I always tell people that 1984 is my favorite book (at least that’s what I tell people that I can’t tell the title of my actual favorite book to, “Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff Christ’s Childhood Pal.” If I’m honest, I’d put 1984 at number two overall, number one in literary classics) so I figured I should reread it again for the third (fourth?) time to have a firm appreciation of it. It never fails to blow my mind. The fact that Orwell could […]
Alot of things are like running way from lava in swim fins
I admit that I am so far behind the curve that the curve is a dot to me. Rather than whine on and on about how I didn’t know about this blog ( and subsequent book) by the fabulous and talented and bracingly honest Ms Brosh, I’m just going tell any and everyone I know that they must read this book. Like right now. I’ll wait. It’s less than ten bucks on Amazon fer crimney’s sake. You spent more on that disappointing Liane Moriarty novel. Every […]
Tess, It’s Been A While
It’s been a while since I read a Tess Monaghan mystery by Laura Lippman and I’ve missed them. Long before The Wire, I stumbled upon this series—drawn in by the fact that the main character was a rower and not small and skinny. However, I soon realized that one of the things I loved about this series was the setting. Like most of my favorite mysteries, place is an important character and most of the Tess Monaghan stories are love letters and sometimes hate mail […]
The Fables series finale begins
After finishing Camelot, I started wondering about the seeds Willingham was planting that point toward very bad things happening to Fabletown and the Farm where our various heroes and anti-heroes make their homes. The series has had a couple of board-clearing events in the past but this one felt different. Turns out I was right. Last year, Willingham announced he was ending both Fables and the spinoff, Fairest, this summer. Specifically the last issue will come out July 22, 2015 and be 150 pages long. […]