“Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.” — Groucho Marx
[Yes, I know! Finally! I'll be backdating this one, though, so it fits in 'properly' with the rest of the February stuff.]
Here’s the pile o’ books at the end of February:
The little pile on the left? That’s what I read — 13 books in that one.
The little pile on the right? Those [...]
Last book for February, hooray! The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde is the third in the series of novels about Thursday Next, a literary detective in an alternate version of 1985. After battling the evil Goliath Corporation in her version of England, she learns that she has a special ability to enter [...]
I’m a dog person, so it’s really no surprise that I thoroughly enjoyed Walking In Circles Before Lying Down by Merrill Markoe. I was admittedly surprised by how well the premise – a woman who has been dumped by her boyfriend is suddenly able to understand what her dog is thinking – worked out.
After Dawn’s [...]
I’ll admit to having a bit of a weakness for Jodi Picoult’s work. I hadn’t read anything by her until sometime last year, but purchased two of her books on a whim. It’s a good thing that I did buy two that day, because only a few chapters into the first book I [...]
In the first chapter of The Saffron Kitchen by Yasmin Crowther, Sara loses her unborn baby in an accident, and as a result, she also loses her mother, Maryam. Unable to handle what has happened to her daughter and her part in the tragedy, Maryam flees London for her native Iran and comes to [...]
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