Somehow I left a New Year's Eve party with four books in my bag and only a very mild buzz. I got Lamb back from Mitch and Daughter of the Blood back from Jenny, picked up The Stand from Blake, and I already had Abhorsen in there just in case I got bored. No wonder it was so heavy when I got home ( Read more... )

It's two in the afternoon, and I'm amazed that David isn't home yet. He had to go to Cheyenne yesterday (yes, that's in Wyoming; yes it means lots of driving) and he was literally gone for 14 hours. He said he was probably going to come home early today, because OMGWTF, but I thought he'd come home for lunch and just stay. *shrug ( Read more... )

Taken from the blog of Benjamin Myers.

1. One book that changed your life:
The Waste Land and Other Poems, by T.S. Eliot

2. One book that you’ve read more than once:
Gulliver's Travels, by Jonathan Swift

3. One book you’d want on a desert island:
The Odyssey, attributed to Homer

4. One book that made you laugh:
One for the Morning Glory, by ( Read more... )