Sprigler Collective

My Sister's Keeper by: Jodi Picoult  ''A photo says, you were happy, and I wanted to catch that. A photo says, you were so important to me that I put down everything else to come watch.''''... and I kissed her. I took the things I couldn't bring myself to say, and poured them into her.''''... [everything] is a world of possibility. Kids ...

Good in Bed, by: Jennifer Weiner *** I read this book in January 2008 Sometimes a person needs a light read.  A fun read.  A pick it up and put it down (finished in a day) read.  This book is all of these things, but it also carries an important message in an accessible format.  We meet many people in our lives and love many ...

The Gathering by: Anne Enright *** I read this book in January 2008 The Gathering was not the book that I thought it would be when I began reading it.  As promised, it is a journey through a family's lively history of family gatherings, childhood adventures, and diminished dreams.  I type that the dreams were diminished, but if I were ...

I am a somewhat compulsive reader.  I love language and I have a tendency to quote poignant lines to others.  I also have a habit of hording the words I read (or hear) on scraps of paper, bits of tissue, and my own skin (if there is nothing else available and I must remember).  I keep the words I love close to me, but I am also more ...