Just now realized that this was written by a man-- surprising! This is a happy, feel-good, suspended from reality story that I enjoyed.
"She loved that place, and had never felt claustrophobic...now she was glad to have somewhere she could keep to herself, uninterrupted by the drama of the shared living space. She loved never having to justify her movements or her lack of movements to anyone else."
I started this blog before facebook as a way to comment on friends' blogs and over the years I've used it for different purposes. To share my reading list, to muse, but now, after 8 years as a single mom to most incredible boy, I've remarried and I thought I'd share our story of becoming the "Waki Family."
7.30.2013
"Prayers for Rain" Dennis Lehane
A few weeks ago, I was in Chicago and had an afternoon all to myself. This resulted in a visit to CBO, a few other shops, and of course the bookstore, where I picked up this book. I hadn't read any of Lehane's books, but while this was violent & bit unbelievable, I still enjoyed it. This passage is for the man who's love of Mustangs, I don't understand, but appreciate a little bit better now...
"I pulled the cover off the car and almost gasped. The 1968 Shelby Mustang GT-500 is to American automobiles what Shakespeare is to literature and the Marx Brothers are to comedy- that is to say, everything that came before was, in retrospect, a teaser, and everything that came after could never live up to the standard of perfection achieved in one brief blink of time...'I'm sorry,' I told the engine."
"I pulled the cover off the car and almost gasped. The 1968 Shelby Mustang GT-500 is to American automobiles what Shakespeare is to literature and the Marx Brothers are to comedy- that is to say, everything that came before was, in retrospect, a teaser, and everything that came after could never live up to the standard of perfection achieved in one brief blink of time...'I'm sorry,' I told the engine."
7.16.2013
"The Liar's Gospel" Naomi Alderman
Must like reading the Bible, I got about halfway through, decided it was a silly story and put it down.
"The House at the End of Hope Street" Menna van Praag
"When she'd walked into the house, long after midnight, she'd felt the presence of Blake, so sharp and strong that it had driven her straight to her clothes. Now he won't leave her: his smile, his touch, his unreachable heart."
7.09.2013
"A Thousand Pardons" Jonathan Dee
"'We have to think in terms of storytelling,' she said. 'Imagine how you want the customers to think of you, say two months from now. Then we tell the story that leads to that place. If it's a story of our guilt, of our desire to make amends, if that's how it begins, then so be it. You have to take the long view, even if it means making some sacrifices now in the service of that greater truth...People want to believe you did something wrong, though. And if you keep denying what they believe, that just strengthens their suspicion. But if you take upon yourself, if you just agree to own it, then they're yours, then you're the one making the choices that drive the story from that point forward.'"
"Helsinki Blood" James Thompson
I've read the other books in this series, and this one bordered on the ridiculous. I wouldn't recommend it and sadly, no quotes.
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