i read "the giving tree" to sprout for the first time last night. she got very quiet after the book was done, then she asked me to read "knuffle bunny". after we finished "knuffle bunny", she asked to read "the giving tree" again. maybe 3 pages away from the end, i looked over at her, her eyes were wide open and her face crunched up and she started ( Read more... )

i had no idea that lucien carr was caleb carr's father.

12/365.
books i won't get around to finishing until summer.

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may 6th, 2009. 92/365.
the guardians by ana castillo.

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alex lend me his copy of the glass castle. it came with high praise. i just finished it. eh. i don't mind being at the mercy of someone's memory if there's humor, sensitivity, passion, and/or introspection involved. i do mind it if the presentation is terribly sterile. give me a *little* more than a factual account of your truth. this book read ( Read more... )