Hell is the absence of the people you long for. - Wow. #sentencesiwishiwrote

Sometimes it is necessary to break everything.

Whether it be the fictional Leah Gold and Red Dupree or the nonfictional Leonard and Phil Chess, the right to people at the right time can indeed change the world. A wonderful novel with an interwoven playlist. In today's sea of apathy, fear and pessimism it's important to recognize the human race has been through many trials and triumphed. We have, we can, and we will. That's simply what we do. Rosen' best work yet.

He gave himself a moment, wanting to mark in his mind the last moments of his old self, saying good-bye to that part of him that had been conditioned to play himself down. He no longer had to be a Negro afraid of calling attention to himself in a white world. Now that was all behind him; he could let himself all the way out. #stuffiwishiwrote

It‘s a weird sensation, knowing your family believes the worst of you. It makes you want to disappear a little.

5/5. Highly recommended! Read it NOW. #wtfwasthatending indeed! Don't have someone spoil it!!

Small TBR pile (sine ebooks cant be seen) #savethefloorjoists. Currently devouring #behindhereyes. Everything else has taken a back seat. Also trying to read at least one Dickens chapter daily!!

"Better to think of imagined truths than real memories." - I know you aren't supposed to quote from an ARC, but WOW what a sentence !#behindhereyes #sentencesiwishidwritten #flatironbooks #sarahpinborough

The perfect book at the perfect time. Deep characters. Very relatable. Art restorer with a eye for detail misses the forest for the trees when her whirlwind marriage changes her location. About finding your place - in family and in life.

Art is about beauty and desire, yes, but beauty is also about truth.

"Joy isn't a feeling, it's a truth."

Perfect. Seamlessly interwoven. Keep Google at the ready. (What would I have done had I read this before Google?) and every bit as relevant now as in 1975.

I enjoyed this novel. It's hard to describe in just a small space. It's a story within a story, and there are many subplots. However, it is a long read (over 500 pgs). Part Dickens, part Austen. Very rich character development.

An effective legal drama that tugs at the heartstrings while informing. Our little Mary DiNunzio has grown up and is about to get married. Also a compassionate examination about the foster care (broken) system in Philly. Great read!

I've read 3 out of 4 in this set. Although I love the fact that Helen Grace is equal parts badass and future psych patient, I think this one had a solid beginning and end with a wasted middle. Triplicate crime scenes work for and against the story. The best parts are the dialogue and interviews of which there are far too few. I think I'll read one more before deciding whether to continue the series.

This deluxe edition includes the prequel one-shot, the comic run, an art gallery, and the text of the story itself. Great way to show process. Story wise, it's a nice way to turn superhero books on their head. I'd expect nothing less from Hill.

A bed is a place where so much of life is played out - births and deaths and passions and dreaming - all the most fundamental moments of our fragile human existence.

Solid coming of age story involving four friends across a 20 year span. Different chapters focus of different characters, but always in 3rd person. Alas, what would have been brilliant in my 20s, seems obvious in my 40s - which I guess is the point.

Some nice quotes; but all-in-all a bit too contrived for my taste. It's a decent coming-of-age for millennials, but looking through older eyes it's all quite obvious. 3/5

"The thing is, at the time, everything we did felt like it happened in isolation from the rest of the world. It's only when you get older you really understand how everything's connected: money, power, politics, people's actual lives."

Stands on its own as a funny, light novel. Don't compare to the original, though. Great commentary on communication and marriage - with all their many flaws. Highly amusing.