Poetry is not what I would call my forte. I have hundreds and hundreds of books on all kinds of topics, but out of all the quotations in my Commonplace Book, only approximately 60 poems make an appearance — and several are repeated. I’m much pickier with poetry than I am with books: I like…
“The story is in the cards.”
Title: Sepulchre Author: Kate Mosse (no, not the model–that would be Kate Moss) Genre: Fiction (quasi-mystery/horror) Publication Date: 2007 Purchase Price: $16.00 (paperback); I got a hardback on sale for $6.98 Misc. Info.: From the author of the bestseller Labyrinth Looking back, perhaps the fact that I found this week’s book in the discount bin…
“Write what should not be forgotten.”
Okay, here’s the skinny: I’m a nerd. You are surprised by this revelation, I know. “It’s not possible!” you say. “You, a nerd? Lies!” Protest all you wish, but that doesn’t make it any less true. There are oodles of examples of my nerdiness: my enjoyment of doing laundry, my hatred of all things with…
Review: The Masqueraders
(Note: This is an older entry, from my first few months of blogging, and contains spoilers. Reader beware.) Normally I’m not a fan of setting foot in Barnes and Noble without a set list of books to look for; letting me wander about like a free range chicken is liable to leave my companions with…
“Perform the tasks in the ballad and you’ll be saved. It’s as simple and as hard as that.”
Title: Impossible Author: Nancy Werlin Genre: Young Adult Fiction Publication Date: 2008 Purchase Price: $9.99 (paperback) Misc. Info.: A great example of music inspiring a story Aldous Huxley (the author of Brave New World) is quoted as saying, “After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.” And while I’m a great…