Even though fall has clearly gotten lost on its way to Colorado (hello record breaking temperatures, please go back to summer), it is still my favorite season of the year. To quote Anne, I am so happy I live in a world where there are Octobers. Despite it seemingly being in contrast to my aestheticContinue reading “Horror Stories: Twelve of My Favorites”
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The State of Books: A Top Five List
This blog… I’m still here. I swear. And I’m still sick, amazingly enough. I rarely get sick, but when I do, it seemingly lasts FOREVER. As I missed last week’s Top Ten Tuesday and I don’t plan to participate in next week’s (I’m not a series reader), I decided to find a middle ground, ofContinue reading “The State of Books: A Top Five List”
Six Degrees of Separation: 1984
“Welcome back to Six Degrees of Separation: a monthly meme in which you’re invited to link six books in a chain, with connections as logical or crazy as you like. This month, to celebrate the launch of her speculative-fiction novel The Ark, Emma and Annabel chose to begin the chain with George Orwell’s speculative fiction classic,Continue reading “Six Degrees of Separation: 1984”
Hipster Lit: An (Irreverent) Top Ten List
Subtitle: So you’ve admitted you’re a hipster. (Meant in a purely facetious manner. I was astounded to see an actual list with this title the other day, but then I thought…why not? Everyone knows that Margaret Atwood released an amazing new collection of short stories, but does everyone know that Benjamin Whitmer has a newContinue reading “Hipster Lit: An (Irreverent) Top Ten List”
The Ploughmen by Kim Zupan
As I sit here, it just so happens – conveniently – that a raging thunderstorm is passing over the city. If there is any review that deserves to be written while surrounded by dark and gloomy weather, it is The Ploughmen by Kim Zupan. The novel opens with one of the darkest scenes I’ve read in recentContinue reading “The Ploughmen by Kim Zupan”
How to Build a Girl by Caitlin Moran
How to Build a Girl Publisher: Harper Source: Publisher (via TLC Book Tours) “Wolverhampton, in 1990, looks like something bad happened to it. ‘Something bad did happen to it,’ Dad explains as we go down Cleveland Street. ‘Thatcher.’ My father has a very personal and visceral loathing of Margaret Thatcher. Growing up, my understanding is that, at some point inContinue reading “How to Build a Girl by Caitlin Moran”
Fall 2014 Releases: A Top Ten List
The seasons are changing, so it’s that time of year again… Let’s take a look at books for the upcoming autumn (as hosted by The Broke and the Bookish). 10. The Ploughmen by Kim Zupan. “A young sheriff and a hardened killer form an uneasy and complicated bond in this mesmerizing first novel set on theContinue reading “Fall 2014 Releases: A Top Ten List”
Cry Father by Benjamin Whitmer
Every once in a while you read a book that you absolutely love – seriously, it may be the best thing I’ve read all year – and have no one to recommend it to. Cry Father is not a book for everybody. It’s not even for most people. I’m honestly not sure who it is for. BecauseContinue reading “Cry Father by Benjamin Whitmer”
One Hit Wonders: A Top Ten List
Quite possibly the only way to avoid a sophomore slump is to avoid the possibility altogether, Harper Lee did it, as did Margaret Mitchell. In a bit of a twist on today’s top ten list – as hosted by The Broke and the Bookish – here are ten authors that only wrote (or have written) one novel,Continue reading “One Hit Wonders: A Top Ten List”
Trilobites and Other Stories by Breece D’J Pancake
“We will live on mangoes and love.” There are few things I love more than a good short story, but when you combine geology and a bleak coming of age tale – I am sold. Although I am a bit ashamed to admit that I first became interested in this collection because of the author’sContinue reading “Trilobites and Other Stories by Breece D’J Pancake”
flannel and folklore 