The Chevalier's Crew
- Sep 21, 2018
24 Books for 24 Years
Happy Birthday to me!!! A completely self-indulgent list of books. I like books. A lot. Case in point: my freshman year of college was spent mostly creeping through bookstores, dishing out money I didn’t have, to distract myself from friends who didn’t exist. Ha. TLDR; books are my most valued companions. Here are twenty-four of them which, far better or worse, have left their footprints all over my twenty four years: 1. Kokoro by Natsume Soseki My favorite novel of all time.
The Chevalier's Crew
- Sep 14, 2018
10 books that made us—and will make you—sob uncontrollably
Sometimes life makes us cry. Then sometimes books make us cry... ...because they’re tragic or hilarious, often times both. It’s because these books do such a good job of describing or probing our reality (like Bob Woodward’s FEAR ahh) that they hold such a dear place in our hearts. As Kafka says: “I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound or stab us. If the book we're reading doesn't wake us up with a blow to the head, what are we reading for?” 1. The Magic M
The Chevalier's Crew
- Sep 1, 2018
My Year of Rest and Relaxation - The Chevalier's Chick-Chat
The Good. The Bad. The Beautiful. When Ottessa Moshfegh’s novel Eileen was published in 2015, readers were delighted and surprised by the strength and unique power of Moshfegh’s voice. Critics declared "here is a writer who can do anything" (See this most intriguing interview with her in the New Yorker). Eileen, which was long listed for the Man Booker prize in 2016, was our July Book Club Pick and very popular among staff and customers alike. Moshfegh's latest release, My Ye
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