If I tell you this book is quaint in the most lovely of ways, will that make sense to you? Because it is. Readers of the Broken Wheel Recommend is… wholesome? in some indefinable way that calls to some nostalgic, small-town warmth and hope that just seems to imbue some books. (Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen is another one of those books, for me.) The kind of feeling that, when you examine it outside of the book, can feel hokey or corny, but somehow […]
Finishing the year, and my Cannonball, with a good one
I’m probably the most ridiculous comics reader you’re going to find: I don’t like monthlies, because waiting is stupid; I read all the spoilers months (or years) before I get around to reading the actual comic; I kind of wish there were less pictures sometimes (I know: weird); and I’m an obsessive MCU fan who reads about 9000 times more fan fiction than she does canon. I’m not saying it’s normal, I’m just saying that’s how I read comics. But Ms. Marvel has been on […]
It’s Christmas time, so of course I’m reading about murder
I’m a couple years behind on this series, even though it’s one of my all-time favorites, but that’s mostly because I insist on re-reading before I get around to new ones, and who has time for all that? These books are number 46, 47 and 53, if you trust the In Death Wiki, and count all the short stories, which I certainly do, and I just did a re-read last year, and I didn’t have time for one this year. Plus, I prefer my books […]
I never could resist a kissing book, either
Thank you, thank you for my book loot from the lovely Mrs. Julien :) You did an excellent job of choosing, and it’s making it very difficult for things not to skip the queue and wind up next. Thanks again!