Advance Reading Copy Disclosure: Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with a free copy in exchange for an honest review. I have read “Until Death Do us Part” by Ingrid Betancourt and I loved it. What drew my attention to this book…
“We leave the mission compound and drive across a packed mud square strewn with schoolchildren in blue uniforms. The walls of the cathedral, which looks as though it was transported whole from Belgium, are decorated with graceful cars of bullet holes and the roof sports…
“My book sat on the coffee table. I felt great. I felt frozen, completely frozen in my life. It would never stop being exactly like this. I was a great poet and I would always be alone. This was my curse. I took a couple…
“You want to write a book? Make a song? Direct a movie? Decorate pottery? Learn a dance? Explore a new land? You want to draw a penis on your wall? Do it. Who cares? It’s your birthright as a human being, so do it with…
“Victor and I have very different definitions of what constitutes a clean house. Victor’s definition involves absolutely everything perfectly in its place (except for the eight thousand wires and extension cords sticking out from every electronic device in our house, which are all apparently invisible…
“I have come to the conclusion that my passion for tidying was motivated by a desire for recognition from my parents and a complex concerning my mother. Being the middle child of three siblings, I did not get much attention from my parents after the…
Advance Reading Copy Disclosure: Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with a free copy in exchange for an honest review. I have not read anything else by Michelle Gable before but what drew my attention to this book the most was the…
“I believe in movement. I believe in that lighthearted balloon, the world. I believe in midnight and the hour of noon. But what else do I believe in? Sometimes everything. Sometimes nothing. It fluctuates like light flitting over a pond. I believe in life, which…
Advance Reading Copy Disclosure: Thanks to BloggingForBooks and the publisher for providing me with a free copy in exchange for an honest review. I have not read anything else by Daria Song before but what drew my attention to this book the most was the…
Advance Reading Copy Disclosure: Thanks to BethanyHouse and the publisher for providing me with a free copy in exchange for an honest review. I have not read anything else by Terri Roberts before but what drew my attention to this book the most was the…
