I’m definitely reading Lucy Parker’s next book as soon as it comes out (hopefully soon). Act Like It (2015) was the first book I read by Parker, after seeing it recommended on Cannonball. I’ve since read her second novel and certainly look forward to more. It’s not particularly earth shattering in any way, but it’s well-written, fun, and emotional–better than most of the romances I’ve read lately. “Almost every night, between nine and ten past, Lainie Graham passionately kissed her ex-boyfriend. She was then gruesomely dead by […]
a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife
The problem with waiting way too long to write reviews is that I forget all the details. I read Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld because it’s a modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice, and it was on NPR’s list of recommended books from 2016. I remember enjoying it. It was fun and well done, inspired by Pride and Prejudice without being too tied to it. Liz Bennett is a magazine writer while her sister Jane is a yoga instructor, and they both live in NYC. Jane is almost forty and ready to start a […]
I came across time for you, Sarah
So, now that we’re into November and Christmas toys and decorations are proliferating the stores, I should probably start writing some reviews. I’ve never been this far behind, but I’m still hopeful I can pull off a Cannonball…we’ll see. I almost never re-read books, but my book club decided to read The Time Traveler’s Wife (2003) by Audrey Niffenegger. I had read it a long time before–at least ten years ago, probably more–and I decided I liked it enough that I should read it again. The Time […]
Finally getting around to a classic, but I’m disappointed in the man
“Original sin, the true original sin, is the blind destruction for the sake of greed of this natural paradise which lies all around us–if only we were worthy of it.” (208) “We need the possibility of escape as surely as we need hope; without it the life of the cities would drive all men into crime or drugs or psychoanalysis.” (162) Desert Solitaire (1968) by Edward Abbey is one of those classic environmental books that I’ve heard about for years but never got around to reading. […]