“It’s like I live in a cage with no door and no key. And I have no way to tell someone how to get me out.”–Sharon M. Draper, Out of My Mind This terrific book that is a must read for all parents and children. Melody is eleven years old and is not at all […]
“In Senegal, the polite expression for saying someone died is to say his or her library has burned.”–Susan Orlean, The Library Book On the morning of April 28, 1986, the fire alarm at the Los Angeles Public Library started to wail. Library workers were not concerned since the fire alarm went off often and it
“The world changes for men, Frances. For women, it stays pretty much the same.”–Kristin Hannah, The Women This much anticipated book by Kristin Hannah lives up to its hype. It took me months to get this book from my local library and last time I checked, there were over 4,000 people waiting on hold for
“He said that it was bad faith to do something you know you’re not good at, and good faith to do the thing you’re best at doing.”–Ina Garten, Be Ready When the Luck Happens True confessions–while I am well aware of who Ina Garten is, I have never watched her cooking show or read any
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“I thought what I craved was approval and praise, but it’s simpler than that. I craved acceptance. For all the different versions of me I have been, and all the many lives I have lived.”–Lara Love Hardin Lara Love Hardin seemed to have everything together. Soccer mom, mother of four boys, wife, and business owner
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“People will always distrust what they don’t understand. And what they distrust, they cannot love.”–Susan Meissner, Only the Beautiful In 1938 California, sixteen year old Roseanne Morris loses her parents and younger brother in a tragic car accident.. Orphaned with no extended family to take her in, she becomes the ward of Celine and Truman
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“Everyone is taking the best shot they’ve got, and some shots are just luckier than yours. Anytime you feel your unhappiness turning into bitterness, you have to check yourself. You can live with unhappiness, but bitterness will kill”― Richard Osman, We Solve Murders Richard Osman has channeled his winning formula for A Thursday Murder Club Mystery series
“She felt less like a mere human being, and more like a human who was merely being.”–Brandon Sanderson, Tress of the Emerald Sea This book was recommended to me as a good introduction to Brandon Sanderson. It is a stand alone book with a lot of characters, but not too many characters. In fact to
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“The American people themselves “are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless, and corrupt, it is because the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness, and corruption.”― James Garfield quoted by Jon Grinspan, The Age of Acrimony: How Americans Fought to Fix Their Democracy, 1865-1915 In our current setting of extreme political partisanship and
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“There’s an old saying: The first lie wins. It’s not referring to the little white kind that tumble out with no thought; it refers to the big one. The one that changes the game. The one that is deliberate. The lie that sets the stage for everything that comes after it. And once the lie
