Next week is spring break at Purdue, and I can’t wait to get started writing my next novella. This has been a crazy, busy semester, and I’m eager to pick up my pen or put my fingers to the keyboard and start creating. Up first are two novellas in collections that I have signed or am about to sign the contracts for. Both will be set during World War II, and I am so excited to return to my favorite time period.
As my thoughts turn bookish, I thought it would be fun this week to do a fun post. First, I have a few fun book quotes for you. Then at the end I have a giveaway. I’ll be gifting a book to at least two readers, but may do more. My book pile is getting a bit ridiculous, and what better way to endure the last days of winter than with a good book!
Jane Austen is one of those authors that many of my friends adore…but I’ve only read Pride and Prejudice. I’ve tried to read Sense and Sensibility but get bogged down because I know what the movies show happening to Marianne. I know. I know. I should never rely on a movie to represent the book…
But can I admit I haven’t read Northanger Abbey? Even so, I firmly agree with this quote.
CS Lewis is an author I adore and yet know I need to read more of his nonfiction. However, I didn’t want to overshare my favorite quotes from the Chronicles of Narnia. What’s your favorite CS Lewis book?
Finally, I can’t quite agree with quote from one of Charles Dickens’ books. As a writer, I want to believe that all books have immense value. But there are a few that I put down and never get back to…I guess you could call it death by neglect. Still, I think this quote is a bit harsh, but it does get one’s attention. What do you think? Are there books where the cover is the best part?
Now for the giveaway. Good luck! I’d love to send one of my books or a friend’s book to you. Most of all, happy reading!
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Great post, Cara. I keep a journal of favorite quotes, so I’ll be watching the other comments here.
One of my favorites—and one I TRY to live by—is from Harper Lee in To Kill a Mockingbird:
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view…Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”
Great post! I like how you’ve made cool (I don’t know what you call them) pictures with them! Have a wonderful spring break!
Such great quotes, Cara! I love C.S. Lewis. My two favorite titles of his are Mere Christianity and The Screwtape Letters. So deep and thought-provoking. And one of these days I’m going to turn our “play room” that the kids have outgrown into a library and on the wall I’m going to inscribe his quote, “You can never get a cup of tea large enough of a book long enough to suit me.” As a tea-drinking book reader, I figured it would be perfect. 🙂
I love bookish quotes!
You HAVE to read Northanger Abbey. It is such a fun novel, it is my favorite Austen!!! I have found some cute pillows with bookish quotes at storiarts. Super fun lit website…
I love all the quotes. Thank you very much!