A Year of Reading, Book 15
“When Matelda was young, she chased time to get what she wanted. Now she chased time to hold on to it..” ~The Good Left Undone, by Adriana Trigiani
A Year of Reading, Book 9
Current read: “My name is Odd Thomas, though in this age when fame is the altar at which most people worship, I am not sure why you should care who I am or that I exist.” ~Odd Thomas, by Dean Koontz
A Year of Reading, Book 8
“Page trusted in her unique gift and the ways it chose to manifest. An ‘inkling’ might appear like a willowy breeze against her physical body, alerting her… Page learned the intensity presented in direct proportion to the speed she needed to react.” ~Baubles to Die For By Tonya Penrose
A Year of Reading, Book 7
“The medicine administered to the unfortunate… was nothing less than a lethal dose of arsenic. Unluckily… there was a reliable test for the presence of this poison which had been developed by James Marsh… in the 1820s.” ~The Little Book of True Crime, by David Owen
A Year of Reading, Book 6
As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust by Alan Bradley “One of the things I dread about becoming an adult is that sooner or later you begin letting sentimentality get in the way of simple logic. False feelings are allowed to clog the works like raw honey poured into the tiny wheels of a fine timepiece.”
A Year of Reading
2025 has begun and for me the focus will be on reading. Book 1: West with Giraffes, by Lynda Rutledge “I straightened my spine, and with the hubris of a selfish boy with nothing behind and everything ahead, I said, ‘I can do it.’”