The Wrong Stuff is the memoirs of Truman Smith, B-17 pilot and co-pilot during WWII. He very, very honestly recounts his various misadventures during the war in an odd, rambling, sort of conversational tone full of profanity, all-caps typing, and a good sense of humor about the whole experience. Read the rest at Pop Culture Penalty Box.
(Half) Cannonball!
This is sort of an odd book. The characters have arcs and there is definitely a story here, but there isn’t an obvious conclusion. There isn’t just one climax. Even very late in the book, I wasn’t sure where all the threads were going. This isn’t to say I disliked the book. It’s just not like anything I’ve read in a very long time. It’s more literary than anything I’ve read in a while, if that makes sense. Read the rest at Pop Culture […]
Don’t Tell Me To Smile
My goodness. What do I even say about this that hasn’t been said already? Bitch Planet is a prison planet for women who are “Non Complaint.” They are too fat, too mouthy, too ambiguously scary, too….too. For all their failings in the eyes of this toxic patriarchy (is there another kind?), they are sent to prison. But it’s not like the expectation to be compliant ends with getting put in prison. It just morphs, changes shape. Instead of the daily grind of microaggressions and 1960’s-style […]
The Banal Torture Porn of Puberty
All men are delusional. At least, that’s what I took from this book. This book is utterly impossible. I have mentioned before that I made a deal with myself that I would finish absolutely every book I started, no matter how much I hated it, in order to review it. This book really tested my patience and utterly destroyed by 6-books-ahead-of-schedule pace for Cannonball Read. Read the rest at Pop Culture Penalty Box.