I listened to the audio version of this, and realized about halfway through that while the Irish accents were lovely, and the writing was very pretty, that I actually totally hated the wishy washy main character — and nothing ever really happens. “She thought it was strange that the mere sensation of savouring the prospect of something could make her think for a while that is must be the prospect of home.” Eilis Lacey is a young lady living in Ireland with her mother and older […]
Books? For me? BEST DAY EVER.
I’ve received a lot of packages in the mail, since The Chancellor and I did a majority of our Christmas shopping online this year, but it’s always been presents for someone. Not today. Today, the presents are for ME. This is the haul that I got from emmalita, who also graciously loaned me an ebook of hers to test out an author: The Chancellor read A Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs a few years back and LOVED IT. He’s been at me to […]