The Book: The Things They Carried, by Tim O’Brien
The Story: In the course of the book, Tim O’Brien says several times that the “truth” of things that happened in Vietnam and the “stories” that people tell, while they may contradict, are both still true. On the first page of this book, he calls it a [...]
The Book: The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss
The Story: This is the first part of a three part series. The second and third haven’t been released yet, so even after reading this hulk of a book, only a third of Kvothe’s story is known.
Kvothe is this kind of hero in his culture. Or [...]
The Fountainhead, by Ayn Rand
Today I was really going back and forth between doing Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and The Fountainhead. Quite the extremes, huh? I decided to save Chicka Chicka Boom Boom for another day, so here we go.
When I was in high school, I had one of the greatest English teachers of all [...]
This has really bugged me since the e-book craze first started- the product itself is kind of pricy, and the e-books are still just a little less than a book you can buy at the bookstore. I’ve tried to figure out how that is possible- the publishing company is taking out the cost of printing [...]
The Book: Broken, by Daniel Clay
The Story: On the back of the book, it says that it was inspired by To Kill a Mockingbird, that it explores similar issues in modern times.
The story starts with this girl, Skunk, witnessing a neighbor, Bob Oswald, just beating the snot out of another neighbor, Rick Buckley, who is [...]
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, by Ann Brashares
This book came out when I was a sophomore, maybe a junior in high school. I can remember being at the bookstore with my best friend and us both getting a copy. We totally fell in love with it and read it over and over. As the [...]
The Book: Cash: The Autobiography of Johnny Cash, by Johnny Cash
The Story: This is the story of Johnny Cash told by the man himself. While it isn’t exactly set up chronologically, he still includes stories from his childhood right up through 1997 when this book was originally published.
In this book, Johnny Cash tells the truth [...]
Not that I’m HAPPY that the economy is kinda tanking, but guess who got a pile of brand new books!!
The Border’s in Akron, for whatever reason, was never as popular as our Barne’s and Noble. It’s shocking because their workers were more knowledgeable, their chairs were more comfortable, and their coffee tasted better… but alas, [...]
The Book: The Girl Who Chased the Moon, by Sarah Addison Allen
The Story: After the death of her mother, Emily comes to the small town in North Carolina where her mother grew up to live with her Grandfather who happens to be a 8 foot tall giant. The house that he lives in has mysterious [...]
Thanks to everyone who entered to win The Name of the Wind! I plugged the numbers into a random number generator and the winner is…. #3!
Jessica, you are now the proud owner of this lovely little book!
Just email me at jacki@lovelylittleshelf.com with your address and I’ll get it in the mail for you asap.
I have [...]