By Page Number
Shortly after I began this post – a job I undertook when I decided I’d “run out” of books to read while housesitting and realized I’d brought the needed book with me – I was inspired to buy two books I had yet to read. Farthing by Jo Walton and The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin. You know you’ve picked up a good book when the bookseller talks your ear off when he sees you holding it. I’ve been wanting to make this list for awhile, and if you’ve ever read Among Others, you […]
Books That Stay With Me
You ever see someone post one of those random “10 Things” lists on Facebook and think, “Wow, that would make a good blog post?” Well that’s pretty much this post right here. The post goes thusly: Rules: In your status line, list 10 books that have stayed with you in some way. Don’t take more than a few minutes and don’t think too hard – they don’t have to be the “right” or “great” works. Just the ones that have touched you. Tag 10 friends, including me, so I’ll see your list. I’m not tagging […]