A boy at the beginning of a story has no way of knowing that the story has begun. Erin Morgenstern's long awaited second book explores the very idea of stories. We follow Zachary, a video game player and book nerd, on his journey to get to the Starless Sea and submit to fate. From a…
Altogether it takes seven billion billion billion atoms to make you. No one can say why those seven billion billion billion atoms have such an urgent desire to be you. Bill Bryson's latest book takes us on a journey through the human body. Starting at the top with the head and the brain right down…
It's impeccable how brutal the truth can be at times. You can only admire it. Usually, we walk around constantly believing ourselves. 'I'm OK,' we say. 'I'm all right.' But sometimes the truth arrives on you, and you can't get it off. Even now, I wonder how much of my life is convinced. Zusak writes…
The Keanes' German shepherd, who would often bark at the southwest corner of the dining room when nothing was there.— Leanne Shapton Everything I wanted from a book. Guestbook isn't so much short and sweet as short and fucking creepy. It's a series of subtle ghost stories. There isn't anyone in a white sheet jumping…
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