Enders game provided me with a fantastical world filled with geniuses to escape to! Enders game is one of the most wonderful explorations of what is humane in the pursuit of greatness. The way Ender was treated pulled at my heartstrings and reminded me of some of my own struggles. His pain and understanding of […]
This was the first *grown up* book I read and loved. I stole it from my dad’s bookshelf and then went to the public library and checked out every other book by Marquez that they had!
An odd choice for an adult, but that is the very first book I ever owned! I vividly recall my older sister snuggling me and reading it aloud. As far as I can recall, the story described the exciting story of the time a little boy named Andy Pandy lost his pet goat and found […]
The book taught me that there is good in everyone, even if terrible things happen to cause fear. I read the book in braille when I was a seventh grader. I read it every summer. The whole community is special. I always like the children and servants.
I read this short story as a middle-school student – it was part of our larger English Literature textbook. I found out much later that the story was actually based on a Twilight Zone TV episode, which I didn’t get to see until I was an adult. But the short story impressed me because it […]
When my mother was in the hospital, these were the books I read to her. Somehow I was drawn to them because they were so uplifting. The books made me feel like I wasn’t alone and that there was hope even in the darkest times.
Yes, I have a book that I love–I know this Much is True by Wally Lamb. The book touched me–it spoke to my heart–it told about real unselfish love and generosity and total goodness. I have read many, many books, but this one was special. I also feel that there would be no real world […]
As a bookstore manager, I was able to read an advance copy of this book, and I have to say that I was instantly blown away. The story was epic and yet personal; there was a whole hidden world (one of my favorite fantasy tropes) and it was about destiny and choice and the balance […]
This book was an incredible insight into the inner workings of the US Government between the 80s through the early 2000s. I loved reading about the stories of the people behind the inner workings of the government without the shroud of their public persona, but instead learning about who they really were as people. Plus […]
This book, a Newbery Award winner, was mesmerizing to me on so many levels. Claudia and her brother Jamie, who were the same ages as me and my brother, run away and hide out in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. I admired their adventurous and resourceful spirit to evade the guards […]
