Monday, May 26, 2025

THE PRINCESS OF LAS VEGAS by Chris Bohjalian

We'd never been the sort of sisters who spoke or texted all he time, and now the less contact we had, the better. It would have been a failed charade if we had tried to feign closeness.

Chapter One, p. 27

Friday, May 2, 2025

RABBIT MOON by Jennifer Haigh

In her view, the Disney franchise is yet another toxic American export, like carbon emissions or troop deployments or fast food or nuclear waste. . . . .  Claire found the cartoons insipid and weirdly moralistic. . . . .  She drew the line, however, at theme parks.  Each time they visited [[her husband's]] mother in Florida, [[their daughter]] clamored to go to Disney World.  Claire's answer, always, was a resounding "No."

p. 43