*Fair warning: My dinner parties never look like this.* So…dinner parties. I like them. While I’m not fond of hosting parties, I do like attending them (assuming the food is good). Good food is essential. In a perfect world, fictional characters would be just as likely to attend as family and friends (and in someContinue reading “Dinner Party: A Guest List”
Category Archives: Reviews
No, I Don’t Own These. Yet. (Also, I miss Daria): A Top Ten List
If you can relate to Daria, read these. Seriously though, I enjoy short stories, Jordan Catalano, flannel, and a healthy dose of cynicism… And I can’t wait to own the following – and given this week’s top ten topic (Books I Really Want To Read But Don’t Own Yet) – I thought this was theContinue reading “No, I Don’t Own These. Yet. (Also, I miss Daria): A Top Ten List”
Just After Sunset by Stephen King
(This is going to be a super professional review. Because that’s me – super professional – in a nutshell.) Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society… Aliens scare the piss out of me. This is not news. I don’t exactly know why. I’m pretty sure it has something to do with watching Alien at far too young ofContinue reading “Just After Sunset by Stephen King”
Six Degrees of Separation: Gone Girl
This month’s six degrees of separation (which I missed due to vacation) is Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. I feel like the lone person who wasn’t shocked and awed by it. Honestly, I think this says more about the dark and twisted nature of my mind than anything about the book. My favorite part ofContinue reading “Six Degrees of Separation: Gone Girl”
The Supernatural Enhancements by Edgar Cantero
I wouldn’t say that I have a lot of special skills in life, but one of the things I am really good at is procrastinating. Give me a deadline and I will find you ten reasons I cannot possibly do said thing by set time, including, but not limited to, things like rewatching seasons 1-4Continue reading “The Supernatural Enhancements by Edgar Cantero”
And…You’re Saying I Should Read That? A Top Ten List
Those books everyone says you should read…? From depression to heartbreak to the totally obnoxious – these are books I’m just not sure I want to read. Ten of them, specifically (as hosted by The Broke and The Bookish). And I figured my lack of any sort of introduction would be forgiven by including a gratuitousContinue reading “And…You’re Saying I Should Read That? A Top Ten List”
Field of Prey by John Sandford
Is there anything more memorable – during your teenage years – than losing your virginity*? Don’t answer that. Or do, actually, if you are brave enough. How about losing your virginity while being subjected to a horrible smell that happens to be 17 bodies rotting in a nearby cistern? That, fellow readers, must take theContinue reading “Field of Prey by John Sandford”
So you don’t read Stephen King…?
Okay, so since you are reading here, I’m just going to assume that you’re human and live on planet earth and know have read adore love worship Stephen King. If you don’t, you need to take a good, long look in the mirror and ask yourself what you’re doing with your life. And then commitContinue reading “So you don’t read Stephen King…?”
Owned: A Top Ten List
If you had to guess, which author would you say I own the most books by: a) Stephen King b) Richard Bachman c) some combination of a and b d) all of the above, as anyone who has read the blog for longer than 30 seconds would know The correct answer is d, as aContinue reading “Owned: A Top Ten List”
Mini-Reviews: Recommended Reading
Reviews have been a bit slow on the blog lately, although not for a lack of reading. It’s more due to lack of time – work, travel, life, etc. But here are four books I’ve recently (and not so recently) enjoyed and would recommend. 1. Fourth of July Creek by Smith Henderson. “And what couldContinue reading “Mini-Reviews: Recommended Reading”
flannel and folklore 