I have been a Bourdain fan for a while and really enjoyed Kitchen Confidential so when I came across this book for less than $2, and had an upcoming vacation, I snagged it because I thought it would be a good vacay read, and I was validated, though I wouldn’t say the book was a total success. This novel follows the adventures of Bourdain during his first television series of the same name and we travel with him to exotic locales, and even more exotic […]
New Crobuzon has seen better days
It seems appropriate that I started this year’s Cannonball with Perdido Street Station (Bas Lag book #1) and end achieving my half-Cannonball with Iron Council (Bas Lag book #3), after falling madly in love with The Scar (Bas Lag book #2) during last year’s Cannonball. China Mieville books are always so hard to review. Usually at least a couple unlikeable characters, often a semi-unhappy ending, lots of terrible things happening…and yet. The writing, the world-building, the vocabulary, the atmosphere – all SO GOOD. This one […]
Normal is Overrated
Unlike Alzheimer’s,Still Alice, Asperger’s,Love Anthony and Huntington’s,Inside the O’Brien’s, I have never heard of “Left Neglect”- or hemispatial neglect; but Genova, who has a degree in neuroscience, once again brings a brain disorder into the forefront of another wonderful novel. I enjoyed this story’s narrative more than Love Anthony; I also appreciated that Sarah’s condition was not a genetic risk to her children like those discussed in Still Alice and Inside the O’briens. Sarah Nickerson works too hard, she has a husband who works just […]
An incredibly mediocre young adult novel
I’m sorry Mr. Green. You seem like a lovely person (I always enjoy you on podcasts or writing other places), but your books do not do it for me. I know you don’t care, as I’m no longer your target audience, but even back in the day I have a feeling I’d have called Miles Halter a pretentious little sh*t. Teenage me was a lot tougher on characters then I am now. Looking for Alaska is the story of Miles Halter. Friendless Miles comes from […]