If someone could guarantee my safe passage through the Amazon jungle, I would go in a heartbeat. But since that’s rather unlikely, Ann Patchett’s State of Wonder has become the closest I’ve gotten to that extraordinary, frightening, life-altering experience. This…
Today we are setting sail for the hypnotic Ibis Trilogy of Amitav Ghosh, with Sea of Poppies, River of Smoke and Flood of Fire. We begin in Calcutta – India , in the first half of the 19th century, as…
Once upon a time, there was a reader so passionate about her books, and so immersed into the stories, that she could not bring herself to leave that world when she put the book down. And so she began…
My wish is to inspire all readers and non-readers, to take their books to the next level, and enjoy a little escapism with some simple gestures.Reading is one of the most enriching activities, but most of the time we keep…
