The Outlander series may have been started by Diana Gabaldon over twenty years ago, but my obsession began just over a year ago. It all started innocently enough as I browsed my local Books-A-Million. On the shelf in all its red, leatherette, embossed glory was the 20th Anniversary Collector's Edition of Outlander. As an avid reader, librarian, and collector, I knew of the … [Read more...] about Outlander Obsession
Book Reviews
Classic Review: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
[simpleazon-image align="left" asin="B00BTM62P0" locale="us" height="500" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/511XH-OBPCL.jpg" width="332"] [simpleazon-link asin="B00BTM62P0" locale="us"]Jane Eyre: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) Deluxe Edition by Bronte, Charlotte (2010)[/simpleazon-link] I own no less than three editions of Jane Eyre and would happily collect … [Read more...] about Classic Review: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Book Review: The Methuselah Project by Rick Barry
[simpleazon-image align="left" asin="0825443873" locale="us" height="500" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JpnMaMUvL.jpg" width="324"] [simpleazon-link asin="0825443873" locale="us"]The Methuselah Project: A Novel[/simpleazon-link] My review: 4 of 5 stars Imagine being held captive as a POW for 70 years and never aging. Such is the premise of The Methuselah … [Read more...] about Book Review: The Methuselah Project by Rick Barry
Catching Up with Kinsey Millhone, Private Eye
[simpleazon-image align="left" asin="B00P60Y71C" locale="us" height="500" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518zWZDD3TL.jpg" width="433"] [simpleazon-link asin="B00P60Y71C" locale="us"]The Sue Grafton Collection: The Kinsey Millhone Novels (Books A-O) (Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Mysteries)[/simpleazon-link] In 2000, I was working part-time in the local library as a … [Read more...] about Catching Up with Kinsey Millhone, Private Eye
Book Review: Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf
[simpleazon-link asin="1101875895" locale="us"]Our Souls at Night: A novel[/simpleazon-link] by Kent Haruf My review: 4.5 of 5 stars As Kent Haruf's last novel before his death, Our Souls at Night is bittersweet in more ways than one. The sparse but delicate prose managed to covey as much depth in the unspoken as in the spoken, perhaps more. I was immediately taken with … [Read more...] about Book Review: Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf