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Already obsessed…. Thoughts on the first quarter of Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander (by Jill)
It will come as no surprise to anyone who knows me well that I’m already absolutely wrapped up in Diana Gabaldon’s world, and I’m not even a quarter of the way through the first book yet. I am thinking exactly … Continue reading
True Confessions Tuesday
I’m reading Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander right now and I’m quite enjoying it, though I’m only just beginning. Gabaldon’s books are long, long, long, which I find intimidating generally, especially with less than three months to go in 2014 and twelve … Continue reading
A Review of John Durant’s The Paleo Manifesto: Ancient Wisdom for Lifelong Health (by Bethany)
I read this book not because I’m planning to go on the Paleo diet but because I thought (correctly) that it would affirm my general belief that the world has been screwy since the Industrial Revolution. (The world was screwy before … Continue reading
A Review of John Darnielle’s Wolf in White Van (by Bethany)
Is it just me, or has this novel received tons of hype? Maybe not as much as We Are Not Ourselves, I’ll grant you, but tons nonetheless. Everyone seems unbelievably hyped up about the fact that John Darnielle, who apparently … Continue reading
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Final thoughts on Pat Conroy’s The Prince of Tides (by Jill)
I felt when I finished this book last night the same way I feel whenever I finish a book that takes me more than two weeks to read: relieved and exhausted, which is especially true after finishing The Prince of … Continue reading
An Update on War and Peace (by Bethany)
Pages read: 325 out of 1455 Anyone who has read Russian novels knows that it is almost impossible to keep all the names straight, as each character has a family name that is only mentioned once every three hundred … Continue reading
Progress Report on Pat Conroy’s The Prince of Tides, a real one this time (by Jill)
I admit I went into the PfP archives tonight to see what Bethany wrote when she reviewed The Prince of Tides on the blog. Except she never has. I was so surprised. I feel immense pressure to do justice to … Continue reading
Welcome to PAT CONROY MONTH!!!, 2014 edition–Jill’s first progress report on The Prince of Tides
I was thinking that it’s really bad that we’re already over halfway through PAT CONROY MONTH!!! and I haven’t posted anything about Pat Conroy yet, but then I looked back in the archives and discovered that last year I didn’t … Continue reading
Thoughts on Book One, Part One of War and Peace (by Bethany)
Pages read: 148 out of 1455 When I told Jill a while back that I planned to read War and Peace for PAT CONROY MONTH!!! this year, she said something to the effect that this endeavor might extend PAT … Continue reading
A Review of David Gilbert’s & Sons (by Bethany)
What an interesting novel this is. On the one hand, it’s a fairly typical of the sweeping-family-saga genre: the Dyer and Topping families have been interconnected for several generations, ever since Charlie Topping and Andrew Dyer were born a few … Continue reading
Postcards From Purgatory 