The saving grace for The Dreamer is at the very end. I liked the “full circle” of the pig “admiring the birds” at the start and finish. The in-between is what I am not crazy about. The theme of “keep trying” and “making mistakes” has been done. Many times. The only difference here is that the friends and neighbors of the pig help him. Usually the “keep trying” is seen as a solo act. And the pig listens to the other animals. That seemed like […]
No Country For Young Men
This is my “and so it begins” book for CBR bingo, which is slightly improbable as after finishing Redshirts I wasn’t sure I’d read another John Scalzi book again. CBR changed my mind; enough people enjoyed Head On that I picked it up, not having remembered that I had in fact read something by the author before. I enjoyed Head On enough that when I was looking for reading material on an international trip I actively sought out Scalzi. I needed something light, something fun, […]
It was life, often unsatisfying, frequently cruel, usually boring, sometimes beautiful, once in a while exhilarating
Insomnia – 2/5 This is one of the most 1990s books I’ve ever read, and that is sometimes ok, and almost never a boon. It’s also likely one of Stephen King’s most 1990 book, and that’s not a good thing really, and in fact this book is pretty bad. Often, as it happens in king books, the supernatural element is less good than the fictional parts of the book. Not only is that the case with this book, the supernatural element becomes so distracting, so […]
So I guess I panicked from the word go.
The Bus on Thursday – 4/5 Stars This was an audiobook and I hadn’t heard of it before I looked a little into and downloaded it from Overdrive. Also, had this not been Australian I might not have listened to it, and had I read the back I wouldn’t either. I also almost turned it off early on because of a kind of off-key line that I didn’t like. But something clicked in my experience at some point and I ended up really liking it. […]