Really, It's Like We're Made Out of Velcro

She was a large, boneless woman who draped herself like an old blanket over the chairs of the apartment, staring for hours with her gray eyes at ghosts, figments, recollections, and dust caught in oblique sunbeams, her arms streaked and pocked like relief maps of vast planets, her massive calves stuffed like forcemeat into lung-colored support hose.

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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon

This was epic. Like any amazing adventure, I didn’t want it to end. I chose the quote above because I am a fan of long sentences. Michael Chabon managed to make every character memorable. This is, without a doubt, one of my favorite books of all time now. A must-read for my children and for Tof.

The watery taste of disappointment grows as familiar as a pair of old shoes.

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The Ark Sakura by Kobo Abe

Sometimes, it pays to judge a book by its cover. Especially, if it’s made-over by a great designer. This is one of the “newer” books I grabbed off the shelf while on a hunt with Tof. A shared property! I can’t wait to read more of Kobo Abe’s works, as well as watch the adaptations of his stories. There were so many things that jumped out at me while reading, but I chose a quote that couldn’t give away anything about the story.