Nightwoods, Charles Frazier

I finished such a lovely book this morning: Nightwoods, by Charles Frazier. Not lovely as in lighthearted or sweet, but just so beautifully written. Charles Frazier is probably better known for Cold Mountain, which I’ve not read, and seeing the…

Addictions – Part 2

In Lit, Mary Karr takes us through the journey of her alcoholism. While she and Clegg share the fact that they inhabit literary circles (Karr is a poet and writer), that is about all these two memoirs have in common.…

Addictions – Part 1

One thing about reading is that it puts you in places you might never find yourself. Sometimes you wish you could; others, you hope you never do. Such is Bill Clegg’s Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man: A…

Playing Catchup

Now that we’re approaching year’s end, I’m making a mad dash to finish a bunch of books that I’d started over the year but got distracted from as the “next thing” caught my attention. In the past several days, these…

Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn

I’ve been reading a lot of “best of 2012” book lists so far this month, and sadly, I don’t believe I’ve read a single book on these lists. I don’t seem to see movies when they’re still in theaters, and…