I can always tell a book is special when any attempt to describe what it means to me ends with me sitting in a pool of my own feelings and wishing that language wasn’t quite so limited. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller is one of those books. It’s been on my radar for…
In Piranesi, we follow the titular character who lives in a seemingly infinite house—vast rooms and labyrinthine corridors—that is, at the very least, large enough to contain an entire ocean that can flood hallways in an instant. But how did Piranesi get there? We quickly get the sense that something isn’t quite right as Piranesi…
Welcome back to part 2 of the 10 books that will stay with me. If you missed part 1 (which explains more about what this list is), you can catch that here. Now let’s get into the books 6-10 that will stay with me. My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok. I don’t remember much about…
There is no better way I can think of to explain who I am than to talk about the books that have shaped who I have become. That’s why I have decided that one of my first posts here on my new blog/website would be a tag that I have seen floating around Facebook a few…