There’s a saying in libraries, “Every book, its reader.”* Indeed, every piece of writing is a unique experience for each reader. For me, the beauty of The Things They Carried is its humanity. Tim O’Brien conveys the intensity and subtlety of those who experience war first-hand with powerful descriptions of what lies beyond death counts [...]
April 16, 2010
Magical Realism
Magical realism is one of my favorite reading genres. If you’re not familiar with this style of writing, it is not fantasy, science fiction, or escapist fiction. Rather, magical realist stories typically portray the world in ways beyond the objective – life described richly with delight, passion, and wonder. Nancy Pearl describes magical realism as “a [...]
March 10, 2010
Thought for Food
I read cookbooks like I read novels. Start to finish, savoring every word. Although a lighter fare, cookbooks make up a complete and beautiful story in their own way and can be a nice reprieve from the full depths of a novel. Three cookbooks that I have read recently, and which I whole-heartedly recommend, include The Fat Duck Cookbook [...]
January 27, 2010
Oh, you lovely book
Do you know the feeling of picking up a book and within just a few pages feeling like the book was written precisely for you? The way the words form, the characters who feel like best friends, the descriptions of how the dinner table was set, and the way she fell in love last year? [...]
December 23, 2009
Stories of the Year
If you’re looking for last minute gift ideas, or holiday reading suggestions for yourself, look no further than the Everett Public Library. Our Gift Guide points you to book and music buying ideas for all ages and interests. Our Best Books list includes our favorites from 2009. Here are a few other year-end lists that I will use to [...]
November 18, 2009
“Literary Chick Lit”
Last spring I met Katherine Center, author of The Bright Side of Disaster and Everyone is Beautiful, while she was on a book tour stop at the Watermark Book Company. Katherine writes smart, entertaining books about women’s lives, and she is a very cool chica herself. Since blogs are not an exact science, I feel modestly comfortable and [...]
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