It has admittedly been a long time since I read Pride & Prejudice. My memories of that book have probably been conflated with the several retreads that have come out in the last twenty years, most notably Bridget Jones. And maybe I need a reread in order to compare Austen to Angelini. Or maybe P&P just isn’t that great (blasphemy!)? But it feels like I’d remember if Original Recipe Darcy was this much of a prick. Judge Fitzwilliam Darcy is a British barrister with an […]
WTF Indeed
A couple of years ago, a movie came and went starring Tina Fey called Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, the military call letters for WTF. I didn’t even remember the movie until I went looking for reviews for The Taliban Shuffle after I’d read it. I sometimes like to read reviews after I’ve finished a book, just to see if my thinking is in line with the critics’. One thing I discovered while doing so this time, apart from the fact that the book was made in […]
(belated) Christmas gift exchange thank you!
You may remember that I’ve talked about Boss here before, the man who makes fun of my reading selections, but on a spiritual retreat once took a copy of Hulk Hogan’s biography instead of a “spiritual awakening book”. He dropped an open Amazon box on my desk the other day and said, “Oops. I opened these. I assumed it was for me cause you never get stuff.” So many, many thanks to Lori for my gift of Turtles All The Way Down and Forks, Knives, […]
THIS BOOK IS STUPID
I’ve decided to half cannonball on this, the worst of all the books I’ve read this year. Mainly because that’s how it’s come up in my giant back log of reviews, but also because it somehow feels fitting after the way this year has gone. I read the originals a year or so after they came out. They read like what they are: poorly written fan fiction based on a not particularly good original story. They’re problematic for all the reasons that have been discussed […]