People are complaining about this book -- to the point of threatening the author -- because she dared to write about a Hispanic's difficulties with immigration. It's FICTION. If authors can't write outside their own life experiences, then I guess I can only write female WASP fiction! How boring that would be. This is not […]

This is my neighborhood book club selection. I've heard mixed reviews and look forward to diving in.

This book is simply a joy to read. Towles writes like silk sheets -- you just want to hunker down, surround yourself in his words and in the Count's world. This is a book that should be read out-loud. His writing is lyrical and his themes transcendent. For example ... "But then, as every child […]