From Goodreads: At Mile 81 on the Maine Turnpike is a boarded up rest stop on a highway in Maine. It’s a place where high school kids drink and get into the kind of trouble high school kids have always gotten into. It’s the place where Pete Simmons goes when his older brother, who’s supposedContinue reading “Mile 81 by Stephen King”
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Movies into books? Feature Friday
New? Follow on twitter, by email, or Facebook (or add to Google reader, etc.). Let me know if you do! So I’ve written about movies that were better than the books they were based on, but what about books based on a movie? This week’s question from Alison Can Read and Parajunkee ponders just that. WhatContinue reading “Movies into books? Feature Friday”
The Missing by Sarah Langan
From Goodreads: A remote and affluent Maine community, Corpus Christi was untouched by the environmental catastrophe that destroyed the neighboring blue-collar town of Bedford. But all that will change in a heartbeat . . . The nightmare is awakened when third-grade schoolteacher Lois Larkin takes the children on a field trip to Bedford. ThereContinue reading “The Missing by Sarah Langan”
Reading on a deserted island: A top ten list
For anyone who has been reading my blog for any length of time, none of this week’s top ten choices will likely come as a surprise. This week’s list is books I’d take to a desert island, so of course I’ll be taking some of my favorites (as hosted by The Broke and The Bookish).Continue reading “Reading on a deserted island: A top ten list”
Wilderness by Lance Weller
From Goodreads: Thirty years after the Civil War’s Battle of the Wilderness left him maimed, Abel Truman has found his way to the edge of the continent, the rugged, majestic coast of Washington State, where he lives alone in a driftwood shack with his beloved dog. Wilderness is the story of Abel, now an oldContinue reading “Wilderness by Lance Weller”
Beautiful Disaster: A Playlist
Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire, from Goodreads: The new Abby Abernathy is a good girl. She doesn’t drink or swear, and she has the appropriate percentage of cardigans in her wardrobe. Abby believes she has enough distance between her and the darkness of her past, but when she arrives at college with her best friend America,Continue reading “Beautiful Disaster: A Playlist”
America Pacifica by Anna North
From Goodreads: Eighteen-year-old Darcy lives on the island of America Pacifica–one of the last places on earth that is still habitable, after North America has succumbed to a second ice age. Education, food, and basic means of survival are the province of a chosen few, while the majority of the island residents must struggle toContinue reading “America Pacifica by Anna North”
Favorite quotations: a top ten list
I am not a writer nor have I ever particularly aspired to be one (I recently had to google #NaNoWriMo, why I insist on including information that embarrases me in this post – I do not know). I am, however, a dedicated and voracious reader. I think for readers in particular, finding and identifying with certain writers hasContinue reading “Favorite quotations: a top ten list”
Virgil Flowers’ t-shirts: A lesson in indie music
Recently, I wrote this post on John Sandford’s Stolen Prey (excellent, by the way, also includes an amazing veggie burger recipe). In the comments, there is a discussion about Virgil Flowers. He’s a minor recurring character in the Prey series who now has a series of his own. Virgil is known for quite a few things including fishing,Continue reading “Virgil Flowers’ t-shirts: A lesson in indie music”
The Elementals by Francesca Lia Block
The Elementals by Francesca Lia Block (in her adult fiction debut) weaves a compulsively readable, gothic-tinged mystery with a coming of age story. From Goodreads: From a star YA author Francesca Lia Block—an adult novel about a student, haunted by the disappearance of a friend, who must face the truth. The Elementals is on one level an intriguing coming-of-age novelContinue reading “The Elementals by Francesca Lia Block”
flannel and folklore 