Character Playlist: Harry Potter
Amanda “Everyone thinks I’m special…All those people in the Leaky Cauldron, Professor Quirrell, Mr. Ollivander…But I don’t know anything about magic.” -J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (image source:…
Review: The Little Prince
“You become responsible forever for what you’ve tamed.” -Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince Anyone who says that children’s literature can’t be deep or meaningful should read this book. I…
Review: Every Exquisite Thing
“Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.” -Matthew Quick, Every Exquisite Thing This is the fourth book I’ve read by Matthew Quick, and I can definitely say…
Character Playlist: Katniss Everdeen
“No one will forget me. Not my look, not my name. Katniss. The girl who was on fire.” -Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games Listening to music in the car on…
The Tightrope Walkers
“We are only in this world for a short period of vivid and wonderful waking in an eternity of dreamless dark.” -David Almond, The Tightrope Walkers This is something different…
Mosquitoland
“I swear, the longer I live, the less things make sense.” -David Arnold, Mosquitoland Recommended to me by a friend, I picked up this book the last time I was…
Symptoms of Being Human
“As for wondering if it’s okay to be who you are–that’s not a symptom of mental illness. That’s a symptom of being a person.” -Jeff Garvin, Symptoms of Being Human…
House of Leaves
“We all create stories to protect ourselves.” -Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves Admittedly, this book took me a while to get through, not because of the story or the…
Carry On
“You have to pretend you get an endgame. You have to carry on like you will; otherwise, you can’t carry on at all.” -Rainbow Rowell, Carry On When I started…
I’ll Give You the Sun
“Maybe some people are just meant to be in the same story.” -Jandy Nelson, I’ll Give You the Sun It’s definitely been a while since I’ve updated this blog, but…