Some thoughts and quotes to expand a bit on my short review. The book touches on so many things and your perception of what is important in it will definitely depend on your experiences, but it is a book that moved me on many levels. ***SPOILER ALERT***I know the story is summarized at the back of …
My first Roth... I finished this book few months ago and still I’m not sure I’m ready to write its review. I liked the writing, characters, story, but it’s not about that, this is the superficial layer. I think I’m still digesting the book in some way, it touched on so many topics, all forms …
As I mentioned in my review I really liked the language and imagery in this book, how sensual it was and also how it jump between the high and the low of life, the big picture and focus on detail. He didn’t know that in some places, like the country that Rahel came from, various kinds …
Continue reading The God of Small Things – Arundhati Roy – Quotes
Olive is special and at the same time she’s like all of us, we’ve all done things we’re not proud of, been mean and even cruel, we all fail to understand what others hold against us. Sometimes we all just get lonely and yet we get on with our life, because what else is there …
Continue reading Quotes from Olive Kitteridge: A Novel in Stories – Elizabeth Strout
I’m still soldiering through Foxglove Summer. As I wrote before I loved Rivers of London, then the charm started wearing off at Moon Over Soho, but the ending had me reaching right away for Whispers Underground. Then force of habit (I really got used to PC Grant) made me start Broken Homes, which I enjoyed …
It’s a book about loss, grief and regret, but also about survivors, that’s why I thought those quotes would be better today than any review, or my commentary to the unbelievable horror that happened yesterday… “She was, she sensed sharply as she reached the far side of the parking lot, an untouchable. Not from scorn …
Continue reading Quotes from Did You Ever Have a Family – Bill Clegg
I am still working on the review for this book, in the meantime here are some things I highlighted while reading. Some were selected because they’re true bordering on cliché, others for their irony and yet others because I simply like them. Share your selected quotes from this book and your thoughts on my selection …
Continue reading Quotes from The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair – Joël Dicker
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