Another big thank you to Mathildehoegfor sending me “Trouble” in my CBR book exchange! It’s on my to-read list for the next installment of the MFA and even though I’m not usually a YA fan (especially non-fantasy YA), I was pleasantly surprised by this book. It gives nothing away for me to tell you that the main female, Hannah, pretty much begins the book as a pregnant fifteen-year-old, and is feeling, you know, overwhelmed, distraught and basically like any woman finding out about an […]
THANK YOU Mathildehoeg!
A big shout out to Mathildehoeg for my awesome book exchange presents! I’ve already plowed right through “Trouble” and will be doing an annotated reading on “Atonement” for one of my MFA classes this spring. How she knew “Atonement” was one of my favorite stories, we’ll never know! A review of both coming shortly!
The Birth of the Copper Star
This was another faintingviolet specialty! She read this 2 years ago and handed it off to me, and what a fantastic read it was! I’ve just finished a re-read of it, and since it’s a mystery, it’s not as strong the second time around, but that’s more due to the lack of surprise at the outcome than Faye’s writing. But let’s get to the plot summary, Tim Wilde is a bar tender in 1845 New York City who finds himself unemployed and homeless after a […]
In Which Inspector Javert Goes to America
I read ‘Heyday’ for my MFA, and while I was skeptical in the first few chapters due to the distinct lack of plot, I fell in love with this book by the last chapters. It’s 1847 and the heyday of America, and the whole 19th Century really. The story follows 5 characters: Duff and his sister Polly, their journalist friend Skaggs, an aristocratic British immigrant, Ben Knowles, and the one character that I guess was suppose to provide the plot, Inspector Javert , I mean, […]