Category: Books
Proper Behavior: Madeleines From Reading The Accidental President By A. J. Baime
Reading The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World by A. J. Baime, I came across a detail that is especially telling. On the day in 1945 that PresidentContinue reading
“Delicious As The Kisses Of God” Walt Whitman
When researching Walt Whitman’s Missing Notebooks Now Online, the first page I randomly selected for viewing (the notebook contents are not searchable) was Page 22 of the “Perceptions or Senses” Notebook. At the topContinue reading
The Tragedy Of Chief Inspector Armand Gamache Novels Quotations: No Funny Stuff
Reading Still Life, the first of Louise Penny’s Chief Inspector Armand Gamache novels, Coco Éclair came across this literally LOL line and forwarded it to me: Ganache wondered how low the bar was set whenContinue reading
Another Reason I Love Canada: Louise Penny & The Three Pines Gang
After posting 10 Reasons I Love Canada yesterday, I realized I had neglected to include Louise Penny and her Chief Inspector Armand Gamache novels. This is an especially egregious omission given our hope to emigrateContinue reading
Recommended Reading: The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu
Coco Éclair recommended The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts Hardcover by Joshua Hammer. From The Economist book review: JOSHUA HAMMER’S new book, “The Bad-Ass Librarians ofContinue reading