Book review by: Katie M.
Favorite Quote: “Success, after all, loves a witness, but failure can’t exist without one.”
Month: February 2017
Bluets by Maggie Nelson
Book review by: Christina O.
Favorite Quotes: “They do not need to be bluets any longer. They are American, they are shaggy, they are wild, they are strong. They do not signify romance. They were sent by no one in celebration of nothing. I had known them all along.”
Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
Book review by: Katie M.
Favorite Quote: “Important events — whether serious, happy or unfortunate — do not change a man’s soul, they merely bring it into relief, just as a strong gust of wind reveals the true shape of a tree when it blows off all its leaves. Such events highlight what is hidden in the shadows, they nudge the spirit towards a place where it can flourish.”
420 Characters by Lou Beach
Book review by: Christina O.
Favorite Quote: “…the shreds have hardened and clink against each other. I’m a human wind chime. Hey, man, can you hear me now?”
The Girls by Emma Cline
Book review by: Katie M.
Favorite Quote: “I thought that loving someone acted as a kind of protective measure, like they’d understand the scale and intensity of your feelings and act accordingly. That seemed fair to me, as if fairness were a measure the universe cared anything about.”
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Book review by: Christina O.
Favorite Quote: “Someday I will have a best friend all my own. One I can tell my secrets to. One who will understand my jokes without my having to explain them. Until then I am a red balloon, a balloon tied to an anchor.”
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