The Department of Lost and Found, by Allison Winn Scotch.
There is a moment in every relationship when one of the parties senses its imminent demise. There's a moment of incredible clarity, when your stomach drops with a heavy sense of dread, and you feel like control is slipping through your fingertips even as you try to hold on. The night I bought...
Monday, November 15, 2010
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Before I Fall
Before I Fall, by Lauren Oliver.
I think of all the years that Lindsay's been holding on to this secret knowledge, this secret self who cried every night and scrubbed pillows clean of pee - the scariest secret of all, the past we're trying to forget.
And I think of all the times I sat in squirming silence, terrified I would say or do the wrong thing,...
Friday, November 5, 2010
The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook
The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook - A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal, by Ben Mezrich
Sitting on the plane, waiting for the engines to come on, Eduardo still couldn't believe it all. He'd eaten koala on a yacht. He'd gotten drunk in some of the poshest places in Northern California. And he'd been whispered numbers that...
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Stiltsville
Stiltsville, by Susanna Daniel
Margo drives up for a long weekend every couple of months. She talks about moving to be closer to me, but though I am lonely for her, I don't encourage it - she needs to become steadier in her own life. I hope that one day she will have a baby. If this happens, though, I'll have to consider moving back, which is right...
