It's time for another bookseller confession; I've had the ARC of Etta and Otto and Russell and James forever.. like, the "before it was published and now it's in paperback" kind of forever. I don't recall when I picked it up along my bookish adventures, but I think it was during a bookseller preview of some... Continue Reading →
I adore this short and sweet little book by Kent Haruf.I have never read any of his previous works (even though Benediction is an Indigo Spotlight) so this was a great introduction. Synopsis: Our Souls at Night is a simple story of two older adults looking to each other for comfort and companionship after their spouses have passed... Continue Reading →
By the end of this book I was in tears, my husband was looking at me like I was cracked, and I thought to myself "I have my own Ove right here!" Synopsis: Ove (pronounced OH-veh) is a solid and practical old man who just wants people to follow the rules and to leave him alone. So... Continue Reading →
The Literary Counsellor 