Weekly Reads: A Mother’s Promise
“There were all kinds of promises in the world. Some were false. Some were made in earnest, but easily betrayed. Some were awkwardly, imperfectly fulfilled. But the promise made by […]
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Weekly Reads: Smoke and Mirrors
“Stories are in one way or another mirrors. We use them to explain to ourselves how the world works or how it doesn’t work. Like mirrors, stories prepare us for […]
Weekly Reads: First One In, Last One Out
“There must never be closure on the Holocaust. It is our responsibility to continue the legacy and preserve as many testimonies as possible.” ― Marilyn Shimon, “First One In, Last […]
Weekly Reads: The Dictionary of Lost Words
“Some words are more than letters on a page, don’t you think? They have shape and texture. They are like bullets, full of energy, and when you give one breath […]
Weekly Reads: America, 1908
“The America in which the following stories occurred will be, in scattered glimpses, familiar to readers of 2008; if we squint, we might even mistake it for our own.” — Jim […]
Weekly Reads: Everything, Everything
“Do you remember when we read The Little Prince together for the first time? I was so upset that he died in the end. I didn’t understand how he could […]
Weekly Reads: Five Feet Apart
“How long will I live my life afraid of what-ifs?” Rachael Lippincott, “Five Feet Apart” The book “Five Feet Apart” by Rachael Lippincott is one of hope, love, and despair. […]
Does “The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo” Live Up to its Online Hype?
Spoiler warning for “The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.” “The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo” has been taking social media by storm for the last year and a half. I […]
Weekly Reads: Persepolis
“One can forgive but one should never forget.” Marjane Satrapi, “Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood” “Persepolis” is an autobiographical series written about the author’s life during the Islamic revolution. […]
Weekly Reads: Salt to the Sea
If you read the last weekly recommendation “Ashes in the Snow,” then you won’t want to miss author Ruta Sepetys’ second journey. In this book, “Salt to the Sea” gives […]
Weekly Reads: Ashes in the Snow
Trigger Warning: This book contains horrific cruelty and sexual content. A New York Times Bestseller “Between Shades of Gray” now renamed “Ashes in the Snow” is a novel about World […]
Weekly Reads: Beneath a Scarlet Sky
Content Warning: The book has some brutal scenes described in great detail. “If a bomb’s coming at you, it’s coming at you. You can’t go around worrying about it. Just […]
Weekly Reads: Heartless
With all of the movies coming out about Disney villains, I was searching for a fantasy book to read and came across “Heartless” by Marissa Meyer. “Heartless” is the untold […]
Weekly Reads: Ordinary Grace
“The dead are never far from us. They’re in our hearts and on our minds and in the end all that separates us from them is a single breath, one […]
Weekly Reads: In an Instant
“Don’t just try to be happy when you think of me — be happy. Look at the ocean and smile. Inhale the scent and celebrate. Remember me. Remember that I […]
Weekly Reads: The Ocean at the End of the Lane
“Nobody actually looks like what they really are on the inside. You don’t. I don’t. People are much more complicated than that. It’s true of everybody.” — Lettie Hempstock, “The […]
Weekly Reads: All the Light We Cannot See
“Open your eyes and see what you can with them before they close forever.” — Anthony Doerr, “All the Light We Cannot See” The book begins with a blind 12-year-old […]
Weekly Reads: Out of the Easy
TRIGGER WARNING: Sexual abuse/assault, trauma “Sometimes we set off down a road thinkin’ we’re goin’ one place and we end up another. But that’s okay. The important thing is to […]
Weekly Reads: Every Last Word
“Still, I can hear this one thought hiding in the dark corners of my mind. It doesn’t attack like the others, but it’s frightening in a totally different way. Because […]
Weekly Reads: The Dark Wife
Content Warnings: Sexual Assault, Abuse As a kid, the story of Persephone, Goddess of Spring, and Hades, King of the Underworld, was one of my favorites. There are many variations, […]