I picked this up from the library after browsing some old CBR reviews for inspiration. The story circles around two women in Mullaby, North Carolina: 17-year-old Emily Benedict, who comes to Mullaby to live with her extremely tall grandfather after the death of her mother Dulcie, and her 34-year-old neighbor, Julia Winterson, who has returned to Mullaby to run her father’s BBQ joint for a few years after his death. Emily quickly realizes that her mother’s legacy in Mullaby is actually pretty scandalous, and she tries […]
Like a whiff of my mother’s perfume.
This book dug up a lot of feelings, so get ready for a bit of autobiography. I grew up religious in the evangelical persuasion. For many years, until my early 20s, I was a True Believer: pious, traditional, and convinced that we were both right and righteous. I memorized all the verses to all the hymns. I read theology books way past my grade level. I studied the minor prophets. I was the AWANA poster child. And then I grew up a little and started learning how […]
Secrets, Voyeurism, Alcohol, and Jealousy
Whew! I took a long (long) lunch at work just so I could finish this book. I read it in an evening and a lunch hour, and you should too. Rachel is our main narrator. She rides the train to and from London every day, passing by the same houses every day, imagining the lives of the people who live there. One couple in particular, a Perfect Couple, “Jess” and “Jason” live just down the street from her old house (dum dum dummmm), and she’s […]
Starting off 2015 with SCIENCE.
I just got back online after a long January vacation and there are already SO MANY BOOKS y’all have reviewed that I now have to buy. I picked this book up last year thanks to this CBR6 post and I agree 100% with Lollygagger’s review! The Pluto Files is a lightweight but nevertheless educational examination of the history, cultural clout, and scientific pedigree of Pluto–or, the Kuiper belt object formerly known as our solar system’s ninth planet. Neil deGrasse Tyson, with humor and grace, frames the science in his narrative: in his role as […]