The Queen’s Fool is one of those books that sat on my bookshelf for awhile, getting passed over time and again for something else. I don’t know if it was the cover (it does look a little romance-y) or the blurb on the back, but it never really jumped out and demanded to be read. Then one day, I found myself reaching for it, and I couldn’t put it down. Set during the tumultuous years after King Edward’s death in the sixteenth century, the novel […]
The one where I’m glad I didn’t decide to walk to Canada…
One of my closest friends hiked the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) a few years ago. She’s an experienced hiker; she did the Appalachian Trail a few years prior to that. (And we’re talking through-hike. All eleventy million miles of it. Both the AT and the PCT. This is something I would never do. I don’t pee outside, let alone hike. I’m not really sure how it is we’re friends.) Anyway, my hiker friend happened to be visiting while I was reading Wild, and I asked […]
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Travis
#118: Six Easy Pieces by Richard Feynman: 3 stars. #119-21: Monster Blood I-III by R.L. Stine: 1 star each. #122-24: Night of the Living Dummy I-III by R.L. Stine: 1 star each. #125: William Shakespeare’s The Empire Striketh Back by Ian Doescher: 1 star. #126: Aunts Aren’t Gentlemen by P.G. Wodehouse: 4 stars. #127: The Pirates! In an Adventure with Napoleon by Gideon Defoe: 5 stars. #128: The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean: 4 stars.
The (Unintentional) Contrarian Journals
#107: Sacre Bleu by Christopher Moore: 1 star. #108: The Pixar Touch by David A. Price: 4 stars. #109: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling: 1 star. #110: Stardust by Neil Gaiman: 1 star. #111: Seriously… I’m Kidding by Ellen Degeneres: 1 star. #112: The Monsters of Morley Manor by Bruce Coville: 2 stars. #113: Nice to Meet You by Kate Klise: 2 stars. #114: Hark! A Vagrant by Kate Beaton: 2 stars. #115: The Douche Journals by Schmidt: 1 star. #116: […]