I grabbed this at a book sale for 50 cents. Andy Cohen’s name seemed vaguely familiar, and hey, I like pop culture! I realized after starting it that he’s that Bravo guy — he was head of development for years, hosts a talk show and executive produces Real Housewives. I watch literally nothing on Bravo — unless they’re rerunning Grey’s Anatomy — and couldn’t pick a Housewife out of a lineup if my life depended on it, but I liked the book anyway. So if you’re a […]
Room 29
I read my first Jennifer McMahon book (The Winter People) on my last trip, so how nice that The Night Sister came available at the library just before this one. Like The Winter People, The Night Sister expertly combines creepy surroundings with unhappy people in unhappy towns, creating an incredible environment for horror. “For some people, Rose, it’s easier to pretend the things that frighten us most don’t exist at all.” In the 1950s, the Tower Hotel (named for the huge tower the founder built in the back) […]
This one adds up! (hyuck hyuck)
This was probably one of the most romcom-y books that Jojo Moyes has written (or that I’ve read, anyway) and I will admit I loved every sweet minute of it. “The law of probability combined with the law of large numbers states that to beat the odds, sometimes you have to repeat an event an increasing number of times in order to get you to the outcome you desire. The more you do, the closer you get. Or… basically, sometimes you just have to keep […]
He casts quite the shadow
So I was already a leeeetle behind on my reviews, then I went on a trip where I ended up spending about 12 cumulative hours in an airport or on a plane, and finished four more books. So now I’m really behind, and about to flood the main page in an effort to catch up. Apologies! First up: the audiobook I finished prior to leaving town. I’ve been working my way through Orson Scott Card’s Shadow Series, which focuses on the genetically-modified military commander, Bean, whose genes have granted […]