“A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it. —Edward P. Morgan”
― The Whispered Word
― The Whispered Word
“We read not to escape life but to learn how to live it more deeply and richly, to experience the world through the eyes of the other. —Ashlyn Greer, The Care & Feeding of Old Books”
― The Echo of Old Books
― The Echo of Old Books
“He looked tired, and who wouldn’t after the long flight on Air Canada? The carrier that charged for everything. Beauvoir was convinced there’d soon be a credit card slot next to the emergency oxygen.”
― The Brutal Telling
― The Brutal Telling
“The prior, Gamache thought, must have had a hard head.”
― The Beautiful Mystery
― The Beautiful Mystery
“That’s the way to live, Chloe. Savor the good times, stay strong through the bad ones.”
― Evil Twin: An Oliver Redcastle Gilded Age Mystery
― Evil Twin: An Oliver Redcastle Gilded Age Mystery
Marilyn’s 2025 Year in Books
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