First of all, that quote is my new life motto. Second, Mindy McGinnis has written another great YA novel. This one is far different from the survivalist Not a Drop to Drink. It’s set in 1890 at an insane asylum in Boston. Grace was committed by her father for getting pregnant. She doesn’t speak or react at all to the cruel nurse and awful treatments. Her desire is to have the baby and just fade away. Even after being thrown in the damp, dirty cellar […]
“The mistake of every young person is to think they’re the only ones who see darkness and hardship in the world…”
There are blue lights everywhere, crazy zombie deer are running around, and the police have been possessed. It looks like a job for the indie kids, Satchel, Dylan, and Finn (A different Finn from the one who died at the beginning). It’s part of the book, but it’s not what the book is about. Mike, his sister Mel, and their friends Jared and Henna are fairly normal (Aside from little issues like OCD, anorexia, being 1/4 god). They aren’t the Chosen ones who have to […]
“The cogs of existence are oiled by sorrow; the machine produces nothing but despair.”
If you want to get into the Halloween spirit and seriously creep yourself out, then this book is for you. Alectryomancer and Other Weird Tales, is a collection of 13 (naturally) stories that are quite diverse in tone and scope. It’s called “Weird Fiction”, which I learned originated in the late 19th and early 20th century, blending the supernatural, mythical and sometimes scientific as seen in works by H. P. Lovecraft, William Hope Hodgson and Clark Ashton Smith. What I found in these stories lives […]
Women are from Venus, Men are from Forks
Oh, gentle reader… do we have a treat for you today! After a hiatus of several months, Pat and I were tempted back to the fold when it was brought to our attention that Stephenie Meyer was celebrating the 10 year anniversary of Twilight’s publication by releasing a gender-swapped version. You may thank Reba from Pajiba’s online community for bringing this to our attention. Or not. Before we talk about anything else, we need to discuss the title page: I don’t think you get to […]