"Reading isn't the opposite of doing; it's the opposite of dying." The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe is another one of those books that has been on every 'Best of 2012' list I have seen. It's also very popular in the world of book blogging, with a few of my bloggy friends having read it already. So, I decided to take the plunge and read the book even though I … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2013
The Book Wheel Relocates
Last month The Book Wheel (meaning me) relocated from North Carolina to Colorado. It was a big move, but one my husband and I have been planning for the past year. The reason we moved was because I finished my degree in Political Science and will be attending graduate school. We were lucky in that my husband found a job out west much more quickly than we had expected, and so he … [Read more...]
The Round House Comes Full Circle
I started reading The Round House by Louise Erdrich because it topped so many "Best of 2012" lists. The story is about a young Native American teenager, Joe, who sets out to solve the mystery behind his mother's brutal attack. I was drawn into the book immediately, but at first I wasn't sure that it was going to live up to the hype. The story builds very slowly but then barrels … [Read more...]