-Oct 3, 20184 min readDay 60: The Last DayTruthfully, I'm a little surprised we made it to this point. It was pretty close Monday night, when I was thinking "I could just give up...
-Sep 28, 20184 min readDay 55: The List (sisters)If you like: sisters. For our last list, a tribute to the highs and lows of sisterhood: After Dark by Haruki Murakami: Annie recommending...
-Sep 24, 20182 min readDay 51: 'The Makioka Sisters'If you like: George Eliot, A True Novel, The Elegance of the Hedgehog. The Makioka Sisters by Junichiro Tanizaki was written during World...
-Sep 22, 20183 min readDay 49: 'Twelfth Night'If you like: Coffee Prince, To All the Boys I've Loved Before, Dil Bole Hadippa, Gilmore Girls. Look, I knew I would write about a...
-Sep 12, 20184 min readDay 39: Weird short storiesI’m trying to not review the same kinds of books all the time, which put me in a conundrum. Out of all the weird short story collections...
-Sep 3, 20185 min readDay 30: By the Book (Annie)Some people imagine their Oscar speech or their touchdown dance, but personally, I like to daydream about when the New York Times asks me...
-Sep 1, 20183 min readDay 28: 'Mansfield Park: An Annotated Edition'If you like: "Wives and Daughters," Anthony Trollope, nice girls who come in first. Poor Fanny does not have much of a chance in a...
-Aug 25, 20183 min readDay 21: 'Convenience Store Woman'If you like: Banana Yoshimoto, Welcome to Night Vale, challenging conformity. Convenience Store Woman has a very cute cover. The pink and...
MargaretAug 23, 20182 min readDay 19: 'Me Talk Pretty One Day'If you like: laughing so hard you cry, caustic wit, audiobooks, This American Life, Sarah Vowell, Ira Glass. I own a few copies of this...
AnnieAug 22, 20182 min readDay 18: 'North and South'If you like: Jane Austen, costume dramas, strong female characters, rebellion, romance, Bronte sisters. Dear “North and South,” why do I...
-Aug 15, 20182 min readDay 11: 'To the Lighthouse'If you like: large bodies of water, summer, subjectivity To the Lighthouse is the best book about oceans. Sorry, Jacques Cousteau, Moby...
-Aug 10, 20183 min readDay 6: The List (fairy tales)If you like: Grimm brothers, Wizard of Oz, sculptures, Neverending Story, enchanted woods, New York City, monsters. If you thought you...
AnnieAug 8, 20182 min readDay 4: 'Wade in the Water'If you like: Citizen: An American Lyric, Lemonade, found poetry, Pulitzer awards. When Life on Mars was first published, the publishers...