This is a novel of substance and despair. It is a collection of oddities, and strange ones at that. It is the story of a displaced epiglottis and partial blindness and willful dissidence (read: teenage angst). It is the story of being miles from okay and learning to actually be okay with that. Mary IrisContinue reading “Mosquitoland by David Arnold”
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The 100 by Kass Morgan
It can always get worse. Remember that. Actually one of my favorite lines is from the soon to be classic film Ever After: “No matter how bad things get, they can always get worse.” That sums up The 100. The premise is solid. I love a sci-fi drama as much as the next person. I’m even okay withContinue reading “The 100 by Kass Morgan”
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”
flannel and folklore 