At certain points in every girl’s life gender politics force choices between the male world and the female world. Between girlfriends and guy friends. Between the sometimes fickle loyalty of female friends and the weirdly nonchalant allegiance of male friends. I long ago opted for the male world. Frankly, men are more fun. They have …
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The Books of November
Reviews: Big Magic, Stardust, Pump Six, Furiously Happy, Palimpsest, Deathless, Antelope Wife, Signature of All Things, What Poets Are Like, Speak Easy
The Books of October
Late, because well, it’s late. Books Read: Library of Souls: The Third Miss Peregrine Book — Ransom Riggs Not as good as the earlier books in the trilogy. You can tell in places that he’s added material (generally sentence or two of description of the appearance of a character — a walk-on part as it were) …
The Books of September
Listened to: The Night Circus: Erin Morgenstern — This is a repeat. I loved the book and enjoyed listening to it a couple of years ago. I revisited it on the morning walks early in September. I still love it. Ms. Morgenstern has been somewhat publicly working on her next books for several years. I hope …
Arrival
It’s always night when I arrive. The little Embraer 145 lands and shudders to a heavily braked stop at the end of the runway. Then turns and taxis back toward the terminal. Where an air-stair is wheeled up to the side of the plane and we, the passengers, descend. The air is warm and damp, …