True Crime novels are one of those tricky types of books that are hard to do well. Most of the time the writer manages to do a dry retelling of events that, while factual, fails to ignite my interest. I’m afraid this one falls into that category. While Mann adds little details like what the weather was like in order to bring the story to life, in the end the book is a pretty dry accounting of the events. To be honest, I suspect that […]
Books are not written about proper children.
For as much as I love the Anne of Green Gable novels, I think this may be the first time I’ve made it all the way through the Emily of New Moon books. I know I attempted them around the same time I read the Anne books, but I don’t think I finished them. I don’t have a memory of finishing them anyway. So yes, I decided it was time to correct that. Technically I read it as one book as all three novels were […]
On The Backbone of the World, Beneath the Large Sky, You Will Find Your Name
I don’t know why I bring books to my parent’s house, I never lack for reading material when I go visit. My dad handed me Fools Crow this past trip and told me I should read it, so like any book lover I immediately started reading it. It is very good. It’s not an easy book, and I’m sure there are a lot of things that a more close reading could tease out it, but I really enjoyed it. The book is one that I […]
Dance Like No One is Watching
The Girls at the Kingfisher Club is a retelling of Twelve Dancing Princesses set in the 1920s. It is light on magic, or rather has absolutely none, but heavy on feminism and awesomeness. Despite being a fairy tale retelling, I can’t really label this a fantasy novel, so I’m not. I really, really liked it and I loved setting this story of women finding liberation and defying the ‘king’ against the backdrop of the proto-women’s liberation that happened during the 20s. It’s a glorious mashup. Twelve […]