Doesn’t that make you wonder what he’s reading? Read more
Yearly Archives: 2014
New on the Shelves…
Okay, I know I didn’t request this one! I’m always pleased to get unexpected books in the mail, but cozy mysteries with household pets as the detectives? Definitely not on the menu. I’m going to offer this one to one of my associate reviewers. Doghouse (A Gin & Tonic Mystery) In the third novel in the Gin & Tonic mystery series,… Read more
Quotables
“Books are finite, sexual encounters are finite, but the desire to read and to fuck is infinite; it surpasses our own deaths, our fears, our hopes for peace.” – Roberto Bolaño, Chilean novelist Read more
How to Read Blurb
Okay, this made me laugh out loud. If you have ever read the publisher blurbs after reading a book and thought “What were they thinking? What book did they read?” this will appeal to you, as well: Read more
Review: Live by Night by Dennis Lehane
There’s a bit of a story behind my reading of Live by Night: I picked up the audiobook from the library months ago – probably closer to a year ago. I sped through the first 9 cds and then…lost it. I brought it in from the car, set it aside, and it disappeared. I was furious! Ransacked the house, went through… Read more
New on the Shelves…
Don’t Try To Find Me by Holly Brown When a fourteen-year-old runs away, her parents turn to social media to find her—launching a public campaign that will expose their darkest secrets and change their family forever, in this suspenseful and gripping debut for fans of Reconstructing Amelia and Gone Girl. Don’t try to find me. Though the message on the kitchen white board is… Read more
Review: William Shakespeare’s The Empire Striketh Back by Ian Doescher
If you read my review of William Shakespeare’s Star Wars, then you know what to expect from William Shakespeare’s The Empire Striketh Back by Ian Doescher. They are fun little tidbits, translating Star Wars into something The Bard would have been proud of. Luke Skywalker, on his battle with the Imperial Walkers: A hit! A very palpable hit. Wait, Although my… Read more
Sad news for World Book Night
I am sad to report that World Book Night US has suspended operations: “The expenses of running World Book Night U.S., even given the significant financial and time commitment from publishers, writers, booksellers, librarians, printers, distributors, and shippers, are too high to sustain without additional outside funding,” [executive director Carl] Lennertz wrote. If you follow here, you might remember… Read more
New on the Shelves…
Ride Around Shining by Chris Leslie-Hynan A provocative debut novel about a young white chauffeur and his wealthy black employer, an NBA player—a twenty-first century inversion of what we’ve come to expect stories of race and class to look like, and a discomfiting portrait of envy and obsession. Ride Around Shining concerns the idle preoccupations, and later machinations, of a transplanted… Read more
Quotables
“Doctor Who: You want weapons? We’re in a library. Books are the best weapon in the world. This room’s the greatest arsenal we could have. Arm yourself!”(from Tooth and Claw in Season 2) – Russell T. Davies, Welsh screenwriter and television producer, whose work includes Dr. Who Read more