Confession time–I have been terrible about writing my reviews and actually finished this book weeks ago. I even had a great quote I wanted to use in my review, but it was an e-book borrowed from the library, so I don’t even have access to it anymore. In my defense, my husband and I are in the process of buying our first house and I’ve been slammed at work. But, on to the review … Wingshooters tells the story of a young half-Japanese, half-American girl being […]
Can I Seriously Not Think Up a Good Pun for “Golden Son”?
Golden Son is the second book in the Red Rising Trilogy, and chronicles Darrow’s life after the Institute as he works towards achieving his rebel/terrorist goals of bringing down society as he knows it. Not surprisingly, he progresses towards his goals but also suffers sufficient setbacks to make the fight going into the third book seem more challenging than ever. Basically: this book sure is a second book in a trilogy. Yup. This book was probably better than Red Rising, but I liked it less. […]
No Answers Here
How to Be a Grown-Up is a short book about, well, adulthood, and how it doesn’t always match up with our expectations. Given its title, I was expecting a much younger protagonist and a much easier set of problems, but Rory is 40, turning 41, and still struggling with all of the questions we begin asking ourselves at 18 and sometimes never manage to answer satisfactorily. She’s well painted, though, and believable; she tends to make good decisions and try her best in a way protagonists, particularly […]
Stories Can Save Us
The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien is a collection of short stories that revolve about a group of soldiers in the Vietnam War. The most interesting thing about the book to me is that Tim O’Brien is a Vietnam War veteran and he puts himself into the book as a character. He needs to tell his story, he needs to release the memories and yet, he doesn’t quite want to give a factual account of what happened to him and his friends there. So […]