Some books pull you in from page one.And then there are books like this one. The kind that you almost resist at first… and then, quietly, completely take over your heart. When I picked up The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune, I had a very specific expectation in mind. The back cover described … [Read more...]
What Middlemarch Taught Me About Love, Marriage, and Human Nature
You’d think that by the time you’re in your 40s, you understand the world reasonably well. And then a book like Middlemarch comes along and quietly unsettles that confidence. Reading it felt like a slow revelation. With its detailed observation and psychological depth, it left me with more … [Read more...]
Mansfield Park: Where My Love Affair with Jane Austen Began
Mansfield Park, and the Beginning of a Lifetime with Jane Austen How a worn Indian edition, a quiet heroine, and an unassuming place became my first and forever Jane I sometimes feel that our first Jane Austen chooses us. For me, it was Mansfield Park. I was eighteen when I first picked it … [Read more...]