Open a book this minute and start reading. Don’t move until you’ve reached page fifty. Until you’ve buried your thoughts in print. Cover yourself with words. Wash yourself away. Dissolve. Carol Shields Republic of Love

BIP’s Snips: Thoughts on three books

Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie’s Aya de Yopougon 4 Gallimard, 2008

Read: At the table, because I said that I would use my dictionary to look up all the French words that I don’t know (of course I always say that, but I never do) Warning: As the fourth book in the series, I can’t imagine [...]