My 20th reading of this existential classic (I read it once a year). A story whose narrator rides waves of sorrow, dread, and sometimes joy. Ultimately empty, but with hope. Exploring and explaining a world that both makes sense to human probing, but denies it at the same time. Favorite quote: “My memories are like …
Last week, within one six-hour shift, I had two customers I didn’t know all that well tell me that they were rereading the entire Harry Potter series—and that they did it every summer. To a children’s book buyer, who receives hundreds of new kids’ books to evaluate every month, rereading is an indulgence. For someone …
This year, my dear husband gave me a birthday gift of two L.M. Montgomery books: Anne of Avonlea, because my old copy had worn out, and Rilla of Ingleside, which I had read twice but never owned. I was thrilled, and immediately started reading Rilla of Ingleside again for the third time. Like many people, …
