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It’s that time again, guys. Quote day!
It can’t be summer without a True Blood season and a Dessen book to devour whole. This time they came only weeks apart I’ll allow a week and a half for these to take effect and for summer to finally come. Continue reading “Quotes from “The Moon and More” by Sarah Dessen”
I bought “This is Where I Leave You” by Jonathan Tropper for three reasons:
Reading the book a few weeks later I find that it’s about a dysfunctional family — my favorite. Judd Foxman’s dad has just lost his battle with cancer, which bring his family together for the first time in years. And when I say “together,” I mean in vicinity (definitely not emotionally). Continue reading “Review of “This is Where I Leave You” by Jonathan Tropper”
My review of “This is Where I Leave You” will be up tomorrow. As always, here are a few quotes that I liked from the book.
I blame Hollywood for skewing perspectives. Life is just a big romantic comedy to them, and if you meet cute, happily ever-after is a forgone conclusion.
Love made us partners in narcissism, and we talked ceaselessly about how close we were, how perfect our connection was, like we were the first people in history to ever get it exactly right.
Childhood feels so permanent, like it’s the entire world, and then one day it’s over and you’re shoveling wet dirt onto your father’s coffin, stunned at the impermanence of everything.
Phillip is the Paul McCartney of our family: better-looking than the rest of us, always facing a different direction in pictures, and occasionally rumored to be dead.
You could fill an airlift to Africa with all the food generated by one dead Jew.
That last one is because I find it funny that I coincidentally read this book during Passover.
-K
