Alexandra Petri
Goodreads Author
Website
Member Since
December 2014
To ask
Alexandra Petri
questions,
please sign up.
Popular Answered Questions
![]() |
Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why
10 editions
—
published
2020
—
|
|
![]() |
A Field Guide to Awkward Silences
6 editions
—
published
2015
—
|
|
![]() |
Alexandra Petri's US History: Important American Documents
7 editions
—
published
2023
—
|
|
![]() |
Acts of Evil
by
2 editions
—
published
2020
—
|
|
![]() |
She-Hulk Annual #1
by |
|
![]() |
River of Words: The Natural World As Viewed By Young People (Annual Poetry & Art Contest on the Theme of Watersheds 2001 Winning Poems)
by |
|
![]() |
Atos de Maldade
by |
|
![]() |
SHE-HULK ANNUAL #1 CHRISTOPHER CONNECTING VAR
|
|
Alexandra Petri hasn't written any blog posts yet.
Related News
Need another excuse to treat yourself to a new book this week? We've got you covered with the buzziest new releases of the day.
To create our...
31 likes · 21 comments
Alexandra’s Recent Updates
Alexandra Petri
is now friends with
Alexis
|
|
Alexandra Petri
voted for
Alexandra Petri's US History: Important American Documents (I Made Up)
as
Best Humor
in the
Opening Round
of the
2023 Goodreads Choice Awards.
|
|
Alexandra Petri
wants to read
Alexandra Petri's US History: Important American Documents (I Made Up)
by Alexandra Petri (Goodreads Author) Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee in Best Humor |
|
“My parents, worried that I might become popular at school, got me a book of puns at an impressionable age.”
― A Field Guide to Awkward Silences
― A Field Guide to Awkward Silences
“The things we love weave themselves into the framework of our being. They are the trellises on which our thoughts grow; we shape ourselves, our habits, our vocabularies, to accommodate them. If someone asks, “Why do you love this?” the question is as impossible to answer as “Why are you?” You cannot isolate the part of you that loves from the rest of you, or mark its beginning and ending. Old couples grow to look like each other. Old ruins blur into their ivy. Star Wars fans name their kids Luke and Leia and show up at conventions dressed as Jabba the Hutt. At first we loved the Millennium Falcon, so we wanted to build a scale replica in our basement. Now we love the Millennium Falcon because of the scale replica in our basement. Every time I watched Star Wars I used to hold my breath to see if it felt the same. But now I know it won’t. It hasn’t moved, but I have. It’s always there. It’s magic, still, but a different magic every time. I turn off all the lights in the house so there’s no reflection or glare, shut all the doors and windows, and settle in a chair with my arms folded over my knees and wait for takeoff.”
― A Field Guide to Awkward Silences
― A Field Guide to Awkward Silences
Topics Mentioning This Author
topics | posts | views | last activity | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Game Night: The Socks Are Back In Town (LS8) | 347 | 44 | Jun 14, 2019 05:23AM | |
Book Nook Cafe: The Book Salon ~~ August 2019 | 155 | 45 | Sep 08, 2019 11:48AM | |
Reading with Style:
![]() |
119 | 38 | Nov 28, 2020 06:44AM | |
The Seasonal Read...:
![]() |
3535 | 332 | Nov 30, 2020 09:00PM | |
Reading with Style:
![]() |
955 | 99 | Nov 30, 2020 09:00PM | |
Crazy Challenge C...: Oscars Through the Years | 832 | 131 | Mar 22, 2021 08:45PM | |
Crazy Challenge C...: 20x20 Challenge | 298 | 168 | Mar 07, 2023 08:56PM | |
Gigi's Company: ABC | 4210 | 602 | Jul 08, 2023 03:18PM | |
Gigi's Company: The Last Letter Game (Book Titles) | 4842 | 934 | Jul 08, 2023 03:29PM |