I keep waiting to have something meaningful to post about. You can clearly see how that is going for me. My baby just hit 9 months old. I know everyone says it, but I honestly don’t know how that happened. She might be one before I publish my next post…(I wish I was kidding)Continue reading “Bookish (and not so bookish) Thoughts”
Author Archives: Rory
Gather the Daughters // Jennie Melamed
Whoa. Please tell me at least one of you thought of Joey Lawrence. If a book can be said to be both dreadful and wonderful at the same time, then Gather the Daughters is one such book. Set in a unknown period after a fire destroys civilization, an island community is formed by ten menContinue reading “Gather the Daughters // Jennie Melamed”
The White Road // Sarah Lotz
How has it been so long since I’ve hit publish? Simon, once a troubled youth turn adventure seeker, is now a barista trying to get a spooky website off the ground. The cofounder, Thierry, sends Simon spelunking in search of three bodies left behind in a cave, Cwm Pot. Guided by the unbalanced Ed, theyContinue reading “The White Road // Sarah Lotz”
The Slap // Six Degrees of Separation
We are now 21 days into the month of May. Chris Cornell has died. Trump is still in office. It snowed, a lot. I wish I could say I have something to offer to cheer you (meaning me) up, but blogging seems a bit like talking into a vast void – and it’s practically myContinue reading “The Slap // Six Degrees of Separation”
Literary Mixtape | Anne of Green Gables
The world calls them its singers and poets and artists and storytellers; but they are just people who have never forgotten the way to fairyland. Chris Cornell provided much of the soundtrack to my teenage years, and my adult years too, quite honestly. Soundgarden, Audioslave, solo, original or cover, I enjoyed it all. This morning,Continue reading “Literary Mixtape | Anne of Green Gables”
Lately
Making: Hopefully nothing! Maybe my husband will cook. Drinking: Water. I’m fancy like that. Reading: I just finished Sarah J. Maas’ A Court of Thorn and Roses trilogy and really enjoyed it, which surprised me. Organizing: This year’s travel plans. Still. Though airfare has been purchased. I may have mentioned that I over plan when it comes toContinue reading “Lately”
The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel
Upon finishing this book, I took a long moment to wonder what the hell I’d just read. This book makes Flowers in the Attic look conventional. The Roanoke Girls* tells the tale of then and now, with family history woven in. Cousins Lane and Allegra, through death and dysfunction, come to live with their grandparentsContinue reading “The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel”
The River at Night by Erica Ferencik
Winifred Allen needs a vacation. She, along with three of her friends, decide that vacation is going to be rafting down a virtually uncharted section of the Allagash River, led by an “experienced” 20 year old named Rory. What could possibly go wrong? If your go-to answer isn’t “Everything!”, than this isn’t the book forContinue reading “The River at Night by Erica Ferencik”
Room // Six Degrees of Separation
The movie edition! The idea behind this exercise is to connect books in any way that’s meaningful to you, from the profound to the inane. Although Kevin Bacon is typically behind the six degrees game, books are just a bit more fun. April’s leading book is Room by Emma Donohue. Room was adapted into an award winningContinue reading “Room // Six Degrees of Separation”
The Hearts of Men by Nickolas Butler
I am, barring any unseen literary missteps, now a lifelong fan of Nickolas Butler. Beginning with the superb Shotgun Lovesongs, following that with Beneath the Bonfire, and now releasing The Hearts of Men, I am absolutely on board with anything he writes. Cereal boxes, Ikea manuals, it doesn’t matter. Beginning at a Wisconsin summer campContinue reading “The Hearts of Men by Nickolas Butler”
flannel and folklore 