Susan Orlean – Page 3 – Cannonball Read 17

The Library Book – A love letter to libraries

The Library Book by Susan Orlean

March 3, 2019 by cheerbrarian Leave a Comment

This book came into my sight line during voting for the Goodreads “best of 2018” awards and I bookmarked it to read, jumped in the queue at my local library and promptly forgot all about it. When it became available it was a delightful companion to Bird Box (in that, it was not horrifying) and I enjoyed this glimpse into the world of the library, that is so very dear to my own heart. Reminiscent of Devil in the White City in narrative style, but […]

I always thought I’d get farther. I’d like to blame the world for what I’ve failed to do

The Woman Upstairs; Family Matters; The Library Book; The Blank Wall; The Summer before the Dark; Those Who Knew; Ways of Disappearing; White Fragility; Call them by their True Name; Harbor Me by Claire Messud; Rohinton Mistry; Susan Orlean; Elisabeth Sanxay Holding; Doris Lessing; Idra Novey; Robin Diangelo; Rebecca Solnit; Jacqueline Woodson

November 19, 2018 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

The Woman Upstairs – 2/5 Stars I found this book because of a list listing “Famous angry women in books” or something. And it’s true that the lead character and narrator of this book is very angry. I was hoping she’d be angrier and less articulate about her anger in this book. What’s this book about? It’s about a woman in her early 40s who was an artist who is also an elementary school teacher. She becomes friends with the mom of one her students. […]

“Sometimes I think I’ve figured out some order in the universe, but then I find myself in Florida”

February 15, 2016 by badkittyuno 1 Comment

This was one of the weirdest books I’ve read, from the subject (orchids and the people who love them/steal them), to the characters (actual people–all crazy) to the casual, rambling style of the author. But overall, I think I liked it? It was definitely interesting, and I certainly know more than I used to about orchids. “I never thought very many people in the world were very much like John Laroche, but I realized more and more that he was only an extreme, not an […]

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