lizzielemon91
lizzielemon91
Sometimes I'm bad (or too good) at the whole sarcasm thing. My point was just that the US gets involved in everything. Here's an old fashioned idea: Let those involved work it out among themselves
Just be glad you weren't born 100 years earlier
Screw that you're being smart. Stay safe and speak out when you can.
The crazy thing is, I was wearing sunglasses when it happened. Wrap-arounds, so I don't know how the little bastard managed to get in.
Take a damp tissue and place it on your eye. Keep it there for at least a few min. Your eye might be sore for a while after but it should help to work anything that's in the eye out.
Either "A Hundred Years of Solitude" or "Love in the Time of Cholera" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Both are absolutely brilliant.
MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood
some great recommendations in this thread. I'm a big proponent of Justin Cronin. I am definitely a literary fiction person and his first novel "Mary and O'Neill" is my favorite book, but I love the passage too and I'm really not the vampire epic type. Also,
"Life After Life" by Kate Atkinson. She's one of my favorite writers, really lyrical and insightful and compassionate, and it's got a great premise, marvelously executed.
I am constantly reading and sample from many genres, so I would love to share my most memorable faves. I caved to the kindle in 2011 and have never looked back; the space saved alone is a godsend. When I did study abroad in college a few years ago, I discovered a discount bookstore, which necessitated me to bring…
A few non-fiction recommendations:
My favorite thing about my Kindle is that everything before about 1900 is free! Sometimes the formatting is a little wonky on the free versions, but overall, the free classics are all really great. I've been working through all of Dickens, who I love (Bleak House is especially excellent, as is Tale of Two Cities, of…
Go to Girlebooks and download all the books FOR FREE! Also Project Gutenberg!
Where'd You Go Bernadette? — recommend this to everyone
What sort of genres are you into?
The best thing I've read lately was Look at Me by Jennifer Egan (I also liked her Visit from the Goon Squad). I recently read The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner and liked everything but the ending. It seemed like the author just decided to stop writing. Also, it's pretty old now, but if you're into non-fiction…