When she was not looking for her name, she was writing it, and not just Charlotte either as she would have put on her books at home, or even at the little village school where she went before. Charlotte alone proved no identity at all. Charlotte Mary Makepeace she wrote in full and in her… Continue reading Teaser Tuesday
Month: May 2010
Polysyllabic Spree – April 2010
Books Purchased: Mathilda Savitch by Victor Lodato Irish Folktales by Henry Glassie and Francine Kass Dead End Gene Pool by Wendy Burden Backing into Forward by Jules Feiffer A Summer of Hummingbirds by Christopher E. G. Benfey Third Helpings by Calvin Trillin The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark Candide by Voltaire Books… Continue reading Polysyllabic Spree – April 2010
Teaser Tuesday
I’m reading a non-fiction book right that’s good, but a little uninspiring for a Teaser Tuesday post. So instead I’m going to post a teaser from a poem in the poetry book I’m currently reading now – Picnic, Lightning by Billy Collins. This is the best – throwing off the light covers, feet on the… Continue reading Teaser Tuesday
77 Love Sonnets by Garrison Keillor
During April, in honor of National Poetry Month, I read 77 Love Sonnets by Garrison Keillor. (Here’s a link to purchase this collection at an Indie Bookstore.) A modern collection of sonnets is, unfortunately, rather hard to come across. I was delighted last year to find out that Garrison Keillor was publishing a collection of… Continue reading 77 Love Sonnets by Garrison Keillor
The Postmistress by Sarah Blake
Title: The Postmistress Author: Sarah Blake Published: 2009 My edition: Putnam Hardcover 2009 Borrowed From: The Hoboken Public Library Pages: 326 Synopsis (from Strand): As the dawn of World War II sweeps throughout Europe, Americans are still relatively at ease and holding fast to Roosevelt’s promise that we’d be safe at home. Though, one American… Continue reading The Postmistress by Sarah Blake
Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis
Title: Auntie Mame Author: Patrick Dennis Published: 1955 My edition: Broadway Books Paperback 2001 Purchased From: Strand Pages: 299 Synopsis (from Strand): The world’s most beloved, madcap, devastatingly sophisticated, and glamorous aunt, Mame is impossible to resist, and this hilarious story of an orpahned ten-year-old boy sent to live with his aunt is as delicious… Continue reading Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis
Polysyllabic Spree – March 2010
This is officially a new record in lateness putting up a Polysyllabic Spree post. :) Life has been too busy to keep up with lately, and I apologize for my absence here. Books Purchased: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins About Town: The New Yorker And The World It Made by Ben Yagoda Round Ireland with… Continue reading Polysyllabic Spree – March 2010