It's January in Maine, and it's proving to be a VERY cold one. Temperatures have been below zero more often than above it lately. Needless to say, we're not outside unless we have to be right now. Which is a little sad, since I know the kids would really love to go sledding. Trick with that is we need snow that's more than a few inches deep and without the ice skating rink underneath it in case we go flying off of our sleds. Which some of us in this family are known to do. So, we're keeping ourselves amused with indoor activities, and one of my favorites is reading. I've been to the library twice this week already, and it's only Thursday. I'm also thoroughly in love with my Kindle Fire and the ability to get eBooks from the Maine Download Library in an instant. Anyone with a public library card from your local library can access this site. NH has one too, so there's really no excuse to go without a book. Even when the temperature makes the prospect of leaving your house seem like crossing the Alaskan tundra.
So here's what I'm reading right now. I'll do my best to come back with yays or nays when I'm done, but I will say that I'm at least a third of the way through each of these and I'm enjoying them all so far. Get a cup of tea or cocoa or coffee, grab a book, sit in front of the fire and enjoy the forced hibernation we're experiencing.
“Suburbia is about to get a lot more scandalous.” —Closer Weekly
“A novel that will turn you into a compulsive book-finisher…Moriarty has produced another gripping, satirical hit.”
—Huffington Post
—Huffington Post
“Big Little Lies tolls a warning bell about the big little lies we tell in order to survive. It takes a powerful stand against domestic violence even as it makes us laugh at the adults whose silly costume party seems more reminiscent of a middle-school dance.”—The Washington Post
"Bradbury, all charged up, drunk on life, joyous with writing, puts together nine past essays on writing and creativity and discharges every ounce of zest and gusto in him." -Kirkus Reviews
"In order to practice Buddhism, you have to first know about the mind," begins this labyrinthine journey that is ostensibly aimed at all people, not just Buddhist practitioners. -Publishers Weekly
"A novel to live in, learn from, and feel bereft over when the last page is turned, Doerr’s magnificently drawn story seems at once spacious and tightly composed." -Booklist
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