A friend was looking to make room on her bookshelf and asked if I was interested in this book. It seemed like the right age level for my 10 year old and she likes slightly creepy stuff so this seemed perfect. What I didn’t realize at the time was it is a choose your own adventure book. Yesterday I was looking for a quick read and as this had Frankenstein in the title it was seasonally appropriate. Opening it I realized the nature of the […]
It’s Not You, It’s Me: It Was Good, It Was Intricate But I Just Didn’t Love It
Bingo Square (Round 2): Listicles (The Most Anticipated Book of Fall 2018) I never got into the habit of paying attention to release dates for most novels. Back in the day, I would find out a new novel from a beloved author was being released because I would find it on the “New Releases” display of the local Barnes and Noble – with some notable exceptions for very high profile novels. With the transition to digital books, it’s been a bit harder for me to pay […]
“You know, I sometimes think that the most effective people in the world are introverts who taught themselves how to be extroverts.”
Meg Wolitzer’s The Female Persuasion is one of those books that is full of big ideas but never really lands any of them. Greer Kadetsky is the Type A daughter of two hippie-esq parents who botched her financial aid paperwork to Yale so she was forced to go to her safety school, Ryland. Her boyfriend, Cory, is the son of Portuguese immigrants who goes off to Princeton while Greer miserably attends Ryland. During Greer’s first weekend at school she is sexually assaulted by a frat boy who goes […]
Some more of Toby’s rather complicated family relationships are revealed
Spoiler warning! This is book 12 in an ongoing series, it is NOT the place to start. There will be minor spoilers for previous books in the series, as it’s impossible to discuss this book without mentioning things that have happened in earlier books. If you’re interested (and you should be, this is one of the best urban/paranormal fantasy series out there right now), start with book 1, Rosemary and Rue. Faerie knight and champion, and former private investigator October “Toby” Daye is not doing so well. […]