books

can’t recapture the past? of course you can!

In books, images, life on 10 May 2013 tagged the great gatsby with no comments

when i pick up a new book, the first thing i do is flip to the last page and read the final paragraph.the great gatsby came to me in ms. chalmers 11th grade AP english class and i knew the moment i read the final words that it was something very special. “so we beat […]

seventeen | year five

In books, images, iphone, life, nablopomo, photography on 17 December 2012 tagged susannah conway with no comments

thirteen | year four

In books, images, iphone, life, nablopomo, photography on 13 December 2011 tagged december, joan didion, nablopomo, thirteen with no comments

read this book | the history of love

In books, entertainment, life, quotes, words on 7 February 2011 tagged book review, history of love, nicole krauss, read this book with no comments

i’m a sucker for a complex story — one that weaves itself through different times, places, people.  i love seeing how it all comes together, how something simple and true can be teased out of the chaos of seemingly disparate elements. the history of love, by nicole krauss, is such a story.  from the title, […]

read this book

In books, life, quotes, words on 11 May 2009 tagged death, joan didion, read this book, the year of magical thinking with no comments

imagine this:  several days before christmas, your only daughter falls ill and lies, unresponsive, in a coma.  you and your husband leave the hospital and sit down to dinner at home.  as you finish mixing the salad, you look over to your husband who is suddenly slumped motionless on the table.  he has suffered a […]