Tag Archives: Susan Wise Bauer
Lovers, Time Bombs, and Viennese Waltzes: Elizabeth Bowen’s The Heat of the Day
Dear Reader: A lovely, sunny day today where I’m at – hope it is the same for all of you! 193) The Heat of the Day by Elizabeth Bowen “War had made them idolise day and summer; night and autumn were enemies.” (p. 3) Bowen remains a favorite of mine and I was eager to …
Learning how to read a book: Silas Marner by George Eliot
Dear Reader: I’ve been seeing George Eliot’s Middlemarch on lots of lists of best books ever and must read book lists, sometimes at the very top. So, I decided that I wanted to read it. I had a public domain version on my kindle, but one of the things that you miss with this is …
New Book: Lost Memory of Skin by Russell Banks
Dear Reader: I was at the library last week adding to my winter vacation book pile: And I found #138) Russell Banks’ Lost Memory of Skin in the new books section. This book has been getting a lot of attention and landed on lots of “best of 2011″ book lists. I knew that …
